Show REPORT OF THE CHA chancellor OF THE university OF or DESERET to the Ilono honorable rabie rable the legislative A assembly asem bloof of the territory of utah gentlemen in accordance with a usual custom I 1 have the honor of submitting to you the biennial enill rep report of the university of deseret covering the period since bince the last session of your llono honorable assembly it la Is gratifying to me that I 1 am able to announce the last two years a period of uninterrupted prosperity in the affairs of the university especially in th department of instruction two ev events c n I 1 s how bow ever have transpired within I 1 this i period ri d affecting the institution with regret and sorrow borrow in the death of regent and ind secretary robert L campbell campbe which occurred april 1874 and of regent joeph joseph A young which occurred august 1875 1375 the university lost two worthy and efficient office officers rs their zeal in the cau can cause L ac of education and their counsel in tho the deliberations of the ahe board of regents for the prosperity of the university were always marked with prudence and wisdom your honorable body velli w ul share in sorrow at their loss it Is proverbial that permanent and worthy institutions of vf learning are of slow siow gi howth even jn old and well est established abile ablie hed bed communities in yiew view of this fact we have reason I 1 believe belleve for encouragement n the present condition and prospect of our institution for though its charter dates back to the year 1850 and though the in in its appointments and courses of study may not be fully up even to all its name implies yet 1 I can confident Ily lly state it has full fuli fully kept pace with the educational demana demands of the peonie and the material development of the territory at present there are provided four regular prescribed courses of study a preliminary inar 7 a scientific a classical preparatory and a normal course the latter course was added at the beginning of tho too present academic year through the influence and slid exertions of the territorial superintendent of common schools with the different county courts in the the funds however obtained theoti through h tha county courts have not been nearly ade quate to sustain inthe the department the object of this course is to give special train inc ins to students in the theory and practice of teaching though but few students have pursued any of the courses regia regularly larl lari aud and to completion yet all the coursel course have received an cn en cou raging amount of patronage the accompanying tabular view will show concisely the kind and amount of patronage the university has bas received daring the academic years 1873 4 1874 5 and so much ol 01 the present year 1875 6 as has expired up to the presen present t date though we find in this exhibit an encouraging cou raging and constantly increasing attendance and a reasonable dra nes advancement towards the higher grades of study yet it may properly be asked does the university provide conveniences that its courses of instruction are available to all the cities of the territory to this inquiry I 1 am pre prepared pared parea to give a favorable reply BO so far as the appoint ments and arrangements of the department men t of instruction are concerned thie the institution has had constantly an extensive ratio patronage nage from different parts of the teri terl territory tory c during the term of ten weeks just the number of students enrolled WB 11 7 of these ga reside outside of lof salt me lake lare city and represent seventeen coun conn ties of our territory this will denote how widely its patron age ape is distributed and to what extent it can j justly claim to be styled a bonafide bona fida state institution A knowledge of Engli sll Bli literature liberature to the extent to which it Is cir rIed la Is practical at this time in the university surveying and ration are arc by field work with instruments chemistry is taught to the extent of practical analysis quantitative and qualitative of minerals soils song and botany geology and anil zoology arc aro all practically exhibited and the theory of teaching Is applied in actual class work by the student this field of useful studies la Is certainly ample to choose from froin at the present stage of or educatIon in onn our territory and with no compulsion to pursue what to him are useless or distasteful branches the student may easily acquire a competent education tion suitable to his hla wants at but little cost though the institution has lias a classical preparatory course