Show U. U of Utah to Celebrate Birthday Monday The University of Utah will be 82 years cars old Sunday February 28 The regular student exercises o of Founders' Founders day will be held Monday according to tOI President George Thom Thorn as As in past years red and white carnations will be sold by members member of the Spurs national coed pep so so- det At 11 p. p m. m three official salutes will willbe willbe be so fired under the direction of Major James A. A Gillispie head of the school department of ot military militar science anc and tactics At this time all will momentarily cease as students and faculty members pay silent homage hornage hornage horn horn- age to the founders The history of the state institution dates back to two and ind one-half one years after lafter the arrival of the Utah pioneers in n 1847 An act of the provisional government of the state of Deseret February 28 1850 incorporating the University of was ratified October 4 4 1851 by the legislature of the territory of Utah In November 1850 the university was opened but in 1851 instruction was discontinued and not resumed until November 1867 In 1869 under Dr John R. R Park the institution was reorganized and adapted TO the work of classical normal and scientific in in- In 1884 the legislature amended the charter and gave the university definite nite power to confer degrees In 1892 the he name was changed from the University University Uni Uni- of Deseret to the University of Utah |