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Show Page ii EtonianVol. IIThe Legislature of this year, 1867, made an appropriation sufficient to insure a successful run of two years. The school continued as a commercial college until 1869, when Dr. John R. Park was made president. Under his management, it began upon a steady, systematic growth that has continued unchecked up to the present time.In 1884, the Legislature granted to the University the power to confer degrees, and, in 1892, changed the name from the University of Deseret toUniversity Buildings From The Rearthe University of Utah. After twenty-three years of service, Dr. Park resigned from the presidency in 1892, and, from that time until 1894, Dr. J. T. Kingsbury was acting president. In 1894, Dr. Talmage was elected to the presidency, but resigned three years later. Dr. Kingsbury was chosen to succeed him.April, 1894, witnessed the first endowment made to the University. During that year, the Salt Lake Literary and Scientific Association endowed the chair of Geology to the amount of sixty thousand dollars. The second gift came when Dr. Park willed his entire estate to the University. |