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Show . ' , , , .0, ,, , , ,. , 2 0 Deseret-Ne- w he- A.. . .''. -. i , . - .''' , ,, ;- - : In "Romance N , ' - r of An Old !Briny Lake I , Makes'Fun: For Ina lufs -- ' : 1 , - ,., . . ' .- r -- , 1. Dec-emb- not-lon- ? , , - ) tat t'Ae'rragitotariteral Leadg7sPitedaturebYwittite out The same change. year, Wilford Woodruff arrived in Great Salt Lake city with two tons of books. tStfaotttwewraes home. log benches. Elder Ballantyne, 32 years old at the time and his ruddy face wreathed by a brown beard, bowed his head and offered a prayer. That was the beginning, ,, at Along with the expanding public school system ' iti esriy Utah, there were a number of private schools. As early as December, 18.52, Eli B. Kelsy advertised in the Deseret News for pupils. Subjects included reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar and geography. Orson Hyde established' a class , Scaceieonrcedlogofto E2'Hille alsrht Ginram"Tmaher, Throbs of the West," published by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Orson Pratt opened a school for profound subjects, such as Science.of Light, ElectroChemistry and Astronomy. Joseph A. Gebow- - announced that he would give lessons in the Shoshone dialect, and the Polysophical Academy offered gymnastics and military science to young men, and drawing and music to young women. , t , -,- - fanmovouelas. hthime towrmiatikneg Elder Ballantyne had arrived in Salt Lake Valley the year previous to his organizing the Sunday School, and had built his home so that it could accommodate a modest Sabbath School. Three years after organizing the Sunday School, Richard pallantyne answered a mission call to India. He became the first Latter-da- y Saint missionary, so far as it is known, to circle the globe without purse or, scrip. After 29 persons, most of them between the ages of eight ihd 14, hid assembled in the home, Elder Ballantyne called them to order. The children sat on slab , , , Early Days - The morning was cold. Winter 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, 1849, had come to Salt take Valley. Of the first Sunday School in the In fact it was Already searching parties had Itkilo;kteMig ortunnintaig of the Sunday been scouring the nearby hills school movement of the Church for lost cattle. A heavy snow had of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints which in Utah's Centenfallen two days before: But there --was warmth 'in the nial year has a membership of nearly 400,000 Mileadobe home, with a dirt Richard Ballantyne was a nato Richard roof, tive Scot. He was born only a few miles from A b b o or d, d::" rant a'tinil ;is where, at the time, Sir Walter glaanni; n'''gre.':e.At'sin'ill'irlie""chibl'i;d1'er While Utah then Deseret) still operated under a provisional state government, its legislative assem'bly passed,a law empower. ing local city Councils to and "establish. support re gu la te" cotmnenociloola, This law, passed in 1850, Ever since Pres. Brigham Young and his party splashed into its salty brine three day. after his arrival in Salt Lake Valley, Great Salt Lake has provided Utahns plenty of fun. Since early times, the beach near famous Black Rock has favorite spot for lake lt ttfera, A Arty Fourth cele- i In 1851 witnessed a bration near Black Rock. large outing 150 wagons left Great About c - . Salt Lake City at 8 cm.a arrivi ing at Black Rock four hours , ', later. A band was in the group, , cit, ' '"' which also included leading , izens, and the celebration fea, g tured bathing, dancing, speech, making and singing. A flag made '.. for the occasion was' hoisted on 4 a poly there, and penple re1 mained all night. According to Andrew Jenson. Kimball historian, Heber C. , builtaplace which be called (, 