The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-08


Met for common purpose, in learning's
sacred pale,
We have met to be instructed IN the use
full branches taught
At Utah's University. with wholesome
knowledge fraught.
Ere the sun had passed from Virgo to
Libra's mild domain,
While the respers jet were busy midst
the fields of golden grain,
We left our homes and parents, our
brothers, sisters dear,
And with thei- blessings on our heads we
wended our way here;
From east and west, from sunny south,
and fruitful north We came,
From cool plateau and canyon gorge,
from valley and from plain;
We met at first as strangers, but anon the
golden chain
Offriendship bound u firmly, aud will
meier be loosed again,
So We linked ourselves together and the
paths of learning trod,
Which lead US on through nature hum
bly, up to sture's God.
Nature lies Ostspread before US, and we
read on every page
OF this great book, new wonders OF pre-.
historic age,
We read the history Of our g lobe in stones
and beds Of clay,
The medals OF creation which The hands
Of time display.
These huge and lofty mountains were
once the oceans bed,
Where the coral insect fourished, but
where now the hunters tread,
And the soil of these broad valleys which
abound with fruit ard grain,
Has been carried from the mountains
through the agency of rain.
We have learned the many elements
which our fair earth compose,
That were it not for chemistry would yet
unknown repose;
We tear asunder compounds by the
chemists wondrous arts.
And resolve q complex substance into its
simplest parts.
When we turn our eyes from earth to the
starry sphere above,
To the planets Of our system as they in |
their orbits move
Round the sun, the great bright centre, |
our voices will resound.
GrsVitstion is the agent by which orb to |
orb is bound.
We then will think Of Newton, of his |
genius and his laws;
Of Kepler aud Copernicus, each engaged |
in science cause;
And Calico, stsunch and true, with the
telescope as aid,
Proved true the words Copernicus CEN
fury since had said.
Herschel, too, we'll not forget, for his
untiring zeal
Revealed new wonders to the world until
that time concealed.
Besides these names we've mentioned
are others just as bright,
Of men, who long for science sake have
lsbored With their might
To trace effect back to its cause, is what
they all have sought,
And many truths they've gathered from
the mystic realms of thought.
In all the branches we've been taught
We find an ample store
Of beauty, truth and harmony which We
should sll adore;
We find in moss, and tree and flower
new wonders every day,
Each tiny stem, and leaf and tWig can
useful hints convey;
But greater and more precious things
than these that live and die
Are virtue, love and chastity which come
from Him on high.
40 greater gifts on mortal man than
these can be bestowed.
The source of all true happiness, the
pathway up to God.
We feel to thank our teachers whom
we're parting with to-day,
For in precePt and example they have
ever led the way;
70 heed their timely counsel will keep
our honor bright,
Will lesd Us on in safety and make our
burdens light.
)ur schOoldsys now are ever, and soon
we'll see no more
The scenes that now surround Us, these
rooms Of useful lorei i
But in the mystic future Where'er we
chance to roam
hid natures wilds or foreign chimes, far
from our native home
Let US ever carry with US the teachings
Ofto-day,
And heed the many lessons and precepts
they convey.
Let US deem it as duty, and begin
while in our youth
70 battle superstition and advance the
cause of truth,
% dispel the clouds Of errer which bedim
the path Of life,
70 unclog the wheels of progress, to re- 7
press the reign of strifei
let US labor on uncessing, let US labor
with our might,
ill truth and science triumph over SUI
perstition's blight.
AAd now, beloved teachers, ere We part
with you to-day,
% express our thanks and gratitude we
make q short delay;
[ on have doAe your duty nobly, you
have acted well your part,
day your words Of wholesome counsel
never from our minds depart,
And in the hidden future, where'er we
chance to stray,
day your teachings ever guide US in
virtues holy way; I
on have soWn the seeds Of wisdom with
free and generous hand,
day they yield abundant harvest far and L
near throughout the land.
TOD grant shat in the future, when we
are older grown,
We may prove ourselves disciples YOU
Will feel q pride to own;
lay health continue with you for many
years to come,
While you scatter seeds Of learning in I
our quiet mountain home;
md when your work is ended, when
you lay your burdens down.
az you take nm life imnorkal and ST | q