Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-01 | Page 17 | Special Edition, The Salt Lake Collegiate Institute

The Salt Lake Collegiate Institute The Salt Lake Collegiate institute Is one of the historical educational Institutions Insti-tutions of Salt Luke City, and of Utah, having a history of almost thirty years. It was established In the spring of 1875 by Prof. J. M. Coyner. and began Its career as a school on April 12, In the bas.-ment rooms of the First Presbyterian Presby-terian church. Bei the hool closed in June it had an enrollment of alxty- three. At the c..s - or the second school year the enrollnx nt h id reached 142, nnd at the end of the following year It was 10.r.. , , The growth of the school now required re-quired a RCparate building, ami through Prof Coym-r's efforts there was erected on the lot just north of the church, and dedicated August 32, 1877 a one-story building with three rooms, and a .-eating capacity of 16n. In three years more th school had outgrown these quarters and In the summer of 1880 the two-Story brick front was constructed. The next addition was made In 1S81, raising the one-story 'rear to two stor- l.s . on, pi. ting the building, which IS used today as the boys' dormitory and as temporary quarters for Westminster college. Prof Coyner remained with the c!.ool for t.i. years. building It up from nothing to a strong, well-equipped graded school In .n' departments, with a superintendent ami six teachers, and an enrollment of about S25, carrying th-course th-course of Instruction! far enough to tit boys for th.- best Eastern colleges, such aS Princeton and the University of Michigan where Its students have taken high lank. The Collegiate Institute Is Justly proud of the share It has had in making possible the present splendid system of public Instruction ln this city. It was one of the four christian schools In this city whose object was to tsupply the people with American education through first-class graded schools, until un-til the free public school system would take up tho work. This was done In lbUO. when Dr. J. F. Millspaugh. Prof. Coyiier's successor, resigned the super- Intendency of the collegiate institute to ac ept the office of superintendent of public school! Of Salt Lake City A new epoch In tho history of tho school began ln 1835, when, under the administration of Prof. R. J. Caakey, the work of the lower grades was dropped and a new academy building was completed A prominent educator has said of tins building that It Is the most beautiful and complete for Its purpose west of .e Mlsourl river. The rooms and hulls are finished In natural wood; It has a beautiful large dining-room dining-room and kitchen, marble lavatories, bathroom and closet on each floor. Is heated by steam and lighted by elec-tii elec-tii ity It contains, also, recitation and assembly rooms, music room, laundry. I parlors, and, ln addition, will accom- I modate about sixty girls and teachers. ! , While the Collegiate Institute is un- I der the control of the Board of Home 1 Missions of I tie Presbyterian church, its I aim from the first has been to be a thoroughly c hristian but unsei tarlan i sc hool, w ith the Bll.lc si i idled sysi einat -leally by all pupils, it Is In no sense I n rival Of the public schools, but has a . distinct and sp"clal work of Its own. I namely to provide a Christian home for young men and women who come from a distance to secure an education, to meet the increasing demand for an education conducted on a Christian rathe than a secular basis, and to answer an-swer the requirements of those who desire de-sire the advantages of smaller classes. more frequent recitations, and more personal contact with the teachers. One of the most attractive features of the school to patrons outside of Salt Lake City Is the pleasant home life enjoyed by those who board there Close attention atten-tion Is given to the health of the pupils, pu-pils, and, realizing that play as well as work Is essential to the building of a well-rounded character, numerous bo-clal bo-clal entertainments are enjoyed through the year. The course of study Ik thorough, fitting for entrance to the best colleges, but, ln addition, the object ob-ject Is to give such moral training, on a Bible basis, as to make earnest, elll-i elll-i lent and conscientious men and wo-i. wo-i. n Twenty-three classes, with 140 members, mem-bers, have now been graduated from the Institute, and many of these graduates grad-uates have taken high rank ln educational educa-tional work and In business and pro-fe:: pro-fe:: i..n:. I life- ' ( t he m. inb. rs of t he last eight graduating classes, exactly one-half have already continued their studies In higher educational institutions, institu-tions, and 25 per cent of the remainder have entered the profession of teaching. teach-ing. Fifteen recent graduates arc; now in college; thirteen of these In Eastern colleges For the last seven years the Westminster West-minster college has been associated with the Collegiate Institute, using the Kiine buildlm? nnd with some lnt..r-change lnt..r-change of claeS work. It Is the Intention Inten-tion to continue this relation when tho college moves to lta beautiful site ln tho southeastern part of tho city.