Show Page 2 Thursday November 12 1987 CEU celebrates 50th Anniversary KJr Hlffl t P"1 :& -- ' v'-- The College of Eastern 79 During his administration the Utah's 30th Anniversary is just Career Center was built and passing the mid- - way point in its eventually named after him and a celebration Many successful thrust for continuing education activities have been hosted with was made Also during his administration the CEU San Juan many more still to come Statehood Days Campus in Blanding was created The anniversary started with McDonald said that ordinary Price City and CEU hosting and extraordinary people made it Statehood Days in January Many happen here This is what local and state dignataries were in education is all about Price for the weekend to partake in Carbon College's first some of the unique culture and students Also on the program was heritage that area residents are very ' i‘ ' M Cycling Around the World The world famous Chinese Acrobats dazzled Carbon County residents with their precision performance Here a member of the team demonstrated his skillon a unicycle by Jed Clark pto Taniguchi delivers talk on Utah Coal Industry College of Eastern history department delivered a talk on chairperson "Market Rails and Regulations: One Hundred Yean of Utah Coal" for the Division of State History of the Utah State Historical Society's Mining Symposium in Salt Lake City on October 31 Dr Nancy Taniguchi talked about the historical background of coal mining and the role the railroad played in Carbon and Emery Counties dur- - ing the late 1800's and 190ffs to the She explained The Utah's symposium participants of the coal land act in 1873 whereas R A Ballinger commissoner of the General Land Office reported that the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RG) had the virtually monopolized bituminous Book ClilTs coal field When the federal government was trying to bust the railroad trusts D&RG already had a grip on eastern Utah coal for over a quarter of a century she said D&RG often used "dummies" people hired by the railroad to file false land claims and turn the acreage over to the railroad or its agents It owned Pleasant Valley Coal Co Winter Quarters Castle Gate Sunnyside and Clear Greek Coal Companies which produced over three-fourtof Utah's coal output in 1898 and by 1907 the combined mines produced almost hs 90 percent of the Utah's total She said that D&RG rail the only provided in Utah eastern transportation other all corporations at keeping is mercy including its national rival the Union Pacific which owned a mine in Scofield Her research revealed that another factor in the enormous growth of railroad mines was cheap labor Throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's a steady stream of immigrants provided a corps of willing workers "When one group became disgruntled as often happened due to difficult working conditions low pay and the company store system another nationality could (continued on page 5) Elaine Jones Jensen one of the proud of toured The first students to enter through the participants different sites in the area ate some doors of CEU She recalled that specialty foods provided by some her sister Vera Jones Zaremba of the area's excellent culinary and two friends Jeanette Gances artists listened to speakers telling Welsh and Mary Pappas Lyons the history of the this area and the were the first four studemts to state and joined other Utahns for enter the buildiing when the a dance to celebrate Utah's college opened its doors in the fall Statehood Days on the final eve of of 1938 the celebration "I remember Dr Pace would Bangerter signs 50th have to stop his lectures because Proclamation Anniversary of the noise on the jackhammer in During the 1987 legislative the next room installing chairs in session at the Utah State Capital the new building" she added Building on February 20 Gov "Classes" were very small Norman H Bangerter signed a from five to 10 students and there proclamation congratulating the were eight boys to one girl A their 30th CCC college during Conservation (Civilian Anniversary where the located was Corp) camp This was the same date fifty school district bus garage is now years earlier that Gov Henry and many of the boys attended the Blood signed Senate Bill 6 college" she continued creating CEU (formerly Carbon But the enrollment was not College) to better serve the higher high enough to pay utilities and education needs of the people of keep the college open and thus the eastern Utah CEU was the first juniors and seniors at Carbon college in the state to be created High School joined with the by a legislative acL freshman and sophomores at the Former presidents college in the Main Building to return better utilize the space That former John Holman served as the evening presidents Claude Burtenshaw and first student body president Paul Dean M McDonald returned to Craven vice president: Dorothy their former domain for the Jones Marguerite secretary dedication of their presidcntal Moruiett treasurer and Mary historian Joe pictures being officially hung on Amano the president’s wall in die Student Chriustensen was freshman A1 Center Alumni Room Veltri 12th Activity representative The occasion was Founder’s Day gride and McRay Lopez 11th Banquet and the two former grade "Dr Eldon B Sessions the presidents talked to a full house Burtenshaw was the first first president was a newcomer to president of the college after the the community but was always separation of the college from the ready to listen to our problems high school and during the time it and we appreciated him" she MM was a branch of the University of Utah He served Cram 1939-6-2 Commencement 87 He said he remembered Commencement this spring his in Price saw the University of Utah's fondly youth Things 1 never were like Chase Peterson thought they President were they were better he said He delivering the commencement also paid tribute to the 12 address to the 49th graduating wonderful and tremendous teachers class During his speech he gave who served under his the graduates his theory towards administration and who are still achieving success and talked about on the faculty CElTs outstanding graduates McDonald served from 1970-on (continued page 7) |