The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-04


Asper, Sondra Sanders.
English Language and Literature
Geo. F. Richards, John T. Wood
bury, n. w. Anderson, Charles A.
| WEIGH, James p. Low, MILFORD
Smith, Ellen Valentine, Emanuel
D. Smith, Henry Arid, VIM. NJ.
Stewart, Joshua P. Terry, Sondra
Sanders, Andrew B. Cook, Marion
d. Wooley, Lizzie Cooper, Amasa
Aldrich, Samuel H. Allen, David j.
Ross, Serge f. Balliff, Rhoda Young,
Joshua II. Paul, James A. Oliver,
Alviras E. Snow, William Bradford,
Lizzie Stevenson, louisa Weeden.
Political Science.
David J. Ross, Joshua II. Paul,
Jas. A. Oliver, VIM. Bradford, VIM.
NJ. Stewart, Milford Smith.
Geography and History.
David J. Ross, VIM. Bradford,
VIM. NJ. Stewart, MILFORD Smith.
Chemistry.
Moses w. Taylor, Frank Y. Tay-
Tor, VIM. Bradford, Leslie w. Snow,
David J. Ross, William r. Wallace.
Mathematics.
Leslie w. Snow, VIM. NJ. Stewart,
David j. Ross, Henry L. Steed.
Natural History.
David J. Ross, MILFORD Smith,
VIM. NJ. Stewart.
This was succeeded by the presen-
tation Of certificates and the reading
of an address by Mr.. Joshua II.
Paul, one of the normal students,
who was chosen by his classmates
for the duty.
President John Taylor then made
an address. The occasion calling
for it, his subject was education. In
his remarks he referred to the mani
fold channels through which educa-
ton could be made of use, and how
gradual had the wide intelligence of
this age been acquired. He made |
some apt illustrations also of the |
rapid strides of human inventions |
and the facilities they afforded for |
the dissemination of knowledge. He |
congratulated the students and pro-
feSsOrs on their success, and gave |
all some sound adYice.% His remarks |
were listened to with manifest in
tereSt and seemed to make a deep |
on his hearers.
7. B. Lewis then delivered short
address on the topic of education,
and being himself teacher, was in
a position to (and did so) give many
sound suggestions to the class of
normal graduates, and said muclf
that will be a profit for all who
listened to keep in remembrance.
The concluding remarks were
made by Hon. Geo. @. Cannon.
Without following the line of his
reflections, it is only necessary to
state that he referred earnestly to
the work of educating the young.
He said ne was strongly in favor Of
up the University in every
way, and of putting with
in the reach of all, as far as could be
done, the power of securing a good,
and thorough and practical educa-
ion.
The choir then sang, and bene-
fiction was pronounced by Hon.
Jos. F. Smith, and the exercises
To-day. what has grown to be as
much of a custom as the closing
exercises, will be observed, and |
which makes a pleasurable con-
so far as many are con-
ceTned, to the associations growing
put of college life. This custom is
what might be termed an out-all
the students, their friends, old stu
dents, and friends of the University
generally being invited to take
"trip to Calder's Farm, where the day
will be passed in merry-making.
All those intending to go, will meet
at the Silk Factory, up City Greek,
at Z o'clock this morning.
Connected with the closing eXer-
cises of Friday afternoon, is a most
fact-the general excel
Ience of the classes. 1t has been OBJ
served heretofore, that at the close
of each academic year, there has not
only been noticeable general i'm
provement in the students them
selves, but that those in the classes
have eXcelled others who have pre-
ceded them in the same studies;
this is referring to the students as a
body. The result of this |
is that with each succeed
ing year, opportunity is not |
only afforded for higher
grade Of studies, but it becomes
necessity that advances be made. |
Nothing that can be said could
speak in better terms of the system
under which the school is conducted,
of its management, nor of the intel |
ligence and aptitude of the students. |
In many respects classes of the
academic year just closed were the
best that have ever attended. The
normal class was the best for one
the geography class also; the rhet-
ORIG and English literature class was
equal TO any previous one, and the
class in mathematics far ahead. In
this latter class problems, which
were solved by but one in fifteen
two years ago, were this year
worked to a satisfactory solution by
six out of eight, a remarkable differ
ence in the percentage. All this
shows the forward movement of ed
ucation, an increasing intelligence
in the young. the growing desire for
higher and higher branches Of learn
ing. a proper system for imparting
education, and that the heart of our
growing territory is in the right
place on this most important sub
iect. May the next closing exer-
cises take place in the new building;
and may as rapid progress be seen In
1SsI-S2 as has been witnessed since
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