The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07
DR.. JOHNR. PARKS WILL
University of Utah Bequeathed
All of His Fortune.
WORTH NEARLY SIS, 900
BLOOD RELATIVES AND FOSTER
CHILDREN EXCLUDED.

The untiring zeal of the late Ia
mented Dr.. John r. Park in promoting
the cause of free education IN his
adopted state was demonstrated yester-
day in a manner that thoroughly indi-
Gated the sincerity and goodness of
purpose of him who was for so many
years the executive head of the Uni
versity of Utah during its formative
period. BY the filing for probate of the
last will of DR.. Park IT was revealed
that the late state superintendent of
public instruction had bequeathed his
entire fortune to the university for the
creation of an endowment fund for a
library of American history and litera-
ture and for a fund for a teachers fell
lowship.
Dr. Parks unselfish interest and
loyal devotion to the cause of educa-
ton will certainly make his memory
all the more revered, for only once
before in the history of Utah has one
of its citizens made a beQuest to the
state university. The first instance
was that provided in the will of the
late Nathan Sears, a little over three
years ago.
Text of the VIII.
The will of DR.. Park provides as fol-
lows:
"Inasmuch as my life work has been
| devoted to the educational interests OF
! my state, and mindful of Its future
welfare, hereby direct that the whole
of nv estate shall be converted into
available funds by my executor at
| time when my executor shall deem 1t
most expeaient, and that said funds
shall be transferred and given to the
/ University of Utah, as an endowment
| to said institution to be used in the
manner following, to-wit:
''Ten thousand dollars to be made
| permanent fund, the interests and is
sues arising therefrom to be used in
! the purchase and maintenance OF a
! library of American history and 1Jera-
ture, to be known and called the Park
Library of American History and
Literature
Ten thousand dollars of said endow-
ment shall be made permanent fund
/ and from the interests and issues arts
! ing therefrom shall be established, by
| the president and board Of regents or
| said university, a fellowship 70 be
| known as the John r. Park Teachers
| Fellowship the object and purpose OF
| which is and shall be to enable worthy
teachers engaged by the University OF
| Utah TO pursue courses of study in
educational institutions abroad, or out
side the state university; that the
| beneficiarieS of said fellowship shall
be such graduate students and others
| employed as teachers in said unTver-
| sity as the president and board of
regents may elect. provided that the
benefits of said Fellowship shall not be
| granted TO any one person for period
of more than three years
ct hereby direct that the remainder
of said endowment shall be used in
| such manner and for such purposes
as the president and board of regents
of said university may deem most bene-
fetal to said institution.
ct hereby expressly and intention
ally exclude from participation in, OF
receiving from, my estate any interest
therein, any and all persons not here
inbefore named, and particularly the
following named persons: John Held
Hortense Held, Eliza Loeser, and Colt
lief Aesh becher, their heirs and as
signs