The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI.
The Brilliant Scene at the An
nual Meeting.
PROFESSOR PAUL'S ADDRESS.
DIR. Park and the Delightful Task-PrOf. To-
rontO and the Teachers HObby-A
Night Of Pleasure Unmarried.

The moon shines bright, in such u night as this
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,
And they did make no noise-in such night
Troilus methinks, mounted the Trojan walls,
And sighed his soul toward the Grec!an tents
Where Cressid lay that night. = =
Look how the floor OF heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold;
There's not the smallest orb which thou be-
hold'st
But in his motif like an angel sings.
A more brilliant affair has perhaps never
occurred in the history of the territory
than the gathering of the graduates on the
evening of Wednesday, June Il, at the
university. Every part of the territory
was represented. Seventy-five of the
graduates were present. each with a friend
or companion. At the afternoon meeting
George NJ Cannon was elected president
for the ensuing year, William Allison vice
president and May Preston secretary and
treasurer The members of the association
bore the expenses of the entertainment
With the deepening of twilight, the soft
music of mandolins and guitars broke the
calm peace of night at the university build
ing. fastening thither we found crowds
of gaily dressed people, many of whom
wore badges of a deep red color, bearing in
gold the legend, University Alumni Asso-
citation, June, 1889" A perfect galaxy OF
beautiful young ladies wearing a white
badge-"COmmittee' charge of the
new arrivals.
PROFESSOR PAUL's ADDRESS.
After all had finally congregated in one
large room, the president of the association,
Prof. j. H. Paul, addressed the meeting in
an Grafton lasting forty minutes, on the
debt of humanity to science. Comparing
our means of enjoyment with those of King
Solomon, he said: To-day we travel rap
idly at small expense and with little ia
tigue We visit countries further apart
than Solomon ever heard of; the poor man
rests upon a bed as soft, and has a finer
silk fabric than Solomon ever saw. His
house is built of materials brought from
parts of the earth more widely separated
than those which furnished the materials
for SolomOn's temple. For few cents he
obtain as perfume to which the ancient
odors of Arabia are not to be compared.
Merely to clothe him to-day would
require the constant hand-labor of
ten of Solomon's slaves. The mechanic
and artisan of to-day are better clothed,
housed and fed than the comparatively
rich of former times. AS science and in
vention proceed, we can look forward to a
time when hunger and want will be things
of the barbaric past. Then can the en-
iightened portion of mankind turn their
attention to the retaining of savage peo-
pies: and in this acme of wealth and Sc
curity, earth can bring forth before the
Author of Nature her regenerated children,
and say, like a heather mother Of olden
time, "These are my Jewels"
What country is richer in fields for
scientific research than our own wonderful
land?-the hot springs, the soda springs,
the mountains and deserts. Our Dead Sea,
mighty historian of former age, the most
wonderful sheet of water on the whole
globe, invites our study and arouses our
curiosity. The wealth of flowers in the
cafions and on the mountain tops, awaiting
US 70 learn their uses and to read their
story Of whence they came, incites US to