Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-17
TO UTAH UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.
President !. II. Itiugsburys Eloquent Address
the Commencement EXERCISES June
r. 1893. in the Salt Lake Thcatc1.

quires more than single generation.
10 may take many generations. Liu-
cation OF proper kind can help TO
bring about cha 70 OF character
moro rapidly than could otherwise De
accom- lished. Yet time aus long
pitirnce are necessarily required. IL
would seem thatin order ~ work n
aiical change IN the character or dis.
pusltiOn OF man, II would be- necessary
TO cause a radical Oh tnge 10 take place
iu his orgauic powers, and IN accord
nnco with experience, such a thing
cannot be accomplished IN d
short period Of time. When
a groa. modification IA effected
then hiH inward and true nature h.
changed. His cast Of mind is OF uoccs.
sity greatly modified, AMI hu becomes
ia one sense OF the word new being.
HeiH generous now rather than vicious,
His disposition IL kind AMI considerable,
rather than cruel anu imIctuOus. He
has a high moral sentiment Instead 0f
% duprnved mind. But changes like
these are wrought out only Ia lum.
Ter Of generations. Education shortcuts
the time considerably iu tilccting such
a fuvOlutl0n,nnI especially lit be such
as IL bcst adapted 10 develop name
reasoning incullita, 20 enable him TO
make a wider survey Of lie, 10 put him
upon higher plane of thought and to
develop his love fur fine Art aud liter.
allure. For ucatiOn then attracts his
attention towards now things AMI
dfawe his mind into new lines Oi
thought. His mind thus directed, he
loses sight, more or lees, ~ tho things
that would otherwise engage his atirn.
ton anu rotafd his progress. His
powers OF MIND, most active hereto.
fore, now lying dormant, weaken aud
yield, and Ac Il gradually changed.
A process like the iIfcgoiug Is prob
ably the way that education can effect
n change m 70 rapidly than Otherwise
could possibly take place. Eduoatiou
does not work out a change directly,
Ia my opinion, but IL does no only
Indirectly. IL must act upon the
organic nature which itsCli must be-
modified before n mOditluationin the
character Of man eau be realized.
The change produced la the character
Ot the human race, or human being,
IA through thnt slow process OF evull.
ton, no matter, ~, far as We under.
pl0y ed TO make II moge rapid.
The law IN regard 60 tlu living form
being fitted TO Ia environment gtyrs
man an opportunity 10 better himself,
oecalse the surruunding conditions
are, 10 SENS eXteut, subject ~ him, nn1
can therefore be- molifiui. 10 thls
law DO true, from the TACT that Iudi.
tons eau DO modified, mans nature
can be changed, because It tends TO-
warns the unylrgnment which acts
more or lear upon man 10 bring auou
his necestGry iltuvls Or conformity
the environment .H.
It's The tuty OF an mankind 10 a..
elst IN botlefing this condition 81 the
human race, and % use MI iegitimat.
meanu within reach ~ accomplish this
much duslfei end.
Many % you, my young friends.
have completed a tDrge yeaTsi course
~ "a preparation tor teaching. 10 your
care viii bc eimnilttod our youth for
the purpose OF developing their intel.
leciual faculties, aud for tho purpose
OF fitting them Tor the battle " iup,
ami Tor the discharge OF lhulr dutiea ~
citizens aud members OF u ciUty. There
n, therefore, muah responsibility rost.
lug upon you. o. nil mon ana women,
your lives SHOULD be- the most OK.
tmplafy, every act Of yours should be-
pure, hUAOrnblo, aud OF an thIuga
above dissimulat,ou. You VIII cXurt
an Influence either for good or evil
upon the young aud ieuder miuds
under your tuition. IL viii be- iu your
power g. exert az enrolling influence
over those under your care, OF an
influence that viii doprave their
mindR aud be conducive 10 their con-.
plelc downfall.
You should surround those under
your charge with uil the moral iofti.
tuue possible IN uruur 10 weaken any
abnormal appetite or any deposition
they may have uuiav0fabie % the
development Aud the strs ngtheuiug Of
their bstttr sentiments.
The teachers position should be
counted the most exalted iu tho con-.
munity, for II IL indeed tho must i'm.
pofhui; and only those pursuus OF tue
gTentest moral nud intellectual attain.
mcuIs should be- chostn Tor positions Of
such gravity.
when It 10 realized that tue chnrac-
Ter Of the child Ia horitrd from many
generations Of the past, lnlt 1t IN tue
Tetult Of extremity slow gluwth, ami
that u consequently cannot be- rapidly
changed for good on hlu thr teachers
position then becomes tho more i'm.
portant to US all.
The child may acquire knowledge
readily, aud may become ufOfiuul
scholar, yet bis inward nature re-.
mains nearly the same. HE lrAtulUs.
however, may give him uoh 70 wr.s
ct reasoning a greatly 90 uu,ist him la
hgldiug iu allegiance his true GisH0-i.
ton, hu mpy rULvECeut upon rare
uCcnfiun-, cNuibl. his natural inulIru.
t.Uus, still they may ur 400 VIII iu his
beiur, backed ny strong reserved
force. The restraint thuB lIscB! uuDn
his bafer powers ttulr, from want Of
exercise, 90 weaken them, Hui u time
20 eliminate them entirely rom his
nature. He places himself under
rritJnint IN different ways through hia
ability 90 comprehend vivIdly tho
Cous,q ueuccs that would otherwise
result
Not only iBit the duty Of tho normal
Eu luuicsi Ur those who VIII bu en-
gage iu teaching, 10 do ali they can 10
hil iu tuo luOu work OF making oil
moro civilized, OF Influencing prrsnus
,I IIy lur Dthrr- W well as 'ur tuum-
selves. but 90 M moral standpoint 20
us huyuWrs tho duty ~ every 90 du-
iIr. La faut, mo- one IN exempt; Tor Dc
il tHe duty ut every human being 90
ao.k % uettcr tho condition OF hi
follow mau morally, iutrlIuc ually aud
socially. % tho more intelligent,
more b. rXI ecteu. Men ana women
rufUi. o.. tfUuIu ln tNrHnIrft ID Lana . ltt