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Show Vol. II EtonianPageiia result of all these causes, in 1851 the University closed. During the interval of suspension, however, the Chancellor and Eegents were regularly elected by the Legislature. In 1867 it was re-opened as a commercial school under the direction of David 0. Calder. An old Deseret News of about this time informs us that '' The Chancellor and Regents of the University of theState of Deseret respectfully inform the public that a school will be commenced in that commodious and convenient building known as the Council House, in this city, on the second day of December, with Professor D. 0. Calder as principal in the Mercantile Department, and Elder George J. Taylor as principal in Geography and Grammar. This school will form a nucleus for additional teachers and branches of education, until it shall eventually, and, we trust, at no distant day, be supplied with professors and teachers in the different branches pertaining to a University in all its completeness.'' |