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worked so hard riding the Pony Express so that he could save a little money for himself above the needs of the family to afford some good clothes and real shoes. Up until this time he had worn only the clothes sewn by his mother and nioccasins on his feet. Many times, he was barefooted. With money he had earned, he was able to outfit himself satisfactorily with some new clothing before he started for Salt Lake City." By that time, Lehi had trained his younger brothers, especially Kumen, to help with the responsibilities at home. When he left for the University he left Kumen, Jed and his cousin, Sam Leigh, to operate the Pony Express. Lehi then wrote about returning from the University. "After being there about eight weeks, I received a letter from my mother stating that I would have to come home, it had been a very hard and cold winter and the boys had failed to get the mail through and we were in danger of being sued on our contract. So I started home about the 1st of Feb., 1874 with some freight teams and we were on the road 21 days in storm and cold mud all the way - a very bad disagreeable trip. The two months that I was in school gave me time to just get started and get acquainted a little. I couldn't learn much of anything but I had the good fortune to be under the influence of that great educator Dr. John R. Park, and the inspiration I got from him has been a very great blessing to me all my life." Lehi's daughter, Ann Gardner, wrote the following: "All this self-made man had of schooling was a precious eight weeks, but his thirst never slackened and he instilled in his children the desire to go on and also to build for othen who wonld follow after them." The University of Deseret, being called also the "Parent School," opened its first session on Nov. 11, 1850, in John Park's home. Forty students were enrolled including Governor Brigham Young. Each of them paid $8.00 for the ten week's session. On Feb. 17,1851, the second term of the University began in the Council House. The school was closed in the spring of 1852, because money was scarce and the people had economic problems. Much of their time was spent in combating drought and pests of the fields. Every person had to toil hard at the soil. In 1867 the University of Deseret was reopened as a business college. David 0 . Calder wasthe principal with an enrollment of 223. Soon the course of study was enlarged to meet the varied demands. Dr. John R. Park succeeded Calder in 1869. He laid the foundation for the present University of Utah.'Vhis was the status of the University when Lehi attended in 1873. In 1892 the name was changed from the University of Deseret to the University of Utah and in 1900 it was moved to its present site. 48

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Title	Page 48
Description	worked so hard riding the Pony Express so that he could save a little money for himself above the needs of the family to afford some good clothes and real shoes. Up until this time he had worn only the clothes sewn by his mother and nioccasins on his feet. Many times, he was barefooted. With money he had earned, he was able to outfit himself satisfactorily with some new clothing before he started for Salt Lake City." By that time, Lehi had trained his younger brothers, especially Kumen, to help with the responsibilities at home. When he left for the University he left Kumen, Jed and his cousin, Sam Leigh, to operate the Pony Express. Lehi then wrote about returning from the University. "After being there about eight weeks, I received a letter from my mother stating that I would have to come home, it had been a very hard and cold winter and the boys had failed to get the mail through and we were in danger of being sued on our contract. So I started home about the 1st of Feb., 1874 with some freight teams and we were on the road 21 days in storm and cold mud all the way - a very bad disagreeable trip. The two months that I was in school gave me time to just get started and get acquainted a little. I couldn't learn much of anything but I had the good fortune to be under the influence of that great educator Dr. John R. Park, and the inspiration I got from him has been a very great blessing to me all my life." Lehi's daughter, Ann Gardner, wrote the following: "All this self-made man had of schooling was a precious eight weeks, but his thirst never slackened and he instilled in his children the desire to go on and also to build for othen who wonld follow after them." The University of Deseret, being called also the "Parent School" opened its first session on Nov. 11, 1850, in John Park's home. Forty students were enrolled including Governor Brigham Young. Each of them paid $8.00 for the ten week's session. On Feb. 17,1851, the second term of the University began in the Council House. The school was closed in the spring of 1852, because money was scarce and the people had economic problems. Much of their time was spent in combating drought and pests of the fields. Every person had to toil hard at the soil. In 1867 the University of Deseret was reopened as a business college. David 0. Calder wasthe principal with an enrollment of 223. Soon the course of study was enlarged to meet the varied demands. Dr. John R. Park succeeded Calder in 1869. He laid the foundation for the present University of Utah.'Vhis was the status of the University when Lehi attended in 1873. In 1892 the name was changed from the University of Deseret to the University of Utah and in 1900 it was moved to its present site. 48
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1130.pdf

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