History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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THE STORY OF MORMONISM.
temple to the spiritual man. Unfortunately both the
one and the other are destined to an occupancy and
enjoyment all too brief in view of the vast labor bestowed
upon them. Besides these buildings are the
Hall of Seventies, in which is a library, the Masonic
Hall, and Concert Hall; also there a university and
other institutions are established, though having as
yet no separate edifices.
The president of the university and professor of
mathematics and English literature is James Kelly,
a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and a ripe
scholar; Orson Pratt, a man of pure mind and high order
of ability, who without early education and amidst
great difficulties had to achieve learning as best he
could, and in truth has achieved it; professor of languages,
Orson Spencer, graduate of Union College
and the Baptist Theological Seminary, New York;
professor of church history, Sidney Rigdon, versed
in history, belles-lettres, and oratory. In the board
of regents we find the leading men of the church; 8
connected with the university were four commonschool
wards, with three wardens to each.
In 1840 all the male members of the church between
the ages of sixteen and fifty were enrolled in
a military organization known as the Nauvoo Legion,
which eventually numbered some four thousand men,
and constituted part of the state militia. It was divided
into two cohorts, and then into regiments, battalions,
and companies, Lieutenant-general Joseph
Smith being commander-in-chief. 7 The organization
6 Chancellor, John C. Bennett; registrar, William Law; regents, Joseph
Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, William Marks, Samuel H. Smith,
Daniel H. Wells, N. K. Whitney, Charles C. Rich, John T. Barnett, Wilson
Law, John P. Greene, Vinson Knight, Isaac Galland, Elias Highee, Robert
D. Foster, James Adams, Samuel Bennett, Ebenezer Robinson, John Snider,
George Miller, Lenos M. Knight, John Taylor, Heber C. Kimball. The
tuition fees were five dollars per quarter, payable twice each quarter in advance.
7 Among his generals were Robert D. Foster, George W. Robinson, Charles
C. Rich, W. P. Lyon, Davison Hibbard, Hirum Kimball, A. P. Rockwood;
majors, Willard Richards, Hosea Stout; colonels, John F. Weld, Orson Pratt,
Francis M. Higbee, Carlos Gove, C. L. Higbee, James Sloan, George Schindle,
Amasa Lyman, D. B. Smith, George Coulson, Alexander McRea, J. R. Back-