Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-09

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tion Of the alumni association tho
university has taken upon Itself antW
life, 1t has fortified itself with a new
power, u has been launched upon the
ocean ~ purpetulty. Through this
association the power which IL to see
the perpc'untiOn Of our territorial In.
siiiuti1n VI learning, the University
OF Utah, IN 10 become the beacon light
which hail guide the affair OF state in
our commonwealth. The university
has now passed Into the hands NJ new
professors with better times and
fairef prospects. There arc many
young men anu young ladies through.
out the length AMI breadth oi our rur-
ritofy who can TESTIFY ~ the 20 Il AMI
efficient w1rl, done ny the retired staG
Of Professors IL II 10 be- hoped that
the same testimony IN the future can
be offered for the present stat. Time
alone can be the true and exact test Of
the ability and character VI these men.
Now, II may he said, but yet II II
true, that IN the main the good and the
bad together Of the past fall in;O OBJ
liviOn. Time hOuor.,h no man; no
deeds except those which by chance
become the important few. The hum
hle man makes sacrifice alter sacrifice;
the bad N committed a thousand times.
Al these msy he thrice repeated, ten
million times, but yet not an echo Is
heard, not n sound f,suundod as mt
mento VI these forgotten deeds.
In this II connection might well he
a-ked, who knows7 Who ever thinks?
Where IL M iOta recorded Of the sacti.
nces Of health, OF lime, Of brains made
for the University, Tor tue people Of
the Territory, by one " the most fertile
minde within this inicr.muuntain
region? Thv unassuming attitude Of
this person, bis unpfntentious HE,
leaves his work unknown. hisability anu
ca abilities unAppreclated, except by a
very few whoknOw him nearly as well
ss he knows himself. Usually men with
one hall the Intellect, icrtilily u brains
VI our friend and capable professor are
estiuh ei Intellectually nj twice as
much as Professor joseph u. Toronto.
rho university Of the past with the ex.
ceptiOn Of few important events
connected with II will aiuk into total
oblivion. II IN therefore TO the future
we must direct our attention. with
the future the University Of Dsserct
becomes by name thu University Of
Utah, and II II 10 be guided by some
power, be MANAGED and continued by
some unseen hhnd. perceive II this
guiding powci, this uneeou hnni be
unwise, uLlus', unfair, nm oblivion for
our Institution. Hut II n be wise, Just
aud mir. perceive tho University 10
rise IA Importance aud n become An
Indispensable factor In future Utah.
But why doubt for mDmett ns a. the
hands iuto which IL viii tall2 The
alumni will cherish with too kindly
feelings their alma mhior 10 submit or
a moment to auy mighty being heap
upon IL. The university belongs TO the
Territory; to the whole people Of the
Territory AVID their slus anu daughters
educated within IT, walls, being brst
acquainted with its conditions and the
conditions Of the territory, VIII know
best regarding It's needs aud how far
the territory Is capable Of providing for
those nrcda.
II IL to br hoped that the alumni Will
AllOw no president, no professor, no
instructor 10 remain within it, walls
who ESs not the Interests " the whole
people at heart WHOSE sympathios
cannot extend 60 all cltssss, and whose
mind In not brOad enough TO leave
uunoticed trtiiny affairs ANA feel that
his people IL the whole people. IL 10 10
be. hoped that the alumni will require
tina, In the university professors shall
know no creed, no sect aud no class,
but rather that they shall bU truly
American n not cosmopolitan.
Men Of the highest character should
alone be permitted within the walls VI
learning 10 come in cOutgct with the
youth NJ our Territory. Falr-mludod,
honorable aud capable meu .mhuc the
y0ung with q spirit Of sobfirty, liberal.
ity and morality They ingfaft upon
their minds all thu higher qualities u
man, anu place them upon higher
plane In lie.
TIE future policy OF tbs university
should be that Of concentration. Its
forces and means shnuld he used
within a smaller compass aud thus
effect better results. Lot W. consider
this matter for moment. Tho Irpu.
tatipns NJ mtn are made not by the
doing Of many things, but by thu doing
Ut one thlRg veil. The grca, aud last.
Ing benefits accomplished TOT mankind
have been through the great cOncen-
tration NJ powerful intellocis, through
the efforts Of profound thinkers sud
investigators like Gallleo, Copernicus,
Keplcr, Newton, Napier Aristotle,
Archlmcdes, EuCild ami Lrlbnitz. Ia
these men there was concentration
nf power Of mind which hAs revolution
lied the world, made It possible for you
and me 10 live In comfortable homes
aud TO enjoy tho NSeftlcs Of free
country and generous government.
a free country sometimes undergoes
changes. Ia the annals Of the world
We see gOvernments have been over.
turned, tyranny has succeeded liberty,
misery followed happiness. What 10 10
become Of our free and nomocra-
tic government? Ex.Ptenident white,
u Cornell University maintains our
government will be perpeiuatei only
through the influence OF general anu
liberal education OF the people. He
looks forward 10 tue wealthy men Of
our land endowinR Institutions OF
learning ami thus using their means
for the growth and spread OF knowl.
edge. In this way large numbers
rom the masses viii have an oppor.
tuui,y 10 receive intellectual training
OF The higher order. The numbers
that do original work viii be increased.
The wealth, In part, OF the nation thus
being spenl, rather Than for political
purposes, ana the number Of thinkers
and investigators IN this way being
Increased, freedom OF thought and lib
cfty Of action will be maintained.
The friends OF our university must See
that It's powers are concentrated, that
they are employed In the most elect
i've manner, that what IL done within
It's walls IL prosecuted with vigOr
and Ia done wei. The great beneiac-
tors OF mankind nfe those who have
piled their minds To original investlga.