Show SEMINARY CLASSES TAKE ANNUAL OUTING the seminary classes under ward y and rulon hinckley teachers of delta and hinckley seminaries re ively held their annual study outing tuesday for the purpose of becoming familiar at first hand with the features of interest in our coun ty historically and the ancient in dian hieroglyphics near thereby ao ces tessible sible to a large group on a one day outing the itonery included as the first stop the historic old fort deseret built in 1866 sides chosen 25 men to a side a captain over each and a race made as bor which side could finish first the loser to provide a huge banquet to the winners wa ter was turned down an on abandoned I 1 old river channel clay plowed up and with straw mixed in the mas tor for binder and the wall walls then built up on the lava rock toun foun da tion they had laid to receive them the sides stalled out doing girod work but ae as the race progress ted od more and more hurriedly was the work done skimped here and there with the result that in after years that part of the twills first done now stands but that part skimped has long since fallen into ruin melted down with the rains the banquet so huge to big so costly was wag BEAN SOUP or as mr moody imald been soup they knew know what poverty was days A cement shaft bearing a bronze tablet ought to be put up at the east gate and the northeast and south west corners of the old place ought to receive some form of protection to preserve it from the ravaging et ef facts acts of the elements A picture was taken of the corn com blued group which numbered one hundred persons the largest body of seminary students yet taken to the study field from there the group went over to the natural phenomenon called the guardian of deseret tho the great stone face so strikingly like the profile of the prophet joseph smith an excellent group photograph was taken there with the class and teacher posed around the base and some of the students on top then the group returned to the first issue of the deseret news where lunch was served of sandwich ps os ice lee cream an and d cake which so stimulated oratory that frank beck beek with senior told the indian myth of HOW fire was brought to man alan and some indian stories the large buss load of students then took the road home while the teachers and mr beckwith went to he interesting groups of ancient hieroglyphs around the corner and indulged in some interesting discuss owing to water existent in that region the usual trip to the site of the gunnison Gunn lson monument wais was not taken the outing was the largest the seminaries have yet held and went off the smoothest otest and in the most cr derly and calm pelf planned manner showing the care and thought ward and rulon had put into it it is be cleaning an annual affair looked forward to with interest and a reward tor for faithful work during ti a tedious winter biot study and further furher it it gives history of our own pi pt i their struggles glea hardships and bravery in surmounting cles and lastly takes the student ml kli erectly into one of the nicest and most interesting groups of ancient indian in the state of utah |