designed to fit students for entering the freshman year of any thorough 11 classical institution I 1 am notable to speak encouragingly of its pat conage jonage it is proposed therefore soon either to abandon it or to place it if possible on a self seif sustaining basis A 4 limited knowledge of the ancient languages I 1 am convinced Is practically useful to the extent of giving the student a knowledge of the nature and force of the numerous elements in the english lari iari language guage gnage derived from them I 1 cannot justify ho however weTer their study beyond this believing lieving he that all al necessary mental discipline may besa bese be acquired through the channels of practical study the nature and form of the instruction given at the university are such and the character of its ita patronage is of that kind that access to a library for reference and information by the professors and stu etui dents has seemed to be an imperative necessity ces tes sity gity in consideration of this fact an effort c was made by the meers officers off of the institution ution to establish and open for the use of the stu students denta dents of lof the university and the public a free library and reading room for fhe the hc purpose one of the rooms of the university lull buil building dini the echeme tah sesla vas eskand effected and 1 cd ed on the of october 1874 when a collection of volumes of standard tub and d cons books with many of the most popular journals periodicals and magazines bagazin ebi esi homo and abroad was made mado accessible dally daily to our students and to th ehfe public I 1 tha th patronage at nee once seemed encouraging I 1 D digs under tet tit the tho circumstances for up to the c end 31 of the saine same academic year jear in fit june 1637 volumes had bad been taken trpo rpm the shelves and registered to visitors not to say anything of those who visited the library only for we the purpose of bf reading the newspapers and periodicals of whom no record was kept from the beginning of the present academic year in august 5 to the present time Jl january nuary 1876 1878 volumes hate have been wen given out which as before stated does not include the patronage of newspapers periodicals etc making an aggregate of during the twelvemonths twelve months the university hab has been in session gince since the first opening the library in october 1874 1 I am convinced that the university by ta taking 1 ing this step has proved a greater pull public i benefactor than ever evee before and de emea raca the support of your libera beral provisions As the university lit iri under the pat the territory its officers desire that everything every thing possible shall be done for the benefit of its students who represent almost every district in Territory the to this end their exertions have been directed it Is believed that whatever Is in your power to do will be done to aid them in thus setting before you the progress and present condition of orthe the university I 1 am convinced that yoa you must believe bellevo with me that it is an essential institution thour to our c community om and that its officer your servants hate have spared no pains out your jour designs and economizing to tb the utmost extent ahe the provisions you yon hate have made for its support no N 0 institution for higher education has ever been supported by the money patronage of its students it is isla a legitimate question therefore to propound do such institutions pay in considering this cn en it is proper to suggest that the importance and profit of an enterprise Is jis not always to io be mea measured r ared by its immediate results of dollars and cents reflection will bring your many appropriations that have been made by your Y 1 Honorable mr 1 Hon oralie oralle body in view only of remote M to or general reg rei results aits alts and that show na no immediate return intellectual communities are always the most prosperous pr rous roub the proper study of science is but making ourselves acquainted with the laws of god and what today da y is a knowledge of these laws doing fa fortha rt melioration of mankind and the accumulation of wealth aside from thib this consideration ehst would be the direct result economical and social 91 sending even une one half of the present patro patronage nace naze of the university to the std states te s or elsewhere away from home for an education r Y the estimate in dollars and cents lo 10 say nothing of tha the other losses will convince the most illiberal critic that it Is far jar better policy dilcy diley to educate atheme at home letus then