Regents, of which Mr. George Q. Cannon
was then chancellor and here I
must say that a more generous,
whole-souled body of gentlemen
I have never seen. The Board re-
commended the needs of the
Department to the last Legislature
in 1886 and an increase of approp-
riation together with an under-
standing that the University should
provide quarters for the accom-
modation of our pupils was
the result but unfortunately,
the veto of Gov. Murray destroyed
our only means of support.
In our time of distress, the Board
generously voted to maintain
the Department for deaf mutes
as before, but nothing could be
done officially for the establish-
ment of an institute. In the
meantime, all our old pupils
had returned to school and there
were many others anxious to
eat the crumbs of education if
any could be obtained. As many
of them come from distant parts
of the Territory, you can understand
that it would not have been good
policy to allow them to board among
strangers who would have no interest
Regents, of which Mr. George Q. Cannon
was then chancellor and here I
must say that a more generous,
whole-souled body of gentlemen
I have never seen. The Board recommended the needs of the
Department to the last Legislature
in 1886 and an increase of appropriation together with an understanding that the University should
provide quarters for the accommodation of our pupils was
the result but unfortunately,
the veto of Gov. Murray destroyed
our only means of support.
In our time of distress, the Board
generously voted to maintain
the Department for deaf mutes
as before, but nothing could be
done officially for the establishment of an institute. In the
meantime, all our old pupils
had returned to school and there
were many others anxious to
eat the crumbs of education if
any could be obtained. As many
of them come from distant parts
of the Territory, you can understand
that it would not have been good
policy to allow them to board among
strangers who would have no interest
"Letter from Henry Chenery White, 5 September 1887," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/8OlL