Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-21

held in the Cly Han, ans - thr
umbufs Increased, Ga the Old labef
nac'e. The commercial dcplfimc
euinycd pgriDl of VfuspH rty undo
tht uirtCu u uf Profess Calder an
when iu 1868, ho applied i0r meant
Tor equippiuE hls school with nccts
sarY pafapuurnalia nsn commercial TO-
situle. bic request was Immediately
l granted.
Ia 1865, an appropriation Of $4,000
| was asked for by Chancellor earning
I con aud the B0ari uf ilugenip, which
: sum was Increased by a like amount
10 The next session Of the Legislature,
/ Do 1870. The instituiiob was knDwu
ASA commercial college until 1869.
when, under the direction oil DR.. john
IL. Park, it became more distinctly ~
university, IN sphere being EXTENDED
hy tho addition OF scientific normal
ana classical Instruction. since that
time iis career has been c0mmensumtu
win the progress OF education, ur q
TIE growth Of tho Territory. Ia 1853.
iis charter was amended giving % tue
Institution p0wer 10 confer drgfg-.
aud TO Issue uiilymas, anu In 1902
the Legislature enacted re- new charter,
changing tho name g. the Uniyofsity
Of utih.
The present buildings were erected
In 1881, but are Inadequate TO
the needs of today. Wth the
Congregational aid In the direction
Of the proposed new site, aud u lusis.
lativc appropriation Of ab0ut $4,000,
the university would enter upon u
career OF greater usefulness anu pros.
pvrity. The east or maiu building
Ia 10 K l5i feet, AMI iouf
stories Ia height. The west
building Il ~ III toL with
three stories. Ia the lcar ul the west
building IL the boiler h0uHe. from
which steam for heating both bliiI.
oi this building workshops for the
Industrial department. All buildings
are substantially luiit, auj arc VOL
lighted, anu supplied vita steam heat,
gas, water anu all necessary facilities.
The museum Is situated GA tho
second Il .Og Of the main building AMI
consists Of well selected AM varied
collect on VI objects secured by mem.
tiers VI the faculty, Of gifts ffum private
individuals, anu by lusi,Auye appfo.
pfiaiiOn. Ia tue auimll kluNdom arc
found. The tw1-lOud pi0th, Central
America Virginia opyuum, OF Mis.
sour; parrot, Duke OF York I,lgni.;
hOwnng monkey, VI South America,
horned owl, blrds Of prey, American
maybe, blue winged teal, RUDY duck,
mud heu, wator Ouzsl, horned toad;
painted turtle, from Michigan; pilOt
blncksnake, swapping turtle, OF Ontario,
Can; kOcty Mountain sheep, Gal.
ii0tuia partridge, American bllEeI
white swan, Of Spnng Lake, Uuh;
Great Northern loon. la sut-klngdom
mOlluseA Ia a superior tispiAy Of
shells from the Columbia river,
Utah lake ami California. rhs
-ub'kingdom anlhropoIa Ia an inter.
estlng group, iuoiuding tho alarhsh
from tho Pacific, sea utchius, king.
CRAB, the lobster, acorn shell, taken
from the hull OF n vessel IN dry docx
San Francisco. In the sub.kingdom
are the mushr0 ON, brain,
star elkhoFn aud uoer's horn cufais,
the glass rope sponge, from Japan, the
Venus Hover basket" a sponge com.
posed Of hnoly-woven, slender, rlas-y
nDers; list OF amphiblaua, low n
which have been mentioned, aud 10
which should be addict two i've alli.
galore, three cases OF plaster casts aud
models OF extinct animals. Ia woods
are found, petthud, coffee, totata, red
pine, honeysuoKle, bark VI cork oak
from Spain; cactus wo0l from Mexico,
mahogany, Utah; green
slider aud black rirch, Utah; tue
Oregon laurel, ne AMI yew tre5 from
the Cascades; sagth-ush, maple, wild
cherry and sum,c, Ubh; also sections
IT auout twenty-five sprcips OF a urri.
can woods. La the mlnenl1gy IA.
vision urc potash, iclispar from Pom
sylvnula; AmnE'n stone from pikr's
Peak, Coli azuritn from Arlzlua;
Utnh gypsum; Canada mica; mAusan.
re from Hhr'g, Germany; crystals Of
sulphur from Sicily; peryi, tOck
crystals, pink tourmaIlnc-, California;
wuliunitr from New Mexico; gairna
from England; rock halt ifum the
water, Of tue Great SAT- Lake; garnet
from Balida, Col; fuor Hplr nom New
York; born Hilvoc ore, llulFitt, from
mite, PARK CITY; natural
'Oke from Pleasant Valley; lpad aud
'ilvvr from hingnam; tromI,ite from
Big Cottonwood; carbonate OF coo.
per- Hilicato Of copper, lava
rom Snake River idaho;
'llvur ore carrying copper, gray copper
lro from Miugo wOrk', sandy Cas,lo
Cato aud Crested Butte coke, Rock
Spring7, Plsasant valley AMI Castle
iatu conla. In comparative mineral.
il0sy may be seen sulphur fr1m q oily,
'lnnubar from Camp Floyd UsIic,
r" I'D Il "a.