OCR Text |
Show U. of U. Chronicle Year Book73 anb ScienceHE SOCIETY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS and Sciences was organized in February, 1905. Prior to that time the Arts students had felt that the student body organization and the class organizations were sufficient within the insti-tuition, but when the Engineering Society began making demonstrations at our assemblies, in behalf of the Mining School, it became apparent that if the Arts Department was to receive due recognition, its members would have to organize. This fact became especially obvious on the occasion of the visit of the State Legislature to the institution. The Engineers did most of the yelling, and the State School of Mines was referred to by all the speakers, but our department received no mention whatever. This roused the Arts students, and at mass meetings, held a short time afterwards, a constitution was adopted, officers w?ere elected, and a permanent organization of the students of the School of Arts and Sciences was effected.One of our members, it is true, expressed the opinion that the "Engineers allowed their exuberance of enthusiasm to become obstreperous" on the occasion of the visit of the Legislature, yet the Arts students, generally, had no inclination to censure their brothers of the Mining School in the least, but rather to commend their spirited ability. We must, in fact, acknowledge ourselves indebted to the Engineers for kindling the enthusiasm which led to our organizing. Although we |