Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-16
THE UNIVERSITY or UTAH


Near ons Of tho entrances 20 the
grounds u Harvard university a. a.
tablet beariug an inscription IN which
words something like these oceuti
"For they loarod IN trust the people 10
unlonrnod teachers whom the ministers
who led them should alumbsr In the
dust" Tho solemn pathos Of this
memorial ~ q tribute 10 the love Of In.
telligonce and adherence Of ignorance
that characterized tho Pilgrim Fathers
Of New England, between whom and
the founders Of Utah many parallels
have boon drawn.
Tho latter are prominently tenn.
PIC building people; and yet be.
foro n stop was taken toward erect
Ing such a structure, And whilo their
only form Of political government
was one that had been improvisoi for
temporary needs, they, through the
Provisional Government OF the state
OF Desetoi, enacted, On February 2sth,
1880, an ordinance incorporating the
University Of Dcserei, their great
leader, Governor Brigham Young, not
only officially approving but earnestly
and ttaunohly advocating Ia establish.
mont.
In tho days Of u OR poverty
such poverty as was thon almost uni.
vefsal 10 not now known Ia these
valleys, even In the present tins OF
dialrea-and when they wore 90 ovor.
worked that, as ~ historian says OF
them, they scarce mai time to pray,
they planned q great university, In.
tending that II should become a seat Of
learning, famed throughout tho land.
Their poverty made progress slow;
but what We now know a. tho Uni
yersity OF Utah was organized
aud entered upon ils mission.
Otson Spencer, A. NJ, IL nrsl
chancellor, took the position with
faith in tho great future OF tho iustilu.
ton, faith which was held by his
successors, OrsOn Pratt A. NJ, Hon.
ID. y. Calder, aud Hon. Daniel II
Wolln--io mention only those who nre
dead-who held the position many
years. The period covered by the
terms Of tho chauoellors here named
was one during which the people wey,
too poor 10 build upR great university
without endowment, and with no aid
save taxation aud tuition; but they
never Loaf sight Of the object In mind
and by their representatives. they never
treated It In other than "a friendly
spirit From the time when DF. Joht
II. Park became i,s president, In 1869,
II grew with steady, solid growth
and as the years went by ID BEGAN,
more and more an object Of love anl
pride among the people. parunu
strained their reiourCts TO send thoil
sons and daughters TO the University
ami successive Legislatures wen. &,
the limit Of prudence to furnish mean
Tor its support and growth.
Ilhas been singulaIly houorrI ns thl
subject Of weighty, stubborn Legislative
consideration In days gone by-no
such, however as has u0ea accorded !
by tho session just closed. Let ~ loai
back single deCh.e. An Item o
$4,000 was placei IN the appropriation
bill Tor "a now building Tor the Uni
vurslty. Thoquealion of the Governor
right to appoint all Territorial officer
not specifically named In tho o gauig
Act as elective, was slill penhug iu ,hu
courts, and tho Legislature determine.
to walt for o dgOisi5u before rgueIiui
from the position that such su'ocrstl,
power was never designed q
b. conferred upon ono man
himself not chosen by pop
ular suffrage, The executive on
his part was equally firm, md he re
fused 10 approve the appropriation
bill containing this item, unless give
power to name the men who woul