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Show Deseret Summer School All About the Instructors, who they are, what they are. Other items of Iterest. The loard of examiners for church schools met on Saturday afternoon and completed the arrangements for holding the combined chinch summer schools, to be known as the Deseret Summer Institute, at Logan from .June 20 to .Inly 2ii, After consideration of the various nominations, made by eastern and western colleges for the position of teacher and public litcialuie on blolouy, the boaid decided upon Prof. I'raeger of the Unlveislty of Chicago, for the place. He will give a course in nature study and In cither ecological ecologi-cal botany or 70ology. In the summer school at Logan fiom .luue 20 to July 211. His lectures will be twice dally, for class work throughout thu term, This Is a raic oppotlunlty for Utah students as Prof. 1'iaeger Is Just the man for summer school Woik. He is one of the stall of university extension lectuics of the Unlveislty of Chicago. He Is highly recommended for the work by 'the highest educational an-thoiltles, an-thoiltles, being the choice of the board of recommendations of the Unlveislty Unl-veislty of Chicago for the position, Prof. John M. Coulter, of the University Uni-versity of Chicago, editor of the Ho-tan Ho-tan leaf (Sazotte, says of Pi5f. Prneger: 'It seems to me that he is exactly the combination needed. He is an experienced experi-enced and successful teacher, jsptvcll trained In the brologlcal work jiels called upon to do. and Is an excellent and interesting lecturer. His whole manner and presence, I think, would be what they would like." Piof. Slaught, Secretary of the board of leconimcndallon of the University Uni-versity of Chicago, writes concerning Mr. 1'raeger, as follows: "President J. II. Paul. Dear Sirs-Let Sirs-Let me add another word as to Mr. Praeger. He Is a man :n j cats of age, of good phjslquc and good presence. He has had experience in teaching In secondary schools and as lecturer In biology. I have a letter from the principal wheic he taught, which could haidly be moic stioug In its commendation of him as a biologist and as a man. If ou decide for biology bio-logy jou can bank on Mr. Piacgcr." In connection with Prof. Sevvaid of Stanfoid Unlvcislty. who will give the comses In English two hours daily throughout the couise, the engagement engage-ment of Piof. Praeger seems to make tho faculty of the summer school stronger than that of tiny other pie-vlous pie-vlous sesslpn of -any summer school In the State. Iloth the east and west are tcpiescnted by stiong men, who will give legular work thioughoiit the session. The local faculty Includes some of the best t cache is in the State, liumbci Ing about ten persons. Picst. Llnfoid went to CJIflon, Idaho, Thursday for the purpose of. addressing the graduatlngclass of that place on Fiiday. The Phllomatlc Society challenged the Law club of the A. C. U.. a few dais ago, for a debate. If the challenge chal-lenge Is accepted it Is piobablc that a very Interesting debate will take, place within the next month. |