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Show D. Y. A. Notes. ttnirolcra Day Kluliteen years ago tl.o lUth ot tills month thin Institution was founded by tl.o ,?renl benefactor vvlioronnmc It bears. LastMonday, In commemoration ol thatday, tl.o teachers and students formed In procession, according to departments nnd classes, nnd inarched down to the rt.lns ot the old acidemy building. Giving a military mili-tary salute, they counter-marched to the Z. C. M. 1. storehouse where the 11. Y. A. held school from tlio time tl.o old ' building was burned until tho new one wascoinpleted. After giving tl.o salute hero also they marched back to tho Academy, where an approprlsto Vf" Kram was carried out. Apostle Brigham Young was orator ot tho day. Tl.o parade was a feast to the eye. Tbo streets wero lined with peoplo nnxlous to bcjiold In ono body such n vast number of students ro.nblned In the great cause of education. I'ereons visiting tho Academy should not spend less than ono hour in tl.o Klndetgarlcn room. It Is Interesting to scollttlo tots between three and six year singing songs, marching and playing play-ing games In wlilclithey lc-arndlrccllon, cjlor, etc. i Tho Art Gallery Is lined with beaull- ful paintings. Lcbl can boast of furnls- e hing one of the I istructors In this dc- i liartmcnt. Mr. K. Evans is In the RV studio two days In each week. Tho others are John IlalTcn of Bpringvllle Sand John Fairbanks of Tayson. Th M. I. A. also havo their representatives represen-tatives here. They aro receiving n cotirseot instructions which will bo tl.o means of making our M. I. -A. mote interesting and Iwncflclal to tho yontig veoplo attending them. representatives fiom tho different " , P.iuday Schools throughout theTcrritory & nnd frn.n Arltonu aro taking tho 8. 8. -i- Kmmal training. After having gained 's' tlio benefits ol a twenty weeks course, & Xliey w ill tiinko proficient 8. 8. teachers. K. Tht.ru aio about threo hundred stu- JLt. Ocnts enrolled in tho Normal Depart- Zp" ment and ono hundred and fifty in the ae Kindergarten, l'rcparatory and Coni- incrclal departments. It Is expected fthal thonumbcrwllt be greatly increased after Christmas. 811'rof.Clun has Just finished his visit to tho Wotld'a Fair, and is now at Anu Arbor. Ho will return lit December. ;. -Tito benefits derived from l'hyslcal Culture seems to be better understood than last year. The class Is alto larger this year. Ono might judge from tho continual thumping on the piano that the music teacher is kept busy orr.".thcrthei'upUs. A scries of lectures on tl.o Book cf Mormon aro being given by llio. Reynolds Rey-nolds of Bait Lake City. Prof. Uriinlmll reports tho Preparatory school is in good condition and making rapid advancement. Prof. Macser gavenn interesting lee-turo lee-turo last week on keeping holy the fiabbalh day. Mr, G.N. Child was a visitor laiit Kcok. One of tub Numukb. |