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Show Alumni Association of the University of Utah JOHN D. SPENCER, '75, President ELIZABETH S. WILCOX, '81, Vice-President SARAH E. STEWART, '83, Secretary-Treasurer Board of Control. JOHN D. SPENCER, '75, ex-Officio SARAH E. STEWART, '83 STERLING B. TALMAGE, '09 DANIEL ALEXANDER, '06 ELBERT D. THOMAS, '06 Every student who attended the University between the years 1869 and 1892 has anxiously waited for the realization of his ardent desires, the memorialization of the educational ideals and accomplishments of Dr. John R. Park, and the recognition in a tangible form of that "spirit of true scholarship" which so forcefully influenced their lives. With the announcement that May 8, 1919, would be the 50th anniversary of the selection of Dr. Park as president of the University of Deseret (now University of Utah), the Board of Control of the Alumni Association, early in 1918, extended special invitation to the early day Alumni to meet in the public library where plans were formulated for a fitting celebration of the event, and the John R. Park Memorial Committee was appointed. Mr. Waldemar Van Cott, '79, who for many! years has been a regent of the University, was selected chairman of the Executive Committee, and appointed as subcommittee chairmen. The John R. Park Memorial Committee-Waldemar Van Cott, Chairman Executive Committee. Sub-Committee-Levi Edgar Young, Chairman Program Committee; H. G. Whitney, Chairman Publicity Committee; Mrs. John D. Spencer, Chairman Invitation Committee; T. D. Lewis, Chairman Reception Committee; John D. Spencer, Chairman Monument Committee; Lucy Van Cott, Chairman Decoration and Banquet Committee. Honorary Advisory Committee-J. D. Toronto, Dr. J. A. Widtsoe, Dr. J. T. Kingsbury. After ascertaining that the Central or Administration building had never been officially named, a committee consisting of ex-Senator Joseph L. Rawlins, Mr. H. G. Whitney and Mr. John D. Spencer, representing the Alumni Association, waited upon the Board of Regents of the University of Utah May 26, 1918, and expressed a desire for a celebration commemorating the semi-centenary of Dr. Park's connection with the University. Mr. Rawlins said it was desired to have the Central or Administration building dedicated, at the proper time and with appropriate services, in 1919 to Dr. John R. Park, to name the building the John R. Park building, and to recast the bronze tablet in conformity therewith. The request was most graciously granted by a unanimous vote. Mr. John D. Spencer, chairman of the Monument Committee, was empowered to confer with Mr. M. M. Young of New York, regarding a statue, bust or portrait medallion of Dr. Park. Mr. Young came to Utah, worked out a satisfactory modeland a contract was signed for a six-foot, full figure of Dr. Park in bronze, which will be placed in the John R. Park building. The cost, with a suitable pedestal, will be between $5,500 and $6,000. The program, as outlined by a very large committee and presented by its chairman, Mr. Levi Edgar Young, is here given: Overture......................................................................................................................................................Orchestra Invocation........................................................................................................................Mr. Heber J. Grant Violin Solo........................................................................................................................Mr. Willard Weihe Commemoration Address........................................................................Mr. Joseph L. Rawlins Ode to Dr. Park (Stephens)........................................................................Chorus of 50 Voices Music ............................................................................._............................................................................ Orchestra Benediction ...........„...........................................................................................................Mr. C. B. Stewart Page Twenty-two |