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Show Page 10 EtonianVol. IIing News of November 16, 1850, says: "The Parent School commenced on Monday at Mrs. Pack's house, in the Seventeenth Ward, under the direction and supervision of Professor Orson Spencer. The Board of Eegents have employed Dr. Cyrus Collins, A. M., for the present, who will instruct in all branches taught in High Schools." Dr. Collins taught for one term, for which he received $200.00. At the expiration of this term, the Universitywas moved from the old Pack house to the State House, afterward called the Council House, on the corner of Main and South Temple Streets, where the Deseret News block now stands. Orson Spencer, A. M., was made president, with W. W. Phelps and Apostle Orson Pratt as assistants.The following year, poor crops checked the financial support of the school, men and women were needed in the fields, and of those few not needed scarcely any were ready to do high school or University work. As |
