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Show E. H. Eastmond Summoned by Death Professor Elbert Hindley Eastmond, East-mond, 60, head of the art department depart-ment of the Brigham Young university uni-versity for the past 32 years, was called to his reward shortly after noon Monday following a few days illness. He was stricken Friday night, remaining in an unconscious condition until death came. Professor Eastmond was born on June 1, 1876, in American Fork. His parents, Thomas Jefferson Eastmond East-mond and Esther Hindley Eastmond, were among the early settlers in this city, owning the home now owned by Moral Zabriskie. For a number of years in his early youth he lived in Salt Lake City with his grandmother. At the age of 16 years his father died and he returned to this city to work in the Chipman's store. Here his artistic ar-tistic self .was manifested in his work and was as quickly recognized by Stephen L. Chipman, manager of the store. Mr. Chipman encouraged encour-aged the young man to go East to study art offering to finance him, however, his grandmother was able to do this to further the project. Professor Eastmond studied at the Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1901 to 1902, then taught art in the New York public schools before returning to Utah to serve as supervisor of art and manual training in Utah county. In 1904 he joined the university faculty and later was made head of the art department. de-partment. He was a constant student of art studying under many of the best artists of the nation. He also traveled trav-eled extensively in Europe for the study of art. His work has been exhibited in many of the leading cities of the nation. As a native of this city Professor Eastmond had taken pride in coming com-ing here to direct the early morning Christmas pageants and had plans to effect a permanent organization for this purpose here. Pageantry for church, schools and cities has won him recognition for many years. He directed the centenial pageant in the Salt Lake tabernacle in 1930 and the dedication pageant at the Hill Cumorah last year. He had just completed the final details in connection with the L. D. S. exhibit at the Texas Centenial Exposition in Dallas, for which work he was called as a missionary last fall. He not only taught art, but character, char-acter, and was the inspiration to all who knew him. He is survived by his widow, Margaret Mar-garet C. Hull Eastmond; two sons, Thomas Hull and Elbert John Eastmond; East-mond; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Nampa, Idaho, and Mrs. Bessie Gourley, Provo, a brother, Frank Eastmond, Salt Lake City. Funeral services were conducted yesterday in the Manavu ward chapel chap-el in Provo and interment made in the Provo city burial park. Many of the former students and associates asso-ciates of Professor Eastmond, both at the B. Y. U. and while he made his home here, were in attendance at the -funeral services. Tribute to Professor Eastmond "As a youth he worked in my store. In trimming windows and in other ways he early showed a striking gift for art. I urged him not to waste this talent but to go East and develop it. He was a man of character, clean-cut and splendid. I never heard anything that was unfavorable un-favorable to him. Also he was a man who knew how to do things." Stephen L. Chipman, member of the B. Y. U. board of trustees. Former president of the Alpine stake and counselor in the presidency of the Salt Lake temple. n |