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


In providing means fer effective
work we should have suitable rooins'
apparatus, books md n faculty suilic'
iuntly large that its professors VIII 20
al le Ia specialize aud work up wen
their several departments. by limit
Ing the breadth u work, preventing
the distribution OF what forces our
Territory Is capable Of commanding
for the university, depth by which we
accomplish tn, most can be given 10
our university work. We must not
attempt to DO too mAny things with
the limited resources oftne lernto'y.
ITO this We strictly adhere IN our
university affair, we shall be able 70
get suitable rooms, apparatus, books
nut a sufficient number VI professors
which will make II possible To give the
youth OF the Territory an opportunity
when they are 20 inclined 10 do this
mOst effective VI Hll kinds Of work,
original r,sparch. ~ accomplish this
cud, twill not require, by aJudicious
usp ~ the means appropriated for edu'
cAuonal purposes, M amount beyond
what our Territory can afford.
There are, no doubt, a. many erro.
neous idea. In regHrI 10 education ~
there are respecting other matters per.
/ tanning 10 tile wellsfo N q people or
nation. We some .lmes yet villa CON.
/ ccruing what ought 10 be done -duca.
! tiOnally, aud In regard 10 the effects
/ that certain educational departments
Will produce. We often over cs,imat.
I the very things In education that do Us
/ the least gOOd and under estimate those
/ which do IA the greatest good. Ian.
/ guage, mathematics, physics aud
/ chemistry are the foundation studies.
I Let a student he well informed Ia
these, aud he has n foundation upon
which he can build any kind ot n
supertfuclurc.
The alumui should zee 10 II that
their alma mater IN kept within the
| linu Of progress ami IT. forces are not
/ disslpate1; that there IL no ianclful
superficial displays, but that good solid
work he done. With respect 10 this, one
issirurk with feeling Of common sense
anu good Judgment when Oh entering
tue. laboratory buildings Of the John
Hopkins university one comes In con.
tact with the rough coated walls, suit.
able rooms nnd the magnificent
supply OF apparatus. Everything
partakes Of folidity and moth
ing Of suporficiaiity Let US
maintain that toe amount OF pieparn.
ton for the c0liegif g. courste be- ample,
20 that students on entering the uni.
versity will be prepared 10 make the
b II Of the opportunities therein OF.
iorci. II may he etalrd here that Judge
Hardness, representing the regents, did
all he could at tue last Legislature TO
obtain Other quarters or The deaf nutes,
10 that II would be possible TO separat.
tn. preparatory students from the uni
vefsity htudente-a thing that mus
most emphaticaily be done before our
university can have the dlghi,y 10
which Il Ia Justly entitled.
In responding TO this toast, "Our
Alma Mater" I reluctantly refer u
obstacles placed In the way OF the on.
ward progress OF the university IN the
pat; but, In justice 10 all concerned,
nm compelr1tO do 40. IL has been besst
on every side. Through the mitappre.
hensions Of our friends, It has lived
under great Disadvantages. II has been
| OAed upon with suspicion by one ola's
HuJ ignored by the other. II ms beon
den uneed ~ bad anu Hacfllegious on
one hand aud M too ianAticAlly 70.
ligious on the other 10 much inii1el
by que party and too much OF the
dominant church by the other Thus
has our university been handled by
the good people Of the territory with.
out the least particle Of know ledge con.
ccfning the truth. Notwithstanding
all this butisting In the past through
misundeptsnding the University OF
Desere'-now the Univeriity OF Utah
still exists. Hut, that II could exist
under such conditions there must have
al
watching aud directing all Its move
men.s. The university has been like
ship launched upon the suTging
waters u thousand sanibars, lee.
bergs Aul rocky shoals, bttllcd ON
every side; but, being ste0tud by
brave pilot ana n steady hand, " has
been brought into quiet waters and un-
obs.uCted seas.
Now, by your Kind Indulgence for n
few moments more, shall relate TO
you an event Ia the history ofour alma
mater, an event which " sad and yet
one that win awaken q combination Of
he highest feelings OF sympathy ami
joy. Ala! noT that the ship IL
saff, has been oxircAtel from the
rcck-, icebergs, sahdbaTs which have
threatened her on every side; now
that she has been saved from n dis.
attrous wreck and has been brought In.
~ the smooth Hcas uEstRlned, the
watchiul guide, the reserved and
courageous pilot wearipd with con.
slant strain and close application, sees
Alto give up the work OF years aud 10
place the old ship into now hands.
What honor Is due 10 this pilot, what
respect should he done him, what
gratitude tho rising generation Of this
territory owe him, will be better Tea-
lized IN years TO come when the
people Of cur territory will fully I'm.
derstand the true forces which have
lifted them from conditions OF slavery,
from religious agony, aud put them
whore they could compre bend the
American principles, In position
where they could command the
respect OF their fellow citizens, no on
the same footing with their fellow
men, aud where they shall not all be
consigned 10 become hewers OF wood
aud drawers OF wafer. Over twenty
years OF Revolutionary work inaugural.
ed ty this veteran hus been going on
Ia the minds Of the youth OF Utah.
There has ieen no spasmpuio
change In the minds Of the
people OF Utah. This change Of
condition OF Affairs talked about
Mt the present time has been
a work Of years, and moro than 10 any
one man, or u any set Of men, do We
owe this change vi condition 10 the
person who has held the position Of
president Of our university 40 long. To
him 1t IL due that the young men and
young ladies Of our territory have
griseu through education to a position
whuf. the air inspires them with stern.