Show I hectares and Entertainments i r. The International concert of the children children chil- chil dren recently given in the Tabernacle was one of the most unique and interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing entertainments ever given in this city It was such a success in every way that Professor Stephens has decided to have haveit it repeated during Conference week in April The Creation a concert on which Professor Stephens has for some time been working will also be produced during during during dur dur- ing that week The musical part of the for the evening of the Delta Phi's Fhi's debate with the Y M. M C. C A. A is being well cared for indeed Miss Geneva Ellerbeck has kindly consented to give a selection on the piano and in addition to this there will be e a duet by Miss 1 Ida Bates and Miss May Price a The next meeting of the Mathem Mathematical Society will be held March I n I at 7 30 p. p m. m Wright will lecture on with special references to the application of mathematics and Prof Allen will speak on m the origin and development development de development de- de of algebra The Delta P Phi hi held its usual interesting meeting last Monday londay night and wound up with the usual amou amount amount t of oJ jangling The question Resolved t that at Religion has has caused more mor misery isery than any strong drink was as fairly well debated N Nephi L Larsen and A. A J. J Ridges defending the affirmative and J. J F. F and J. J O. O sn Smith ith the negative After th the debate the que question tion was a quite th thoroughly ro discussed discussed dis ds- cussed by t tie the e. e members present Mr Gerald Yearsley spoke intelligently y on Geral r the Hawaiian affair affair- and Mr J Hoopes displayed his histrionic hi trio ic powers in a well rendered recitation The impromptu speech on the Future of Utah by L. L E. E Young was well received After the an attempt was made to transact some business th that t has been before the Society for the past tw two weeks but in vain A sort of an every- every man himself d discussion took place a ad d dit dit about it was soon evident that there were abo about t ta a half dozen present who were bent o on on filibustering until they could get things x arranged to suit themselves During a wrangling over some trivial quest question on an adjournment was effected but even this did not dampen the ardor of the half dozen dozen dozen doz doz- en filibusterers A petition was at once handed the President demanding that a special meeting he held immediately immediately- ly This time after a great deal of unnecessary unnecessary sary jabbering all the business was was' was settled settled satisfactorily and the meeting w was again adjourned But the members members- of the finance committee did not go home they remained in the building till a late hour discussing m means means ans of getting the Society out of debt It is hinted that they hit on ona a plan at last and that that plan will be exploded on the University before long iong- Lieutenant ant Wrights Wright's lecture to the Battalion Battalion Battalion Bat Bat- last Wednesday V on Napoleon and his campaigns was the best of the series series in fact it was one of the most commendable commendable commendable com com- we h have ve listened to for some time The lecturer began with Napoleon at qt Elba where he had been foice 1 by t the le combined powers of Europe after fter the the battle of Austerlitz Louis Quis who had been pl placed ced on one the throne of France was was unable to quell the tie dissatisfaction among ng the people for forthe forthe for forthe the campaigns al already eady carri carried d o on on had nearly nearly ruined ruined d the finances an and i industries of the country U Under J der these thes condi conditions ons t. t it it was wa an easy matter for Napoleon to obtain the support of the dissatisfied people people peo peo- i pIe and renew the struggle he had been carrying on He left Elba with only a amere mere handful of men and entered Paris with an army strong The he incident was wa related how Napoleon c eon with his usual audacity i rode ode up and took command of a body of troops who J had been ord ordered red to effect his capture and march them along to Paris In connection with the downfall of Napoleon the opinion of Wright is that the first great mistake was in leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing a tried and trUty trusty general in charge of affairs at Paris and replacing him soldier his inferior inferior infer infer- with Grouchy a greatly in ability Another factor one of those seen circumstances apt to occur at any anytime anytime I time was when an officious cious de camp t turned back a corps of troops who vereon were vere on their way to assist Marshal N Ney ey in taking Q Bras and sent them toward yard Ligny where they only confused matters and made Napoleons Napoleon's victory over the Allies under Blucher less overwhelming elming than it would otherwise have been Had this incident not have occurred the probable proba proba- ble defeat of the English at Q Bras and of Blucher of Ligny would have so routed routed routed rout- rout I ed the allied forces that they never would have dared to face the French at atVater Water Water- loo Another great mistake on the part of Napoleon was his failure to ascertain the direction taken by Blucher after his flight from Ligny As it was Grouchy who was dispatched with a large force to keep Blucher away from Wellington in instead instead instead in- in stead of doing so only drove him on to Waterloo where he arrived just in time timeto to turn the tide of the battle I Had any anyone one of these mistakes not occurred it is probable that the outcome of the campaign would have been entirely different from what it was 1 N Napoleons Napoleon's abdication of the throne his surrender to the English his banishment banishment banishment banish banish- ment to St. St Helena where he was all but confined in prison his closing ing days his death and his burial all all received the careful attention of the speaker i The first meeting of the Columbian League of Utah was held last Friday 11 afternoon in room 15 and the constitution constitution constitution tion as reported by the committee was was- adopted This league is an organization organization- which has for its object the advancement i of patriotic sentiments among the young young- I Imen of Utah and much is men good expected r i of it A cordial invitation is extended extended to all the male students of the University to join An interesting program has been prepared for the next meeting which will be held about March loth The John R. R Park society met last last- Friday afternoon and listened to an ex excellent excellent excellent ex- ex address by Professor Whiting on the Irish question A very clear idea was was- given of the legislative branch of ot the O government of England of the provisions of the home rule bill which is now being di discussed cussed in the House of Commons and 1 d dof of the tactics that had to be adopted and v I foil followed owed for years in order to force every every successive parliament to consider the ques- ques tion Mr Dunyon also entertained those those- present with a pleasing selection on the the- piano and was warmly encored In future this society will meet only every alternate Friday at 2 p. p m. m A Aj little more instilled into some of the members might improve matters 1 considerably The normal Society met in room 28 last Friday The program consisted of a reading by Miss Noble from Longfellow's Blind Girl of Castle Cuille aI an ail address on the merits of teaching teaching- by lecture and class class- recitation and an address by Professor Stewart Professor Stewarts Stewart's remarks remarks' were very appropriate He Ile urged all ally especially ladies to take part in the proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- of the society and to encourage r ra a spirit of rivalry and independence McGhie and Moss Moss' were asked to favor the society with a a song but they filibustered for nearly half an hour until the society had to give it up for a bad job Mr Dunyon then came to the rescue with a piano solo A resolution introduced by Mr Moss pledging all members of the society to to- pa patronize those firms who advertise in uz indie IlI the die CHRONICLE was unanimously adopted Y 1 |