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Show P8 UTAH CENTENNIAL 1896-1996 Sunday, January 28, 1996 The Salt Lake Tr ibune rather have been taught by their necessities as a working population in a [territory] barely 12 years old, that the timeof school drudgery may profitably be abridged. A boy, they say, will ade. The University of Deseret revived in 1867, struggled through to 1892, when its name was changed to the University of Utah, and soon included schools of law, medicine, education and mining. learn all that his memory can carry during three hours of bookwork andtherest hadfar better be spent inair, exercise and handi- been established in Provo in 1875 but would haveto wait until 1903 craft to become Brigham Young Uni- Brigham Young Academy had versity Burton's views notwithstandhigher education strength- The Presbyterian Church ing, ened its position during the dec- @ See STATEHOOD, P-10 Since 1897 Salt Lake's CompleteFlorist for Businesses and Individuals Satisfaction Guaranteed Valley Wide Delivery plus Woods. C North Salt Lake & Bountiful Floweé s-ByiWi University of Utah Marriott Library t 1896 statehood proclamatio! workers hung huge 46-star flag across the south face of Salt Lake Temple. Utah’s Statehood Dream Comes True taxes were paid in produce or ivestock, and that did not permit building schoolhouses There were still no high schools in Utah as late as 1884, but a comprehensive school law passed in 1890 by \ list the Legislature made all ommon schools free Sir Richard Burton, during his visit to Utah in 1860, had some colorfully cogent observations on Mormon education which, he yncluded, “was of course, peeu liar The famous adventurerandlin reflected that Utah climate predisposes indolence Mor 1 at 1¢ 15, a boycan usea whip, an axe, or a hoe — he does not like the plow — to perfection. He sits a bare-backed horse like a cen taur handles his bowie-knife skillfully, never misses a mark with his revolver and can probably dispose of halfa bottle of whiskey. It is not an education I would commend to the generous youth of Paris and London, but it is admirablyfitted to the exi 230 East South Temple Parking in Rear 8:00AM- 6:00 PM Monday-Saturday 24 Hour Phone Service 7 Days Per Week 531-7900 Long Distance 1-800-334-5683 gencies of the [Utah] situation. Mormons have discovered, or Fax 1-801-359-2302 ® A Regist red Trademark of Florists’ Transworld Delivery Inc ; — 100 years ago, no one thought statehood would get. offthe ground. a Celebrating Utah's Centennial With You in Mind _ ma: That ‘ eat @ mon youngsters, he allowed, had special qualities: 5° In celebrat Now we'rereally flying. Each year, the Salt Lake City Airport Authority connects Utah and more than18 million travellers to every imaginable corner of the world. LAKEe America First Credit Union. with Utah in Mind! AMERICAFIRST CREDIT UNION |
