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Show Susie Young, and Hattie Woolley. The LANTERN found its way into the colleges and universities of the country, for many exchanges commented on its splended appearance and material. The College Courant, published at Yale University, said of it: "We have received the first number of the COLLEGE LANTERN, a monthly paper of eight pages, published at the University of Deseret at Salt Lake City, Utah. It is conducted by the students of the University and is under the direct control of six editors, three gentlemen and three ladies. "Its prospectus declared that 'it will be devoted to the general educational advancement of the youth of our people, and at the same time be an earnest advocate of the interests of the University of Deseret, as well as the special organ of the students.' " The GUARDIAN, published at Bethany, West Virginia, had this to say: liTHE COLLEGE LANTERN, Vol. 1, No. 1, has been received. It hails from the University of Deseret, Salt Lake, Utah; is a very neat little quarto of eight pages, edited by three young men and three young ladies. It is especially gratifying to know that they have for their motto 'Let There Be Light.' We sincerely hope that there will soon be such an abundance of the pure light of the Gospel shed abroad among that people, that they may be completely led out of the darkness and superstition which have so long enveloped them." Besides opening a department of Metallurgy in 1870, with Dr. F. D. Benedict as professor, the University established a branch school at Provo which was called the TIM-PANOGAS BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DESERET. Mr. Warren Dusenberry was the principal, and while the branch school was maintained for but a short time, it was instrumental in bringing many boys and girls in touch with higher learning and it was the fore-runner of the establishment of the Brigham Young University at Provo in 1876. During the decade from 1870 to 1880, the University gradually grew in influence from year to year. It had its many difficulties to surmount as has any institution that takes a place in society as a social and intellectual factor. Mr. O. H. Riggs, the Territory superintendent of schools during that period, reported in 1876, the University of Deseret "continues to fulfill the expectations of its many friends and furnishes a very superior course for those desiring Academic and Collegiate courses. In September, 1876, the University was moved from the Council House to the building known as the Union Academy, located on the corner of First North and Second West streets. This building, one of the oldest public buildings in the State is still standing. It was commodious for those early days, and here the University remained until it was moved to the building now occupied by the West Side High School. In 1884, the Legislature amended the charter and gave the University the power of conferring degrees. At this time, the catalogue of the University announced Normal and Scientific course as follows, as well as a Classical Preparatory course. The high standard of the work offered is indicated by the following: Classical Preparatory courses were: FIRST YEAR-FIRST SEMESTER. First Term. Second Term. Introductory Latin. Introductory Latin. Introductory Greek. Introductory Greek. Algebra. Algebra. SECOND SEMESTER. Third Term. Fourth Term. Caesar (Latin) and Latin Prose Compo- Caeser (Latin) and Latin Prose Composition, sition. Introductory Greek. Xenophon's Anabasis (Greek) and Greek Rhetoric. Prose Prose Composition. Rhetoric. SECOND YEAR.-FIRST SEMESTER. First Term. Sallust (Latin). Greek Reader (selections from Thucy- dides, Herodotus, and Plato), and Greek Prose Composition. Geometry. General History. Second Term. Cicero (Latin). Greek Reader (selections from Thucy-dides, Herodotus, and Plato), and Greek Prose Composition. Geometry. General History. Page Thirty-five |