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Show The Daily Utah Dweebs, dips, dorks gather at nerd fest MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989 By VOL. 98, NO. 96 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Regismfe note 'feeloimg off ..unKy-- Christian Aggeler among JnsftKutions increase with any additional funds. Because salary Chronicle staff writer See page 8 On a serious note, however, Peterson said he felt increases are based on "equity catchup," such the leadership and support of the regents made the institutions could conceivably receive smaller state last state legislative session the best he's ever increases in the future. experienced. "We need to find a fair way to encourage rather "We were able to avoid surprises by and large," than punish (salary supplements)," Goddard said. Peterson saidr "which is useful as we try to pull The State Board of Regents concluded its monthly meeting on a high note Friday afternoon in the University of Utah's Saltaire Room. The governing body of the state's system of higher education noted a "feeling of unity" growing between the leaders of Utah's public colleges and universities. Vice Chairman John Goddard spoke on behalf of the Budget and Finance Committee regarding faculty salary increases. After two years of little or no increase, the regents have approved a 3 percent increase in faculty salaries this year. Goddard expressed a concern that institutions are not "punished" for supplementing this 3 percent - The committee also set enrollment targets for the together and avoid suspicions." institutions to avoid "misleading students into an Commissioner of Higher Education Wm. Rolfe Kerr inferior education;" Most schools, with the concluded the meeting by saying, "The legislators had commented on a perceptible feeling of unity exception of the U show an increase in enrollment. The regents approved iinancing for several U. between the state's nine institutions." Kerr said the research projects, including a proposal for a small, leaders of these institutions should be artificial heart. U. President Chase Peterson brought gales of laughter when he joked the small heart had been designed with Utah legislators in mind. 100-millimet- "acknowledged and commended." The feeling of unity "made a substantial difference in the way we're perceived by the legislature and is beneficial for higher education," Kerr added. er Financial problems pla gued U. early on, just like today ! "H , ' - 1 X' ? 4vt i By Edward Ruiz Chronicle assistant news editor . Tuesday marks the founding day of the University of Utah 139 years ago, when the state wasn't even a stateit was a territory. .Through its achievements and growth, the U. has become a monumental reflection of, the successful 'community started by Mormon pioneers in the 19th ......... . ,' .xentury. The settlers created the U. (which until 1892 was ' ansa ft!L',i ' ' - &xiwm'r'V s I I ' M - x i Vl &J4i if '"'J? . of Deseret) knowing their without a system of community would not survive ' the University fyy(eyy'yiy-- - education. an essay written in 1885 by an unknown author (though it is assumed to be John R. Park-t- he U.s first president), discusses the time when the university was merely a sperm, not an institution. "The history of the University of Deseret is in part the history of a pioneer people who first settled the desolate regions in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake, then Mexican territory, in 1847. These hardy and industrious pioneers, refugees from religious persecution in Missouri and Illinois, fixed upon this spot as their future home. A thousand miles from other civilization and from any source of supply beyond that wrested from a parched" soil, these devoted seekers for a home and religious freedom, struggled for years to maintain a bare existence. "Still; during this, period of isolation and severe trial, they did not forget the education of their children, which they considered almost equally essential to their welfare as the means for their physical sustenance. . . . So, in 1850, on the 28th of February, about two and a half years subsequent to the first settlement of the Territory, which had then "Deseret University of-Uta- h," ; , ; been organized into i .fy:yyy:-- , a provisional government known as the State of Deseret, tHe Legislature of this provisional State passed an ordinance incorporating .the University of the State of Deseret." ';-,- ; ; fJMTf' - - ' - , ' WtA UMpSi r ' - yy-H&- 4 M . , - - - ' ' - -- ? .. Zzzr The John Pack home was the site of the University of Utah's first classroom, which was 30 feet by 60 feet. faced east. There were two large rooms in the front and several smaller ones in the rear. It was one of the largest rooms in the valley at the time." The first term of "the oldest university west of the Missouri River" began November 11," 1850, with ; about 25 students who paid $8 in tuition and who were taught by Cyrus P Collins. Like the U. of today, the U. of yesterday was plagued with financial troubles. Original plans called for separate buildings for males and females, but lacking funds left room for only The ordinance also designated a board of 12 males. In the second term, regents and a chancellor to overlook the new which began in February institution. Gov. Brigham Young appointed Orson 1851 at a lowered tuition r Spencer as the first chancellor of the regents. rate of $5, the financial In a diary on her family, Sadie Grant Pack writes burden a forced small about the. site of the first U. classroom-t- he of reconsideration : . home of John Pack located on the southwest corner ' of West Temple and North Street. . "When John Pack prepared to build his home in 1948 he was requested by Brigham Young to make one of the rooms large enough that small entertainments and dances might be held there. When finished, this house measured 30 by 60 feet. It ' had walls of adobe and its roof was shingled. It I , separating the sexes and the U. was open to co- education. Also in the second term, classes were moved to the State Council House oh Main Street. see "founders" on page four Benjamin F. Howells, left, and Thomas D. Lewis were the first students to obtain degrees in 1886. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT Non-prof- it V |
