Show FUNERAL OF DR PARK Noted Educator is Laid in His Grave I I TRIBUTES OF OLD FRIENDS I I Lato Superintendent of Schools of Utah Borne to His Last Besting Place After Impressive Services at Assembly Hall Hundreds of Mourners Attend to Testify Their I Appreciation of the life and Services I Ser-vices of Dr Park Addresses by I Farmer Pupils t Seldom bus a more impressive funeral fu-neral service been held in this city I than that conducted yesterday morning morn-ing over the remains of the lato Dr I John It Park Far from his native home with no relative wlh relatve present still there were hundreds of mourners who Gathered to pay their last trlliute of respect to one whose life had been I n boicdiction to them in fact to hundreds I hun-dreds of others who could not be present but who H look upon bis death as a personal bereavement The Assembly hal where the services I ser-vices were held looked exceedingly beautiful with its drapery of pure I white and festoons of smllax Potted i palms and plants were tastefully used I i and heightened the beauty of the I scene Across the front 01 the organ I hung a silk banner on which were the i words University Battalion and to I this was attached n large wreath of wliito carnations I The casket which was a plain but I I massive one of solid oak vested be I eath a wealth of fragrant flowers j while the stand on which it was placed I held many a tribute of blooms from i the friends of the deceased educator j I All the addresses were Impressive i and scarcely a speaker whose voice I dh not quiver as he recalled the noble I qualities of the departed All had known him intimately either as pupils or coworkers In the field of education I educa-tion and the tributes paid came dl 1 reclly I from the hearts of the speaker ems The music too was unusually line and was furnished by a quartette composed of Messrs Pyper Whitney Spencer and Patrick Prof Stephens presided at the organ I The ceremony opened with a song Refuge of the Weary by the quartette quar-tette Apostle Hcber J Grant offered the opening prayer which was followed fol-lowed by another from the song quartette quar-tette Oh Love Divine TRIBUTES OF FRIENDS Dr Joseph T KIngsbury the first I speaker said In opening his address that DI Park was dead but his works I would live aa long as the everlasting I i hills that with his whole heart and soul he advocated and supported the I I public schools of the State and dc voted his whole time to the educa I tlon of the youth of the State that he i was quiet resered systematic and a I man of prayer The strongest desire i I of his life said the speaker was that the University of Utah should grow inefficiency I in-efficiency and power and the people of I the State In appreciation oC what he had done should erect to him a monument monu-ment on University hill I Senator Joseph L Ilawllns said t was a sad thought to him that a life 01 fnich u Utefulness should have readied Its end and he cheerfully paid his tribute of rtspect to one who had wrought so many good works The speaker said that the deceased was unpretentious to the last degree difll dent and a man of high moral and physical courage that he was unselfish unself-ish lovable and the most companionable companion-able of men that every girl and boy who came In contact with him loved him and that that love would last u long as life should last In closing Senator Rawllns said In sad and I silent procession with love and tender ten-der reverence we will bear him away to the city of the dead bounded on one side by Time on the other by Eternity James Sharp a member of the Board I of Regents of the University referred to the dlfllculties met with in the establishment es-tablishment of the University of the poverty and struggle oC the people In the early days to maintain an existence ex-istence how they drew Inspiration from Dr Park who through all the years of trial had hIs heart set on having established in this territory n temple In which would be taught the knowledge possessed by the human family He respected Dr Park because be-cause his life had been devoted to Its chosen cause that of disseminating knowledge among the people and said that when the history of the Slate shall bewritten the name of Dr Park will stand preeminent as an educator In the State WON HIS PUPILS HEARTS Gov Wells who had known Dr Park since his early boyhood said that without desiring to disparage the esteem In which very man of the I professors of the past and of the present pres-ent are held It was no Injustice to I anytoC thorn to say that Dr Park suc Qccdod in endearing himself to his pupils in winning theh hearts and in holding their love and respect to a greater extent than any teacher I have ever known The tendency of his teachings both those of precept I I and example was to uplift and elevate ele-vate Gov Wells then spoke of Dr Park in his official capacity as Su perintendent of Public Instruction and said that the administration of his ot flee had been honest efficient progressive progres-sive and forceful He closed his remarks re-marks with these words Now he Is gone No more In this life will his genial presence warm the hearts of his friends whose names are legion Peace to his ashes May those who love him cherish his memory and emulate his example I humanity honesty good works the golden rule of conduct loyalty to friends charity to enemies fidelity to religion devotion to God will earn reward In the Eternal World Dr John R Park will have a most perfect exaltation ex-altation Bishop Orson F Whitney who was also n student under Dr Park spoke briefly put principally an the bishop of the ward In which Dr Park lived He said that the deceased was not a pious man in the common acceptation of the term that he seldom mot In uu assemblage 91 the people but his heart and his purarjntrings were ever open to the cry of the iKeily and to the call for aid in erecting meetinghouses and schools I The closing yneakor President George Q Cannon said ho had been I I deeply Impressed by the remarks which he had heard He said the people I peo-ple need have no fear as to the future of Dr Park that the Lord would bless him even a his pupils rise up and I bless him President Cannon knew the deceased to have been n kindly man a lover of mankLoT with the advancement ad-vancement of the young the thought I ever nearest his heart and ho prayed God that many would take his life ns I an example because It had been a blessing to mankind I The quartette rendered the beautiful anthem Not Dead but Slcepeth after which the benediction wan pronounced pro-nounced by J Z Stewart of Logan and then tho coffin was borne to the I hearse by Profs Stewart Paul Toronto To-ronto Coray Howard and Dr ICings J bury Holds band headed the funeral I fu-neral cortecq on its way to he City cemetery where all that was mortal = 1 of one of Utahs foremost and best loved educators was laid to rest |