Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-10
HELP YOUNG UTAH.
A University Student Appeals TO
tho Legislature,
And Expresses His Feelings on
ti,e Antaeouism Go th1
Insiiiutiou.

Editor Dcserct Nci0G
The Legislative Assembly BE- almost
through with its work and the indIca.
lions are that our UniveuIty may be
KILLED by the common consent OF that
holy. II we were living away back
ia the cities, when our Ieluioiy was
struggling for existence, Che abandon.
mcnt ola higher Institution ai learning
might have been eNcusabi., bus Ger.
talnly It BE- not now.
II was over forty year. aT1 that ,ho
charter was granted Or lha establish.
mont OF the Univoriy of Dueut,
designating salt Lake GUY Cor
lts location. a fow yggu later thc
parent school collapse .uI was mot
revived until 1867. Sine hat time %
has teen eiriviug ag1IHH. prejudice
aud want clcar up 10 inH present.
prfloI, aud nov, Juet nH uug restitution
l. becoming recognized aH 'uuivrt-
sltyn iu The true sense ul tIH word, our
honorable law making body Ui 1894
wishes TO btamp II Cui ui existence.
Let every student uuI auurus look
back on the period Of tUH Pact and
give praise nui honor o. the founders.
who iravod everything faF the main.
taiuauce and support of tla rsubiish-
mrut Tor learuinU. Would We haI
some Orson Spencer, gJmU Daniel N.
Wrlls, :. mo John II. PARK aud many
other sui men iu QUO Legislature
To-Day. Thon tho JuivUuuy would
10.
mako 10 u Iurlsh a. "a monument OF
wisdom 90 Unh.
the University has BEEN reared from
n humble beginning, auI Dr. now tp.
coming Hn Institution declined 90 live
nud iiJufi.h, providing tho proper
support is given u. Penis have been
encountered and oygfcImF aud this
establishment, h. now u.gssumlug forth
~ % great center % Learning. When
our honorable law muayH went o.
WORK in January, We liI ugt atk them
for an appropriation until good reasons
hnI uuou given for the demand, We
would nave dyspa'rc1 0fnuy help what,
ever liuur institution had not greater
ciaim than any other.
But t1u lrgislaiUr seem o. have
assumed from tho nrl, ln attitude
against thu whole cOucgTu. Ice good
word has huou said Tor lnp institution,
ittcrms % have been lu .uu style uf
c1ulrmuing, though covered over
with words uNprrssi1g faint rmltc.
B1in the C0uuciiaud House have been
aHaiiri ny other ciaimIl iWalCh have
appealed 20 their sympatuigs aai thulr
prJuiire', but they 10 not so,m wise
iu discriminating.
Tots institution n needed 90 meet
th' wants 0i many tu0IsHuds OF boys
aud girls IN our Territory. Many o..
day LOOK towards it ir Instruction So
the advanced cJursusi ami with tive
proper means OF supper, would be
neither arrogant nor uKtmvngaut 60
tAy that our Unlveuiiy would be- one
oil Tue greatest Attachments OF It,
Kind in the Wctt We possess the
men who 1 may say, are master
spirits In thulf lines ~ teaching.
Auy college iu The country mpht
well DO urDuu of a faculty composed a
J0s. u, kiugstufy, William NJ. Stew.
uri, Henry Montgomery, William NJ,
Alrr Clemoui q Whiting, DAVID Il.
Allen, Waiter Is. Wight, WIN. ]
Matthew, james r.. Talmngt, Byron
- kAAAAAAlAAh' NNA NAN NkuNNns SUM ]
oil the greatest Institutions in America,
john Hopkiu., Harvard, Yale, be-.
high, Toronto, West Point aud Auu
Aroor arc represented by the proles.
sOfs.
oar normaifcho3l, 10y the rulo which |
seems 90 bee prevailing, will be- also |
ioTcsi 90 Close Joe du0is, making the
young people seek outside colleges, o.
prepare themselves Tor teachers. llu
the meantime hundreds o' Inferior
IudagoEurs WI. Hood our Territory,
taking tue places OF our Ulu
men aul women who have
grown ny here WHO unleutaud the
ntels nui vents Of tbs people nul |
who have the met hight TO empl 3.
muut when thulf fathers and muthrfs |
furnish the proper means Tor UduCs.
tiOnal purpose,
Ono would naturally think that the
cItizens OF Territory would Toxic "a
prlIe In producing their own teachers
and sustaining a normal deppftmuu.
nom which graduates could DO drawn
Ia sufficient numbers ~ enpply Oh
demands, and in this show tina, they /.
respect the rights VI the bona dde vel. |
tiers OF this lurui3fy. | have thought |
that there was enough patriotism
among the legislators 10 help young /
Utah, but the indications make il A..
pear that tury have been weighed Ia /
the balance. unl found wanting,
We hope thb. in the few hour, Of the |
session yet remaining, other and hotter
uuiugs viii come. We want culture. |
freedom Aul education, We want Ia I
UulyUrsily where everybody can b.. /
come refined uui intelligent. W. /
nave tho material, Ye legislator. /
give the 0ppuuuuiIgan IN the future I
the gratlulu Uf thousands, saved IL ui /
Ignorance Will b5 an eyeflastirg .
memorial 10 y.ul uunored deed.
sIUDENI,