Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-17

tan; any sect u Christians.
Roman Catholic, Baptist, Pru-b yterian,
Methodist Ut Episcnpal, may In perfect
security aud under the protection OF
the State establish Institutions OF edu-
cation Of nigh grade or low grade,
universities, primary schools, or
kindergy ttens for the distinct educa-
ton OF their own children. This, too.
II liberty We would not part with In
Massachusetts,. ~ this liberty whole.
s1nie, IA II consistent with the general
doctrine Oi freedom which prevails la
the American S,a'es? There IL no
more wholesome liberty than thu
perfect equality and freedom granted
TO oil religious denominations. What
results from II In the old state ot
Massachusetts, the Puritan State, the
Stale founded by Az exclusive
church, the State founded 10y
that denomination Of Christians
which would not bear the presence "
other denominations NJ Christians ~
they planted thoiF colonies on that
wild and ydefolatr shore? The result
Is that 10 that original Puritan State,
the Roman Catholic may hold property
securely anu rrmiy Tor amy " the pur-
poses which | have mentioned. Could
amy religious faith he more opposed To
the faith Of the Puritan than tuU
Roman Caihollcg Hut any Protestant
denomination may no the like. The
Episcopal Church was hat Il by tho
Puritan founders Of ssachus.tts. II
WAS persecution ffom that church
which had driven them from their
mother country. And yet the
A. 800 II "a
tch ole, universities hospitals, OF
any charitable OF educational institute
ti1u, and hold Tor such Institutions
property under the projection 10 the
State Of Massachusetts,. | respectfully
commend these Massachusetts liberties
to the government " the United
5ta'-s. There n no reason why they
should not all he enjoyed IN the Form.
tories " .thc United States just as In the
full States Of the Union. (ApplAuas.)
! psk, dots all this liberty for all re-.
lielous peUpl, work well? answer
that questi0u ~ Que who has been ior
iNunty.three years at tue head Of "a
university that receives large NUM- tu
Of students from all parts oi the couu-
try and, " course, from all religious de-
nominations. II there IL one thing
evident 10 an experienced educator Ia
the United States n IN this:
That the variety Of Institutions of eiu-
cation In our country j. thoroughly
Wholesome. We have three GLASSES ~
educational institutions. Those sup
ported by the state, the public or
municipality, the pubiic school, the
Stale Agricultural College, the State
Mechanical or Mining College aud the
State University. We have tut insti.
tutions supported by religious deuoui-
nations and We have again the private
schools aud colleges attached IL u0 d.
nomination. This diversity IA Que Of
the most wholesome features Of the
American rystem Of public education.
And with this diversity we are better
or hy far than II uuy slugle one
Of these three classes had fun posses.
sion Of the Held. ] hope | will
shortly Sec In this great and beautiful
Territory NIL three Of these classes "
education amply projected. There IL
room for all. there Is work for all, and
Ia competing will accomplish greater
good than II working singly. This
spirit Of liberty, religious and civil, II
what our great aud beautiful COUNT
stands for In this world. Let u love
these principles. Let Us devote our.
selves to their propagation. TO the
building up IN this country OF the fair
fabric " public liberty. (Applause. J
Liberty, religious and clvil. Liberty
for associations and liberty for
the individual. II il one OF the
great functions Of uuiversitius
To teach patriotism. univeuI-
les stand iof ideals In this
woTld-ideals Of learning, ideals 0f De.
voted enthusiasm, and high among
ideals IA that u country. We have
not In this republican land that sort "
ideal 20 worship which In former cen.
turier commented the loyalty aud de.
vution Of the people. We have not set
III the idolizei person We call king or
queen, tut We have another Ideal 10
worship, the porsonitied ideal which
we call country.
When paots wish to bring before W.
this lovely ideal OF our country 80
beautiful, ~ grand, so free, they al
ways speak OF II ~ woman. Tho
manly character aud form DO not 80
we'll Represent this beautiful Ideal.
The facts make our pet-oniflei ideal
Of woman.
II lisa great privilege for any hmeri.
eau 10 speak TO such q friendly audi
ence as this never before spoke, In
my life, to no large gathering, except
Ia opcn air. Here u one Of the evil
dences OF the great rapidity OF your
progress, compared with that OF
the Pilgrim fathers. In forty.
i've years you have made this
possible. it took the Pilgglms and
Parton societies nearly 200 years 10
learn to sing the Eallelullah Chorus
az have just heard II sung tonight.
You have done II In a much shorter
time; To he sure, you have had steam
aud electricity to help you, you have
had teachers, the like Of whom the
Puritans never saw. II - but an I'm
stance Of the rapidity Of your conquest
conquest OF the soil, conquest OF the
wealth OF the hills, cOnque-ts Of the
arts and sciences. | wish that word,
of mine could further the least bit this
great undertaking, II ! could hop,
that words Of mine could bring about q
greater unity Of feeling among the en-
lirr population OF this beautiful Terri
tory; II 1 could hope that words o
mine could show the way for all classsi
of this population 10 unite In seeking
the great principles OF liberty In the iul
application which they receive IN
other parts Of our nation, II would he
to nae " great reward. Great ap-
plause.l
President Woodruff then arose and
saidi
Al tho close Of this meeting woult
like 10 say few words. feel 10 70
turn thanks for anu In behalf Of thi,
assembly 10 Professor Eliot for hli
short but very Interesting aud import