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Show a soma .si'icnux. AT Tilt: Msthodlat conference on Haturday a report waa handed In from the committee 011 education which contain some rpille useful as well aa entertaining matter. It rtlns largely large-ly to the ernbryotlo affair generally token of at Hie "Utah University." That the project Is entitled to any such dlgnlflcatlou waa a subjvet of doubt In th beginning, and lh doubt la by no means satisfied by this recent et position from lh "comullte oil vdUMtlon." I'or eiample: "We deplore the present unsatisfactory tutilanf tti Utah Unltsnlly eiilsrprlw, a status brought about largely by what seemalo I lb batty, unwise, If not Illegal manner In which the Itsv M. V. Hmall was eluded protblent of th pro-poted pro-poted unlvvrtlly." As lo this "unsatisfactory status" we will explain, slue tho committee has not, that up to Ihla point th luttltu. tlon hat breu a very much overworked an I altogether uuproeperous hippodrome. hippo-drome. The advance bill (uiter for the concern, who was alao the duty elected rtldent, hu for twelve months ln wob-bllng wob-bllng about Utwreu (Iglen and l'hllaJelhla,aud flnilly, for alleged cntMs which not unfreUoiitty follow In the trail of financial agents of Id ess r, liastliulllrd Into Canada. IliemWhluf of It la the puhlluare finding out that the present "latin" at lb bulneu,lf fully reported, would eahlblt ao'cnrlng III the suburbs of Og. ilei r one corner of which laalinleal- hgeil to contain the turner stone" of th Uah Uulveralty. Iniroiluilty to this "corner stone" Is a tract of ia rant and uufi tired ground staked oir Into bljeks, presumed amis day or 1 ther to Income t lly I da whlili, In tho public mlud, are more ur lets Idenllfftil wllh the "corner stone" under the name of "I Mil Adlltlon." Jtttuid aliout la a trait, we cau'teay how Urge, known In tpeculstltu tlrcles as Un. verslly place. This llllle II .url.h In tin. wnyof title emWIIlahment to all account I the only really succtaaful litimbu In Ihe eutlre treuaacllou. It hit Iro'lght many a citli ulo ti tho real tstate lr, which hal no other basis fir the profit t( thu trade. This nsult may be nmereaocldei)tuf Ibo situs. I llou, but here la a paragraph of the sVndsfisSssIs&lj report that may suggrtt an Idea lo thos aoUalutirl wllh parer (own speculations. spec-ulations. "We are of the olnlon thai the Clly of Igdrn has tailed I . meet what seems to ua 10 In tie Dblliratlans to Ihe Ur.lten.lly enterprbtn,nllistlthat MM lo keep lit aurosuiem made by JtarepretenbtUtee, Hwan.t llohlnann Ind etiinpaiiy, Intbe fol'owlngwordtt "vfo rurilier sgreelo donate I. In lh various tuUlltlalona or ebtltlonsln llm vMnHvof lhgrtmnla berelofere blTered, bf lh fdll value f ibi.tvo. at lb Mr rtdortlon uf lb same." We mull form a tnnrn clear Judgment Judg-ment of tlie 1 ttit to which Ofdell has "lalle-l" In It obllatlont, If the rotitter obllfrttloni hit teen mire rf-tly slated, lh reT't 'f "Inettnuoh aa OaJen pmrw-e.1 lofiir-nlth lofiir-nlth lb slle, It gtlter with other lands for lb Unlterslty puti-iii, we ar rtf lb opinion Ibat she waa and Is under obligation, wlthnoteapattte to the tinard of illtTclort, to defend lb right, till and Imerett of said 1 atrd In end lo sahl landti ami we bk In the rtty of Ogib'n to meet the etpente of the suit now pending, ootiteaUng Hi right lo slid grounds In order tornako givoil Its otlef lo the mlssein and church, as an Inducement Induce-ment to aertire th loostlotl of the pro-pw-e.1 bnlrsrtlly." We can scarcely lielleve that Ogden wouldoldlgato Itself to enter Into any tttj ei4nalve compllcatlona of any sort tiii such atxuancrsK the University Uni-versity InarU have thus far Ixvtt ablu to give. Hub II has allowed lb board of directors lot cmbarraml wllh a Judgment ol 11,004 ublahied by toll In cootl for the aid amount for material ami Itlor for Ihe founilailnn of the prop"! Unlter-alty,wbll Unlter-alty,wbll Ihem are unil I sutwrlotlniit mad by eltlaena of Ot len lo Ihe atnunl nfliisM, many of which tilb-crlrtlont have riot lieen -old even In airi." Ill this there teems to I a rather foolish ellort to confute I bo clly'aobll-gstltn, clly'aobll-gstltn, whatever that might Ir, with the irotulaia which private cltUsti may have inaJe, either In Ihe cii.W. niary line of town lot aculatlon or w Ith Ihe mltdlrctted Idea of thus show log their loyalty to th clly. As to some of them romlted sub-ectlttlout, sub-ectlttlout, there la a very lnis)itanl feature which tho report has not Included, In-cluded, but Ihe committee will bo excused ex-cused by lh circumstance uf Ihn cote fornotdolog so. When tho question of locating Ihe affair at Ugden was agitated, "Mormons" were solicited to subacrll upon tho theory that It would to of more ur leas bu sloes bo noil no-il t to th town In th way of advertisement, adver-tisement, etc. They respondtj lo tint amount of thousands of dollars. I n tho first ceremony of lh Imlltutlon a conspicuous feature was a (Ira.lo of abuse of the ihurch to which they belonged, be-longed, and of tin nitrlvn at member. The altrenl wa totally out of place and uncalled for, and was of a nature so coarse and Indecent that a tclf.rseprct lug iiewetr would liesltalo In publishing pub-lishing IL This was from the man whom the loan! ha I chosen tor resident, resi-dent, aud might properly lw regarded at authoritative. We do not know what effect this gratuitous Insult had upon the "Mormou" suUcrlbers, but If this ISO.UvM deficit belongs to Ihem It Is no causa for turt rite. To sunt th matter up briefly, the Utah University has had Ihe )mi tomt of a fake from Ihe beginning without Intermission lo the present moment. And If It ever was an earnest, honest enterprise aud the leard are, aa they s-ty, disturbed by lh prospect ahead of II, thry hav themselves to thank for their embarraument. If their dl.mal c-Itrlrtir c-Itrlrtir has Indeed convinced them that successful beggary Is not the prime imallrlcatlon of a University president the collapsu uf their eultr prise la not entirely without profit. They elected a vulgar street corner brawler to staul at tho head of their Institution, solely for Id money.gatherlug succetae. o le-gau le-gau hi soliciting mission right lisre ainoug them, and the bills they have had to foot on hi accouut since, ought to lio first-rate evldvnco to them that their Judgment of Mr. Hmall a a beggar waa the very best. |