Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-02
BRIGHAM YOUNG COLLEGE.
commencement Exercises Of The pOpu.
lar Northern Institution.
sryry GRADUATES IN Tnf NORMAL.
COu.sE.


fThe delay In the puohchuon W Wv
following IL due to failure TO sooner
transmit the report to THIS oiilce'l
The comnienoement exercises OF tue
Brigham Young OoI''se W '"' -"
House on THURSDAY last were We. Nv
tended. The stage was oesu'"oy
,,.,o,.ted with flowers aud plants. me
~.s occup,rd by the college
sNse .,.ss h,ostle
officials. we stsuua'''s 49, n,
Moses Thatcher, Bishop frcstohi rfe'i
dent ORION smith and others.
M. an.,,,y cborus by tn, college
.nlo,d,d .siection. Bl,h0p
cnVi' "a, -,t ,.,,s
Preston opened the meeting with
,sray.r. after which the orchestra rem
..,.d sou,e d,liRhtful music. Eight
i.d,.. .a,g 4. ul.s which wa.
young 'auie' sAus s'es
well received by the crowd
The valedIctory was a mastery pro.
a,.t,o,.nd N. dcliv.r.d nv Mr., Old
W.,,., ,..,,, ,,,..t .,nI.usa
hAin u-"e" Al.
J. w. Anderson played solo on the
violin aud received n hearty encore
49,, ,b. hou.,.
Hya' 80 o.. a,,, v.. ,.,t IN
Ffeslueh' o'so" 7'i'" Us -
the programme, anu gave wotus OF
warm praise, advice and encourage.
,,ant
A. A.. r..,.,., ,.., ad.
Apostle moses iha'one' '"'u
dressed the students In his eloquent,
fotcihle manner anu his fculafkH
created nm excellent Impression.
The duet by J. w. Anderson anu
Mis- Hilda F0gelbers was wen
rendered, and the Violin quArtette by
the young folks, Misses rogvloers anu
Thatcher aud Masters Young ana
Thatcher, IL deserving Of special men
ton.
President Paul then conferred the
certificates OF graduation anu hu'
dressed the students anu patrons OF tue
college.
Z. Mt. Easton, the popular tenor, sang
"The Anchors Weighed" anu as
usual brought down the house.
The descriptive overture by inc
Opera House orchestra closed the
exercises.
The vAledlct0ry address by samuel
4. oldham was prciaced by atrcatment
Of the functions Of the public school,
What are the functions OF the public
school, We may answer this ques-
ton rather br.iiy by the one word
"educatlon." But In the treatment OF
the subject today, | ehall be more cx.
tended and systematic.
rheie Il the State, next the Church,
next the society, AMI finally the In.
diyidual. The third and last division
OF ihstublect Is "What branches shall
heianght Ia the public school" We
will begin the argument by inguirlng
into the right OF State to coatfol, otigi.:
nate and naintain public school
system Of its own. In connection with
the State the publij school Ia that eivii
Institution, whose purpose u IL TO give
that Instruction aud training, not sup
piled ny other agencies, Du1 without
which good citizenship Is Impossible.
II evident from this definition OF the
term thai the claim OF the Staleto origl.
nate aud control the school IL well
grounded. IL " the duty OF the state
iogovern, aud II by any means u eau
place the people IN position 10 be
more easily governed, IL bccomts the
duty OF the State thus TO DO. ~ u
obvious that tho greater amount OF In
lelllgenco people possess, the more
easily they eau be governed. Again,
the night OF tue state 10 maintain itA
corporate lie, lts right 10 attain pros
pefity,. anu It's right 10 hold an
honorable place among The family OF
malone, are the basi- OF iis right 70
deiermine the education Of itH iuiure
citizens. For attaining the ends the
state has In view, tho citizenship must
be homogeneous, with respect 70
patriotism, obedient TO nshuul
authority. a this country. where
every person u possible ruler the
uuiy OF Tue State ~ obvious, thst II
should decide IN some degree upon the
education anu Intelligence OF IL future
rulers For IN THESE Gays OF enIighten.
men', stale should hght its battles
. with intelligence, not with brute force,
with diplomacy not with artillery.
Ana 30 10 this end the state has right
70 control the education OF Us subjects.
As the cas- OF the Church 10 ansla-
gousto that OF the state, we mny say
then That the right oil the Church TO
maintain It's ecclesiastical HE, TO at-
hln prosperity, TO spread its principles
and 10 hold an honorable population,
dstotmino III right to maintain and
control public schools. There Is moth
I'M, and sIsyS,s ths MIMI ~ msn ~ Than
religious Influence, and rs 1t o,nnct
always be given In family or through
lhe pulpit, the next legitimate way ~
,he public church school. Church
influence Jolhs vita family influence
IN forming the child's notions Of right
anu wrong, honesty aud dishonesty,
Aha IN giving the early dlacinlint
which IA OF no much value. Chur, h