0' i . -' , er Schools Authorized , ... house," the first play in Utah ....,...,..0..... . was not presented in the bough t '",,, ' ' , , , no covered with t side bowery From the beginning, Utah . ' 4, walls. It was given in a barn- , ' t , , people have excelled in ed- -, , ;, ; like structure called the "Old ,' 'a, t ' ' ucation. J. ' , i., Bowery" situated in the southrr , ,, , ,,,I t" -,. west corner of Temple Square. ,,,.1 ., vi,. y:,' t , Rock House near Black Rock There is some disagreement re' ' ,.) , ' in 1880. :' . ,di ....., the first play given in ?, . garding .."In 1880, an elaborate resort, '''' Great Salt Lake City. Some ' , . 3, . ' including about a hundred bath ' maintain it was "Robert Mac- b"; s sire," ' houses, was erected at Black ' while others avert that it .4N i:..,.-4,Rock. It seemed to do well un: was "The Triumph of Inno- til the palatial Saltair Pavillon t )'t ' cence." In any event, pioneer was erected in 1893, g children. were kept-i- n' , . : nocent regarding the artistry of . I good drama, because their par, ' . ents brought with them a fer, , . 44,4, ; vent love of the theatre. Plays . ' had been produced in Nauvoo. , t In fact, Brigham Young himall , , ' . . played a Dart in a Nouvoo pro, :. , duction, "Pizarro." . . , , ... . Social Hill First Theatre , Great Salt Lake City's first ,, ., . .' , , ' , . . building was Social ; . Hall, an adobe structure , , , . , in 1852. It was designed ;... . , by Truman O. Angel, architect . '. for the Temple. He also helped , S - . , devise the scenery, and candles i' , I k ,,, . - Steel Company is major provided the early "footlights." Social Hall, only 40 by e 0 feet. , ' reason why this city has, f I - could seat but 300 people. In . ' to as addition a trebled in size in the last if serving theatre, ,i s' , 0.4.. 4 ; it was used for dances, a library, ' , ' ' is u !40.. gymnasium and for a session of '''''' t,14',' the territorial legislature. ' ,1 oo pn finswtheYepaorsp.ulatPi factor '''' :: ' Early actors in Social Hall roi w..., eeived no salary. The entire u- i, , growth is n'' ' - .,-- -- derstanding was a community. - the Iv 4, contribution. High and low pardevelopment of fruit , . ticipated. L.,,,,, " , . and Drama was given a boost in vegetable farming on a tt4 g 1862 with the completion of the 1 V. '. ' concentrated scale. City '''' , ,,,,,,, Salt Lake Theatre, which re- ' ,.. ' 1 t , N.... - maimed as a great cultural show 1 limits out over sev-trspread I, : k 4';':". the . t house until it infell before -- - - - - - -- ' 1...., --1928, to make ot I',;.; wrecker's bar . miles, but the gaps ere -- - -- ---, -- 10,4 room for a modern airplane- -' ,, ' ' ' . i , .. closed up as this sec' ;,:,:;. being shaped gasoline station. It had 4 t; s. a noting capacity of 1500. . , of the tion state becomes i. 1 ' fr..,,,, Plays Given Semi Weekly ' , industrialized. I , 5.' Early in the theatre's existence, were presented twice ts , ,., , plays - , weekly by the Deseret Dramatic Auociation, an amateur organi w,4 tation. Shortly thereafter, Hiram B. Clawson, theatre manager, oc, THEATER FAVORITEGeorge D. typer, shown above as . casionally, brought in outside Robin Hood, for some time thrilled Salt Lake Theater - , and with the cornperformers, , audiences with his acting and singing. He also manapd ; : pletion of the transcontinental , ' the famed show house for 30 years. He died in 1943. railroad in 1869, there was a t , t -, Centennial- Edition - 'First Utah Sunday SchoollMany Private 'Schools Started 9 t 1849 Held on - In common 1 ' , . . Charles J. Thomas, from Eng- -, land, was its first conductor. of the Salt Lake Manager Theatre for its last thirty years was George D. Pyper, who in his younger days thrilled diences with his operatic voice, .,,.....,"...v,,,.,y,.