Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-21
NO NORMAL SCHOOL.
Looks Like Cedar City Will MOI Gel
II After All.
AT LEAST NOR THIS YEAR.
A Committee Of incoura cement APP
pointed by the Eoard Of Re.
g,ns Today.

The board OF regents OF the Uni-
versity OF Utah met today at IL
o'clock TO consider the refusal OF SPcre-
tsry OF State Hammond to accept the
title to temporary quarters for the
branch normal school. The result OF
the interview was that the bosri de-
clines to begin the school this year,
and delay OF least one year will be
necessary unless the ci.izens OF Cedar
City un ertake to pay the expense anu
take CHANGE in being r.numerated
when the next Legislature m etc.
The last Legislature appointed o
commiss on OF three to locate site 10
Beaver or Iron county for branch
normal school TO be unier the direc.
lion OF the Uaiversity regents. The
county receiving the school was to
erect buildings ON the selected site
and deed the whole TO the
State before the school should com.
mence. The c0mmltte m tde trip
the two counties namsI male all
Inv. stigaIion and received PROPOSAL.
They accepted the one from Cedar
Uily which @ JntP m plated the giving
OF something over flsen acres 4
land anu the erection Of buildiuvs
worth between $4,000 ana $40. 900.
These structures, however, however,
could lot be- reared heiore August,
1899, and the citizens OF Cedar pro-
vided for this years sih0ol by offering
to deed to the State u building that IL
being erected as an opera house. II
was understood OF course that
a return d,ed would be
made when the title of the per.
manent property should be vssted in
the Ststs. 1t is thought, o, that
Cedar City would give guiialtee
that the buildings would be erected
next year.
The com mission was appointed for
special purpoit; they carries out that
urpose anu adjourned, aud otn no
longer legally act. The law provides
ibat The titles 10 the site anu build.
| Jugs must be vested In the STA before
ecnool begins, aud as the buildiDgs are
uot ere cted yet no little can be vested.
There was hint that the Cedar
| ,eople were DESTROYS OF trying the
school for = year and II they found the
r. euit5 luUheu IUT DUt iOItuCuuluB tney
| W ult refuse to erect the expensive
| buildings. or course q guarantee
would insure the State, and i. Ia sald
that this could be obtained.
The contract with the teachers ap.
pointed by the beard to conduct the
school was rsciDdod. A question
arose as to the legality Of this, tut 1t
was settled by reference to the law
that gives the board the power to re.
move any teacher from Office at will.
Mr. Van Colt OF the board tried in
every way to arrange to begin the
school but finding that the
board had no power I'M or
the law he suggested that a
committee Of three be appointed to
make visit to Cedar and induce the
cilizsDs TO begin the school rs they
contemplated aud bear the expense for
the first years continuance. The
pro liabilities are that the Legislature
would pay back the States share OF the
expenses, and next year the worn
could go Cd regularly in the new
buildings. One OF the teachers APP
pointed has offered to teach the frs
year gratis rather than see the echoo
cloted for another year. Chairman
Sharp appointed Mr.. Van Cot, Mr.
Pierce and Mrs. Little.