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Show U TO NI ANNineteen TwelveState, Massachusetts, and later received both his A. B. and A. M. degrees from Union College, New York. He arrived in Utah in 1849. While traveling in Europe in 1852 Mr. Spencer sent to the University a library of the best German and French literature. Dr. Bernheisel was a graduate M. D. of the University of Pennsylvania, and the first representative to Congress from the Territory of Utah. In college he was a classmate of Simon Cameron, the leading Senator for years from Pennsylvania, and a personal friend of Thaddeus Stevens and Dr. Kane, the arctic explorer. Through his efforts, the first postal service between Utah and the East was established, and it was he who was sent by Governor Young to New York City to purchase the Territorial Library, which was shipped to Utah in 1851, coming all the way from the Missouri River in wagons hauled by oxen. They were brought to Salt Lake City, and the first public library west of the Missouri River was opened in that year.Orson Pratt was a noted scientist and mathematician, and have been used by both noted English and French scholars.his works on astronomyThe University of Deseret, or the "Parent School," as it was first called, was openedPART OF CAMPUS TODAYMetallurgy Building in Foreground "U" in the DistanceNovember 2, 1850 under the supervision of the Chancellor and the Board of Regents. The Deseret Evening News of November 16th, says: "The Parent School commenced on Monday at the home of Mrs. Pack, in the Seventeenth Ward under the direction and supervision of Professor Orson Spencer. The Board of Regents has employed Dr. Cyrus Collins, M. A., for the President, who will teach all branches taught in the high schools." The old Pack home was located on the corner of West Temple and First North streets, immediately east of the present Seventeenth Ward chapel. Dr. Collins taught but one term of ten weeks, for which he received $200.00. Mr. Samuel W. Richards, who still resides in Salt Lake City, took an active part in making preparations for the opening of the school, such as gathering material and books. Sessions of the school were held in the "parlor," and immediately across the small hall was located the first mercantile store in Utah, where the students were able to purchase copies of the old Lindley Murray's English Readers. After11 |