-4t.;,--,-------- 1 , : . ' ' , t, . , . ', '' ..,,r,......, , .. - 1947 veritable parade of stars from afar. The great actress, Maude Adams, made her debut on the stage at the Salt take Theatre, as a babe in arms. The theatre had an excellent in its genesis days. - t 1 ' Thpatei:,. Great Salt Lake City had plays before it had a playhouse. Social Hal, erected of adobes In the city in 1852, is said to be the first playhouse west of the Missouri River. but Utah's pioneers witnessed dramatic performances first in the "Old Bowery" on Temple Square. According to IGesrge D. Waey r, , .' 1- ..,. , . - ., ' & ki,',.P-;1060.404',-Ti;- . , .. , , e . Dramatic Performances ,: E , , -4- 1-, . ,v,,q ,, - , , .. ..'' 4' ;"'" k , '44 N'e , 'V .' V., , ..W.,.., ,. te'le,,,,,,,,qoawfw,,,,,m,e,t, mv,,,,v.s.w....90t.tettomor.AwbovwmeartigieovithmswaspowAn.0111 'rem' , City ed , corn--plet- ed ,,.. , : . , '- ; ,, , 1 ., , ,:.,,, i ' .1 , 'I , ' ,,, . , , 7, t ; :., ..,. ' , , 4, . k , ...,ii,i , , ..,.,,, ,,. , ii it - .. 1 . 1 ,) - - , i - . i ,,,,,::,,,,,,::,...,,,L: .....,Lizi: . -- i , ,,.. ,N, I - I -- 4 ,,I , , , , 1 s , j , , - -- i ,,, - 1 , I 1 ..i. , , , 7 t . ., L : t ,,, -, - - , - Jack of Babylon we rivers the "By Z' ' - sat down and wept, We wept when s retnem t 1 bered Zion." t ' So sang the remnants of a choir that shortly before had 11 sung at the dedication of a lord r , , tous temple at Kirtland, and t - whose "Hcsanm" had given corn- -I ' fort to an oppressed people in . - -' Missouri. For these singers, too, t ' were driven from their homts must journey westward .7,7and - across a wilderness, where they 1 were destined to help in the building of a Zion in the West, I - ,r and neither mobbings nor driv. , ings nor the (dangers of the : ' plains could silence their song. : ."It is evident," writes J. t - Spencer Cornwall, famed direc- tor of our present-da- y I choir, ! "that a regularly organized choir ; was in existence throughout the , sojourn of the Saints in Mis'- , in a souri, and was maintained ' way throughout the journey -across the plains." Was this group .' ' the nucleus of those singing plo- .. neers whose "Come, Come Ye 1 ', Saints" brought hope and courage ' I - and endurance to the travel., weary, and arrested the arrow of ;, s .. the warring red man? , Value Realized Musio's :,,;, , ,1 Two weeks after the arrival of !; s: the Saints in the Salt Lake Va, the Bowery was erected and l... ley, in it a place for a choir, for no ,,, ' .... doubt President Young and his ,,,..- - associates realized the value of ''''"- music to a community. We are Indebted to Director Cornwall s 7.5 and to Mrs.. Millie D. Cornwall, 14 choir hh3torian for the follow- s... t...,.Ing historical highlights: '111 The first leaders of the choir . , were John Parry, Stephen GodI ' 1.. dard, James Smithies, Charles J. Z7,.; Thomas and Robert Sands, Under the direction of Smithies ';',1; the choir sang at the dedication '1,,,,,, Lake Theater. .", of Inthe1856,SaltJoseph ;',',:.4.: Ridges, an or- ''''' ., builder in Australia, who gen was a convert to the Church, came - 1 to Utah and brought with him-a- n ' organ, which he Ihad built for his '., Own use. This organ was in, stalled in the Bowery on Temple --- .. - - Square- .- Joseph Ridges was lter commissioned to build an ora, gen for the new Tabernacle. '', ' The organ, which was twelve , years in construction, was the 4 largest in America at the time It was finished. On October 6, 1 semi1867, at the thirty-seven1 annual Conference, the choir of 150 voices, directed by Robert ) :. ", Sands, sang, accompanied by the i,' ." organ. - s. - Director Appointed At this same conference, George Careless, a convert from . London, and in his youth a student at the London Royal Acad:, of Music, was appointed di' 4. - emy rector of the choir. 