Show THE University at the last commencement commencement commencement commence- commence ment conferred upon Dr Park the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws the first of its kind which has ever been given by the University of Utah According According According Ac Ac- cording to the charter the Regents are empowered to confer the degree on those who in addition to long and faithful service with the University are eminently eminently eminently emi emi- qualified to receive it The reasons which prompted the Regents Regent to give the degree to Dr Park were fully stated by the Chancellor on Commencement Commence Commence- men ment t Day and need not be reiterated here The President ex-President took hold of the University away back in the latter part of the sixties and was connected with it continuously if we except a brief sojourn in Europe up to a year or two ago There always seemed to be an r indissoluble bond of union b between tween the th Doctor and the institution which he so ably fostered for so many years and it itis itis itis is only with words of tenderness and affection that the alumni and old pupils speak of him We still have claims upon Dr Park and when we heard the Chancellor speak of the Doctors Doctor's devotion devotion devotion devo devo- tion to the interests of the University it seemed a general matter of regret that he is not connected with us now even if it be only to have his name appear in inthe inthe inthe the catalogue as a Professor Emeritus |