ther have liberal legislation and provide amply for the tha Into injo intellectual and moral develop development meni and traIn training hid hig orthe of the youth of our territory bry yeti do not suggest in this that the territory educate the people but that it 11 coped such channels that they may educate themselves the Thi report of the ih secretary will show the receipts and expenditures for the last two yearb years from january 1874 1674 tb 0 o january jeli Jali uary jr 1876 in which chIt it will ivill be observed the the tho present presca nt existing indebtedness amounts tb only seven beven and thirty two dollars which could easily be met if all ail outstanding dues were collected there is an Indr increased eased expense attending atten dinc the opening 0 of the library which with wit the increased force of the faculty the necessity of asking for the ensuing 9 two years 1876 and 1877 a further farther appropriation pria tion of six thousand fi 6 dollars to td be drawn three dollars for each year as needed in regard to io university lauds lauas remain uA unchanged changed from the last report and again I 1 repeat the suggestion therein that your honorable body assign and convey under such restrictions and regulations as you yon play pay aee see proper the grants 8 ants of lands I 1 ind and so far as located and to be located to the duniven university ity as contemplated abed by the tha i he act att of congress making ma aking the do donation nation all of which wl itch ilch la Is respectfully sn submitted daniel If velt WELLS VELI LS chancellor chan chac ic ellor eilor rf port of n umber number of students attel attending the debirk deseret U during the year ITS 1114 1873 M 4 1874 5 und tin id the first half of 1875 6 together with I 1 num number cr in each branch of study idu idy I 1 n u 0 05 0 i if i I 1 M r ts 10 t swa i CD 0 c r E 2 m X go 1 0 C 4 ta r 1013 inky CD 2 1 3 0 0 W males 52 I 1 females baass saass total i 8 81 t 1 reading 00 agg eibl arithmetic JO 8 3 1 8 1 geography I 1 UC asig ap 1 grammar and dictation punctuation guu gun history 1 1 SK V I 1 elocution agil bull P 2 1 algebra S I 1 natural philosophy 0 L jand land and trigonometry surveying latin 44 44 rhetoric CK 1 geometry t I 1 1 cs I 1 geology oi t botany i i ft i i i i i q SI tz CD ac 7 a ft C 0 3 3 B V jass 5 3 i 5 08 males maies esst esit SS St 1 females 7 total S reading heading ra aaeng I 1 arithmetic sissil 1 or grammar ammar Sf eSiS 4 I 1 geography 0 4 litt dictation 1 scy 1 I I and punctuation mineralogy 97 w co I 1 greek trl TrI trigonometry gonom ti rv ry and aud surveying analytical I 1 i en geometry 00 14 14 ceci calculus t 1 ai yui vui bixl ixl ulle cile chemistry I 1 ook oot botany t abbt utu latin lalin f civil government I 1 8 geology S W 14 4 elocution mia as 5 gemmet geometry ry f gg rhetoric rhe Bhe tonic I 1 si zvi I 1 astronomy history I 1 r tz tz va I 1 algebra r ia ani SSI natural philosophy MM political Econom zoology 1 eov 1 l g J 0 1 i 11 7 ta r 1 to I 1 tg t g i T W ga j tj CD arl rt W CD 5 i r 5 0 co B va 4 saal asai ra biales 00 i 0 31 females 4 S el total I 1 1 physiology it cr cn 1 teg I 1 sl I 1 1 l trig trigonometry ono metry iati MI I 1 and surveying I 1 a s rati pati political economy 0 s t F philosophy by PU S astion astronomy omy m 2 zoology yih arh y uzl 2 1 algebra M 0 3 KS I 1 chemistry 00 sl latin laun 0 0 6 geography 13 1 3 grammar w i 1 laia isia 14 i s Itea reading ding 0 CO dictation glo gla and punctuation sg history to geometry M I 1 greek ca K 1 1 r report of the deseret university for the i years ir 1871 4 and 1875 R n C U I 1 il T 13 tuition fees received during timing the two 2 years ears eara from january to january 1876 7 3 CO ro territorial appropriation for the year 1874 2500 1500 1 00 territorial appropriation for fod the year 1875 00 12 3 12 G CO 0 S I 1 paid salary of dr J R park two years at 2000 per year 1000 00 paid salary of professor J L Rawlin Rawlinson sone cand and ano a half years at 1500 per year 2250 00 paid to prof F M bishop on account of salary 2718 00 paid to J B toronto Tor onto on account of salary 50 00 paid the janitor in full for services rendered rende rec k 00 paid the secretary in full for services rendered 00 paid for fue fu elcas eleas ioas printing and chemicals also sundry repairs and expenses during the years 1874 and 1875 including interest as per accompanying statement 2331 CO 60 CO 60 NOTE the expenses of the university during the two years above named were in excess of the receipts to the amount of which amount is now owing to professors bishop and toronto being balance due on salary |