4 ' .. In 1870, the choir was duly ...... christened the Tabernacle Choir. On July 4, 1873, the first Tab, ernacle Choir concert was pre- : salted, The concert was given' By Mary at 4 p.m. because the Tabernacle had no lights. - In 1880, Thomas C. Griggs, who was on a mission at the time, was appointed director, with Ebenezer Beesley as his assistant. By the time Grigga returned home his assistant was doing so well with the choir that he suggested that Beesley be made the director with himself as assistant. Thomas C. Griggs has been made famous all over the world for his having composed "Gently Raise the Sacred Strain," the theme song of the present choir broadcasts. Within six .months after the appointment of Evan Stephens (1889) the Choir was enlarged to 300 voices, and an era of concerts and trips was begun which was destined to bring it international fame. Broadcasts Started In 1929, under the direction of Anthony C. Lund, a series of n-wide broadcasts was inaugurated. These broadcasts were continued under Mr. Cornwall's direction, and proved so popular that they have continued uninterrupted for eighteen years probably the longest continuously presented sustaining program in the history of American radio. The Tabernacle Choir sings the best musie, and this has contributed largely to its success. Its ng repertoire today numbers 625 hymns and anthems. It is seldom that a selection is repeated on a broadcast program within a year; many numbers are not repeated for two or three years. No program is ever duplicated. Thus each broadcast has a freshness that is intriguing both to the singer and to the listener. New numbers are being added on the- - average of one a week, selected by the director from the entire choral output of the nation. Contemporary composers as well as the masters are represented. The most eminent composers of the day write numbers for and dedicated to the 11,- , t s , ' 1. s' natio- '... ;.. -- ' ever-growi- .0... -. fli'rl . , . 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' ' '' ----, ,.,..., 0 , , ' .,.....,...- , , . :i , A l-'', 4"4:,,'," ; ' Af 4 .: '' . tli ' , ' I corporated town before it had . 4: 0 i". 40,'I 7 ' ... :f,-- . ,t so much as a house. Its first , '3N , ' t ,'' ., " . ,.4...0..14..10," , ,,,white baby was born in a wagon c? 7,...,,,,' ;h,. box. The settlement started Dec. :::.,..1';NI ,, ,..aolor ,.r. ..,1 A , ' I k 4, 1861, when a band of southern , atk , :'' ' 7 : t A''.4 Utah settlers stopped there, and ik Z :k kI.:-, , ''''" t'''r. , of Erastus 1 decided,on , , ''' 1! ' ' 4 ' 4 s' i recently received by Snow, to found a town and name ' '4 k t ' Director Cornwall were Alec It St. George. '4 A I ' IN ' fl!, .1'.., ,a . 1 44 , , , Templeton's-- "Psalm. The Venite". ;? 1 and Cyril Jenkins' "Dawn of ...I,. .,,,.., ,..,., t., , Peace.' day the choir has an enrolled, 1 ' membership of 375. The members ir 4, 1 lk,; !' I ' ' ! ' ,, : ''' Standard Maintained ,, I are so seated that a complete 6 , ' - ,S 4 , , , , , 1 4 , v.., on rt is each eight-pachoir found , Membership of the Tabernacle , , , , ?, Choir is both stationary and of the circular rows. ' L.,-.,,"I 1: 4 4,4 't ',I k t ,0,,,,,14" The choir is well organized unchanging. An average of 38 new 'ii I members are brought in each der President Lester F. Hewlett ,", .l'..'t 1 ' olds' editorial .' ; 4 ....'"''O'" 1 year. In selecting his singers with 0 . 4:. f.1tetIlli I.'', ' ' from the great numbers who ap- staff, and various officers and '' ' t, committees. It has a regularly orkt,!Ifi ply (no singer is asked to Join " , '"'"'-'''''"- " ...4:. 41,, all come voluntarily), Director ganized Sunday School for the 1.,...,,.....:,:,...,2: tt:.,".''