University of Utah - Utonian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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ZIBeoiration Q E o Tliitah, the btate that gahe Iite to the Utinihersitp tphirh hears its name, this Tiidtonian is oeoirateo. Ulihe Tliinihersitp par: takes of the great potper ano strength prohioeohp the State, for tphirh it exists. Zin turn, that potner ano strength tem: pereo hp the ioeals ano unoer: stanoing of greater inspiration, is returneo, that the State map aohante, maintaining a more perfeft grotpth. Qs a rerogni: tion ot the honos of purpose ano enoeahor tphith tnill eher holo the ttpo together in the gnioante of her people, this oeoiration is soletnnigeh.

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QA Chronicle Historygf the University Qf Utah On February 25th, 1850, the Provi- sional Government of the State of Des- eret enacted a law which incorporated the Ufniversity of Deseret. This act was ratified October 4th, 1851, by the Legis- lature of the Territory of Utah. By -this charter all authority was vested in a chancellor and board of twelve regents, appointed by the Governor. Qrson Spencer was chosen as first Chancellor. In November, 1850, the University was opened but in 1851 instruction was dis- continued and not resumed -until Novem- ber, 1867. The institution was reorgan- ized in 1869 and Linder the direction of Dr. john R. Park Work of classicial, normal and scientific nature was car- ried on. In 1892, the new charter granted' by the Legislature changed the name from the University of Deseret to the Uni- versity of Utah. By the Legislative enactment of 1911 the Board of Regents was increased to fourteen, including the President of the University and the Sec- retary of S.tate, ex-officio. The University, in 1894, received a grant from the government of a sixty acre tract of land on the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, to which Was added thirty-two adjoining acres. In 1899 the State Legislature provided for the erec- tion of buildings and the removal of the University to this, its present site. '