) 16 Another .addition of facilities during this period was the installation in the .Joseph Smith Auditorium of the pipe organ which prev- had served in the Salt Lake Tabernacle many This great instrument, . which had just been rerJlaced by a new ins·trumen:t in .the his-. toric tabernacle, was given to the University by the Church .• . . After necessary remodeling was made .in the space above and behind ·t.he : . . :stage, the was· completed in · 'R, · Halliday .· ·. ' ·o:f the leadership .,;,hi ch Dr ... de .Jong ,,• '· . auri"rig . : ... ' .. ,,,. :. -.:,···:, ... .··', ., .. · ,j'·'
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Another ~ajar .addition of facilities during this period was the
installation in the .Joseph Smith Auditorium of the pipe organ which prev-
~ously had served in the Salt Lake Tabernacle ~or many years~ This great
instrument, . which had just been rerJlaced by a new ins·trumen:t in .the his-.
toric tabernacle, was given to the University by the Church ~uthorities .• . .
After necessary remodeling was made .in the space above and behind ·t.he : .
. :stage, the inst~llation was· completed in 19~9. ·
'R, · Halliday .· ·. '
·o:f the leadership .,;,hi ch Dr ... de .Jong ,,• '· .
auri"rig
. : ... ' .. ,,,. :. -.:,···:, ...
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., .. ·
,j'·'
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A year before ·the South American leave of Dean de Jong, President
HcDonald had acted .upon his recommendation of a change in the .chairman-
ship of the :Music Department. Prof. Leroy J. Robertson, who .had .been ·a
member of ~ts factilty since 1924, was named as ~ts head to succeed Prof-
Flo:renc·e Jepperson Madsen. After only two years, however, Prof.. Robert-··
son resigned to ace ept a similar ,appointment at the University of Utah
where his .forme~ fellow-townsman from Pleasant Grove,. Utah, .:Or .• A. Ray .. . :~.' . < .. '
'·. cilpin, hadre.cently become president.
This ·change o~curred in. 1948, foii'~wing the. return of Iiean . . . . ' · . .' ... . ,···.