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Show HISTORIC ABODE IS PILE OF RUINS a & & c3 STUDENTS RAZE KIMBALL II0M1- ID. S. UNIVERSITY i'.Viitnts fcaf-ii-.r-s dov.Ti the walls of out of Utah's oldiut building j, tho Kiii.'uall rc.:;n..cc, to n.ui-j roia for their new ; j j athletic field. ) ' : - - - n ' :f ' . - V i '.. i?-, i n . !! .: - ' : , r-- -..':'... ' .-: '',. : . . -'": . . , ; " . :. ..K:f ::rA i " t ' ' - ' " j f ; V - v - --. .... ':.- . ' li'M'ik'r-f-! A" "1,1, ' vsj Demolition of Well-knowr Landmark Is Made Occasion Occa-sion of Big Celebration. DOBE briek, pine timbers and balsam shingles which had withstood for almost seventy years the winter's biting cold and the sun's blistering rays fell yesterday before the ruthless ruth-less onslaughts if students and teachers of the U D. s. university. The building demolished stood at 44 East North Temple Tem-ple street, directly east of the new Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith Memorial building. In the 'COs, this residence, called the Kimball home, a slory and a half, seven-room, of 'dobe brick, was considered one of the most "palatial" of its kind in the state. Karly in the '50s, Dr. Williams beean its construction. He never completed it. but, traded it to President Ileber C. Kimball, who presented it as a gift to his eldest sun, William H. Kimball. Hast of it were the grist, the linseed oil, the molasses mills anj carding machines of .the Kimball Kim-ball estate. Just back of it stood the wall that surrounded the old tithing vard and building. Promptly at 9 o'clock yesterday, the! student body of the university assembled around the old building to listen to selec- I tions by the band, introductory remarks by President Guy c. Wilson of the uni- I versity. and a brief talk bv President rieuei- j . urauL. ,t tno close ot President Grant's remarks the entire student body ot boys, who had previously been divided into ten groups, each under the leadership leader-ship of a captain, were assigned definite tasks. One band with pick and shovels was directed to demolish the next to the last remaining vestige of the old wall that formerly surrounded the church property. Another band was ordered to tear down the roof, another to batter down the walls, and others to drag away timbers and to pass the adobe brick down a line of boys to a spot where the bricks were piled. With a cheer the building was attacked. Boys swarmed over the roof, tearing up shingles and demolishing chimneys. Some tore up floors and others started to batter down the walls. Whole sections of the roof ewre thrown down. Walls crumbled and fell in a cloud of dust. So ardently did the various groups work that in an hour the building that had stood for so many decades was totally razed. At iioon large quantities of potatoes and Wienerwursts were roasted in the fires that had been built to burn wood and other rubbish. The girls who were present pres-ent to give the project their "moral support" sup-port" passed bread, sandwiches and fruit to tile hungry workers. |