The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-29
UNIVERSITY OF DESERET.

year of the above named institution
The results obtained during tn
past wear in the line of schoolasti
attachments are most gratifying
Though the number of graduate:
may not be go great this year as il
many former years, this fact mus
not be taken as an unfavorable com
ment either on the tendance o
diligence of the students. The Off
GERS of the institution in their laud'
able ambition to advance the Gauss
Of education, have, not allowed 1
single year to pass without extend
ing some courses Of study so as Il
bring the University to a highel
standard and thus make it in fac
that which 1t Is in name. It has
never claimed to be university il
the general acceptation of the term
but the foundation is there laid fol
as fine an institution Of the kind as
may be found in any part OF oul
broad land. So far as our experience
goes there are now many schools Of
equal or greater pretensions both
east and west that could not
under any circumstances, bear q
favorable comparison with our own.
The necessity for sending our young
men to distant parts in order to OBJ
tain a higher education is growing
less and less every year, as better
facilities are afforded here, and
would have been much better, and
that too long ago, had there not
been, opposition from. quarters
where, from the pFetensions made.
most encouragement was to have
been expected.
The normal course as it new
stands, is fully up to the require
ments of our educational status, and
since this department was estab-
lished as a part of the University,
numbers of good teachers have been
prepared, and have found their way
into every part of the Territory de
seminsting an influence for good
scarcely to be conceived Of, urless
one makes g comparison of cur
schools as they were not mora than
five or six years ago, and as they are
at present. Young men and women
enthusiastic in their work and
trained in modern methods, have
taken hold of our schools and given
such gratifying satisfaction, that
the old fogy, though be has served
his purpose well, must seek for
other fields in order to find employ
ment, or take up new calling.
The classical preparatory is
simply what its name indicates, a
preparation to-our best institr tions.
Our needs in this direction are not
great, as evidenced by the fact that
there are very few applicants in
this department, but We are assured
from what has been done already
by the regents that just as soon as
the Territory demands 8 irst>grade
classical course, the University OF
Deseret will furnish it.
The Territory IN its present cons
dition must pay more attention to
its material interests, though q
thorough neglect of what is purely
ornamental or intellectual need not
naturally follow. Approaching this
condition Of things, the scientific
course has BEEN extended so as to
compare with the best institutions
Of the country, now occupying
period of four years. TIE young
people of this Territory are not
always able to attend school regu-
Iarly from year to year, until they
have completed a long course OF
study. Sometimes they are Obliged
to interrupt their studies even
during The year. Whenever
that is the case the student
may pass his examinations and
leave the results recorded to his
credit, go that he has completed all
the studies of a course, though it
may occupy some years, he is en-
titled to the degree of Bachelor of
Science; and every facility is given
him and every encouragement
offered TO induce him to persevere
until the desired end has been at
tanned.
In addition to these and other