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Show The following letter from Dr. J. I. Kingsbury was presented: Ir. Thomas Hull, Secretary'of the Board of Regents, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Sir: I an in receipt of your letter dated November 8th, informing me that the Board of Regents had decided to name the Assembly Hall soon to be erected, "Kingsbury Hall". For thus honoring me, I wish to thank the President of the University, the Chairman of the Board and each and every member. me At the end of this school year it will have been fifty ‘;years since I became connected with the University. ljust three persons constituted the faculty. At that time During these many }yoars through necessity, I have been called upon to teach quite g;a number of subjects in the institution, nemely,-English, civil agovernment geography, logic, psychology (at the time called mental .4 philosophyy, physics, geology, mineralogy, general chemistry, analy~ tical chemistry, organic chemistry, industrial chemistry, assaying, : metallurgy and the origin and formation of minerals and rocks. As *3 the faculty gradually increased in size, the number of subjects I *Vwfi had to teach diminished until I was relieved of all subjects, except fi:wonly part of the chemical subjects offered by the institution. ‘ fihile I have been President-Emeritus, I have had charge of the Graduate Work, as Chairman of the Graduate Committee, until about three years ago when I was glaced in charge of the Student Euploynent Bureau. In the course of my connection with the University, besides teaching many years, I have been Acting President two years and President nineteen years, having had but one year's leave from the Institution. Within the history of the University, at times factional feeling and commotion, political and religious, have run pretty high. There hale been some trying times and during these periods it has been difficult to guide the Institution, when tossed upon this sea of commotion, in such a way as to prevent it from running against snags and becoming wrecked. Yet it has escaped, forged ahead and is worthy of the position it holds es the highest and leading edu~ cational institution of the State and is, furthermore, respected by all its sister universities of our country. With appreciation again thanking the Regents for the honor they have shown me, I on Very sincerely, (Signed) J. T. Kingsbury. |
