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Show Vol. II EtonianPage 13The successive homes which the University has occupied indicate the nature of its growth. It opened, as before mentioned, in the old Pack house, was moved from there to the Council House, then to the knitting factory on the corner of First North and Second West Streets, then to the present Salt Lake High School buildings, and, finally, to its permanent home on the east bench. This new home is situated on a grant of sixty acres of land secured from Congress through the efforts of Senator J. L. Rawlins, a former teacher at the University. * !! I!The growth of our State University has been slow, but steady and consistent. The several Legislatures have supported it generously with the means at their command, for its prosperity has been a wish dear to the hearts of the people of Utah. Its most seriously hopeful graduates look forward to a continuation of that same healthy, sturdy advancement which has marked the entire course of its past development. |