The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-16

on w.
was the members of the Alumni as
ISOLATION of the L. of Z. (as they pre-
fer to a~bbreviate their alma mater.)
The University building from cellar
TO garrett was. for the nonce, turned
over TO the use OF the Alumni. The
lower floors were converted into
dressing rooms, except one for a dis
play by the art classes, under Pro-
fessor Herman H6ag. 1t seems scarce
~ h place to speak of these evidences
OF talent, but the samples shown are
far above the average OF such work
and argue well for the excellence OF
instruction and the rhythm of feeling
between the teacher n n student.
Ascending to the first floor our eyes
were greeted with a sight of gaily
decorated rooms in which long rows
of table scintillated with cut glass
n silver, and banks of beautiful
flowers gave pleasure alike to sight
n scent. From an alcOVe came
strains of sweet music, and the whole
was a flood of light. Above this was
the floor for dancing and one large
room filled with easy chairs and tables
for card playing and others filled with
books and pictures, the floors strewn
with rugs and the walls decorated
with artistic draperies. This room was
soon filled with people, n how they
did chatter.-the proverbial magpie
v 0uld nave folded his wings and
silently stolen away If he had been
present. And then the orchestra tuned
up and they danced. And they chatted
while they danced, and then they ban
quoted and chatted while they ban
quoted. And they chatted between
times and before and after. When the
300 guests were seated, after Professor
Careless and his orchestra had render
ed several beautiful selections, Presi-
dent Waldemar Van Colt of the
Alumni association made an address
which was agreeably received, at the
close of which he introduced Toast
Master LOttie Claridge Young, and
under her beamful countenance the
balance of the programme was render
ed as follows:
Selection, Paul Jones, -. PIanquette
Our Alma Matters Future,"......
w. Reynolds
Prohibition, Eliza Slade Bennion
Overture, "Marionetten, $3.50. .Gurlitt
The Coming
.............. William r. Wallace
The Coming Woman, ".............
Martha Hughes Cannon
Characteristic, The Pa~nsies,"......
.-.-.-........ LOVenberg
DIR. John r. Park" Thomas D. Lewis
Cornet Solo, "Pensez a Moi" .Millars
Dancing.
1t IS difficult to say which of the
many efforts was the most happy, but
perhaps to the general public he
partial history of DR.. John R. Park. as
given by Thomas D. Lewis would be
the most interesting, so it is given in
full. The people OF Utah can never
DO TOO much nor say too many XII
words for a man who has labored so
long and arduousIy for the cause of
education in Utah, and to whom the
University of Utah will always be a.
monument.
NO pIeasanter duty could have been
assigned me this evening than to re-
our the story of the life of one
whom L love and whom you love, were
l possessed Of a poets tongue to sing
his praises" said Mr.. Lewis.
Dr.. Park was born at Tifin. Seneca
county, Ohio, May Z, 1888. After at
tending the public schools of his city.
ne was sent to the Seneca county
academy, at Republic, and there came
under The instruction Of Prof. Harvey.
the author of "Harvey's Grammar"
From h Seneca county academy he
went to the Heidelberg college. at Tiff
lin, and later to the Ohio WESLEYAN
university, at Delaware. AT the uni
Versity he won distinction among his
classmates and succeeded in advanc-
ing himself beyond the standing of his
class, but before completing the
course he decided to study medicine.
and for h a purpose he entered the
medical department of the university
OF the city of New York. Among the
FACULTY OF that institution during the
time Dr.. Park was a student there
were Valentine Mott, the noted sur
seon; $. Bedford, the author
OF several professional works, and
John William Draper, the
p~hyslologlSt and author of the Intel
lectual Development of Europe" Dur
ing his term at the medical school.
Dr.. Park attended a special course of
lectures at Belvue hospital, assisted in
the practical work there n received
a diploma from that institution. In
the spring of the year 1857 he gradu-
ated from the university of the city
of z York and went to Republic.
Ohio, to practice his profession. He
was not there long enough to estab-
Ilsh an extensive pGactice before he
received an offer from an old practic-
ing physician of Bloomville to enter
into a partnership. DR.. Park accepted
the offer and removed to BloomviIle.
Here his practice was large and re-
munerative, bu the young doctor was
not slow in coming to the conclusion
that he was not intended by nature
for the medical profession. Most of
us become attached to n employ
ment that pays US well, but with DR..
Park money was ever a secondary
consideration. While working his
way to college, he was compelled to
teach school part of the time. and &C
quired a prediction for pedagogy
that still chung to him. After he had
succeeded in his ambition to become
a professional man, he found thai
while medicine was more lucrative
school teaching was more c~ongenial.
For this reason he abandoned the
practice of medicine.
Like so many of the ambitious
young men of the east, DR.. Park de-
cided TO take Horace Greeley's advice
and go west and grow up with the
country. The winter of 1861 found
him teaching school at Muscatine,
Iowa, but as soon as the school year
was ended he continued his westward
course. His company got as far as
the mining camps of Colorado, and
then, allured by the excitement of
Pixies Peak district, disbanded and
scattered through the mining camps.
DR.. Park spent some weeks in the
mining region and then returned to
Denver for the purpose of getting
company to continue his journey to
the Pacific coast. He fell in with a
French-Canadian, and in company
with him made the trip as far as
Salt Lake city. 1t was now late in
the fall of 1861, and DR.. Par deter
mined to spend the winter here pro-
vided he could get a position as school
teacher. He was told that he would