-,,,.,T-."''''''r''. Cornwall makes it a point to convenience of its members. As. .' - ..':' iN:"14 4111l'ft .0 . '';'' '' choose a singer as good or better sistant Director Richard P. Con , .' 64'. I .,' 1, 6,0. '4 ' mbt's ,, 1 ...., .,,."), ..... than the one whose olace he fills. die, Organists Alexander Schrei. , v,Nt 4,,, .4 ,e. ..f ,t,. Thus the standard of the group is ner and Frank W. Asper, Corn'. ui.tsomilibiw4moie,t,sowooaGemk.A.it.e.00ki.vkt.loQ.tw2ttk,moi,atAoo.11sAvest,.ots,rbk,algîAwogoA,o..ioohmaktomokAok,"It,,ammoo,motae,AeAao.bmohiw...i.AAtoto' :A6.A.bft4A not only maintained, but is grad- mentator Richard L. Evans. and D. all Reel Technieian Stanley ually raised. The rnaiority of the from Hall. Last th Orem one and is (amouslor its cherries, peaches, miles are Orem of affairs City alone, , managed City year gingers continue year after year. hsve a part in the choir's success. to installed mains water now were the Fertile are new strawberries. under a water was soil, increasePlans with few of estimated It up keep the population members tomatoes, years present Many . eve held their seats for from tgo that twelve million listeners - make this- area one of most productive in , ' way for construction of a new 2,000,000-gallo- n -culinary water reservoir. This is ,but port of the vteen to twenty years. P. Josenh tuned in to the choir's broadcast ' '. ; .s .., immediate expansion program planned by the city. state. , .... , Jensen. the oldest member in each week. Since that time the , . 4 service, hes, sune regulerly in ittusic hss been carried to mil,s Chi One ,Asv.Courtas ' the bass section for 46 years. To- lions of others in foreign lands. . . , . ,, ., The history of Orem City is a model for cooperative community, -planning. Pioneers went into nearby mountains and cut logs for the fist school house and since then reskdents have pooled their interests on community projects. In 1933, citizens organSharon's ized Cooperative , Educational end Recreational Association and through united effort a comcenter, a primmunity theatre-sociand other courts tennis ming pool, recreation facilities were built. The theatre, one of the finest in the West, serves also as a stake house end civic center. The, association is run by nine local director,. Profits go back Into a recreation fund for further Plans are moving ahead on a new youth center, with bowling alleys, table tennis facilities, a dance hell, banquet rooms. . . ,, 1 , ) 4,.." in- t I , 11' Named First -- -- - 17 11147...VTAII . , ' I Few there have been who .1,. have exerted as much influence on Utah's drama and literature as did the late George D. Pyper, N manager of the Salt Lake Theater during its last thirty years. George D. Pyper's Weer as an entertainer began when he, as a amill boy, sang duets with his brother Robert at LDS ward social& Later, his sweet voice participated in at least 25 op- eras, a number of them showing in the Salt Lake Theater. George D. Pyper was named of the in theater 1898, manager and served in the position until the building was razed in 1926. During his managerial days, the theater was scenes of pageants,' sports, and concerts, as well as operas and plays. Some of the national figures whom George D. Pyper brought to Salt Lake City were Otis Skinner, John Philip Sousa, Ignice Paderewski and E. Sothern. I In addition to serving as theater manager, George D. Pyper edited for 33 years The Instructor, official organ of the Deseret Sunday School Union, and served as general superintendent of the Union during the last few years of his life.-- Re - produced the great pageant, "Message of ? the Ages," in the Salt Lake I ;11: . ,' Tabernacle in 1930. I , , , th . :'' , Builded 1G DPyper From Hurfible Beginning Influenced Utah Drama amous,-Choi- r , ' - . . . . .. a |
