Show J IMPROVEMENTS IN THE THE- UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY SITY AS NOTED BY AN ANOLD ANOLD ANOLD OLD TIMER Since the year 1904 there have been innumerable innumerable in- in numerable changes jin every possible direction direction tion ion in the University Many lany of the e present present pres- pres ent nt students can without difficulty recollect H lect ct the time when not a spear of gi giano glJo t or ora a drop t of water or or even the shadow of a aree tree ree was to be seen on the campus In those days clays ays if an unfortunate stranger or a green Freshman had the misjudgment to step off t the he down j trodden n dirt dirt paths in dry weather h he e only onTy sank i info info- to four inches o of soft clinging clinging cling- cling ing ng dust but if iC he lie left the path in ill rainy weather he lie in immediately lost his shoes to toay fay ay say nothing of his rubbers in a sticky red irremovable clay mud Present students cannot annot possibly appreciate the value of the cement walks t f Only seven years ago there was was no no o grand stand on Cummings Cumming's field no paths leading to the field except that made by patriotic student no sod no cinder track Spectators at the game of often ten t f stood in three inches of oozy mud while they watched the the he players flounder in a sea of slippery heavy clay t I But even worse than the state stateS state S of the campus ampus was the sad lack of buildings The University actually had no Gymnasium Half the upper floor of the Museum building building building build build- ing in truth was used as a place of of ofphy phy- phy education n and this arrangement arrangement- was was- excellent The shower baths the door was wa sometimes closed stood exactly opposite the study room The timid Preps soon learned to close their eyes as they came carne out of the Assembly hall and to make a blind rush for the outer air In this same unfortunate building where the Preps cooped up the Medical l laboratories joined the Domestic Science e rooms Most savory odors mingled in the hall s sOnly Only five years ago ago- no Miss l Van Cott was dean of women consequently there was vas no no- norest rest room no lunch room As a a. result of the former visitors at the- the University were entertained in the halls to the great benefit of assembled classes classes- and of the fatter during dur ing ing- the half hour lunch peri period d the Students stu Stu- students dents were forced to r rush sh down to th the bup shop outside the grounds where one lo lone e woman served some of them gem some times w with h a a. a ten ten cent cent sandwich containing one square inch of meat or with a vate y bowl of soup In those days the faculty corps consisted consist consi t ted ed of about half its present number In truth the University itself consisted of but four schools of which the Normal and Preparatory Preparatory Preparatory Pre Pre- were the most important College athletics were unknown The University's struggling football team was defeated again and again The inferior colleges colleges colleges col col- leges of the State even the Salt Lake I High School sneered at University athletics Then Maddock Their the dd cK came the team became became sur su- su 1 v preme not only in Utah but in adjoining states slates college spirit rose with with a bound th the e new Gym was built Then the University University University sity haughtily and rightly refused to compete compete compete com com- pete with high schools New athletes and students flocked to attend the University which had become a University As A's Asa are re re result sult suit the faculty necessarily was was' increased The scholastic standard of the University rose so decidedly that it forced the other colleges of the State to realize and admit their deficiencies The Preparatory School which been so important was abol abol- With this final step the University of Utah proudly took its place amo among among- 7 standard universities of the United St States States- tes If such improvements can happen iii 1 the short space of seven years what may may we not expect for the f future ture |