The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-14

Yesterday was a grand day for the
University of Utah, and the twenty
nth annual commencement attracted
TO the theatre a large audience repre-
senting the culture of the city.
On the stage were seated Governor
West. Acting-President Kingsbury,
Chancellor Robert Hardness, Rev. C.
7. Brown. Hon. w. H. King, ex-Presf-
dent John r. Park. A H. Cannon and
ates appeared and took seats upon the
left of the stage.
The exercises opened with a selection
by the orchestra. after which Rev. c.
I. Brown offered prayer.
Miss Dorothy Bowman then read a
most interesting essay on James Rus
sell Lowell. The paper gave a critical
estimate of the life and work of the
poet, and the lady's reading was
effective.
D. w. Moffat next delivered an ora
ton, his subject being IAN Ideal in
Modern Education" He was listened
TO with the greatest interest and the
gentleman's views. ably expressed,
showed careful study and research.
After a. selection by the orchestra,
the orator Of the day, Hon. w. H.
King, of Provo, was introduced, and
he said in part: "Illusory hopes are
too often planted in the human breast.
Fame, worldly hope, are thought to be
the aim Of human endeaVor. 1t is not
my purpose to present a scholastic ad
dress. / speak to you as a friend-I
speak to you on the activities of life,
its duties and responsibilities. Much
of the instruction of the past has not
been correct CompenSa ton is Gods
law; you, my friends, are its recipients.
If you fall and the jagged cliffs encom-
pass you, il will be because the law has
been broken. It has been said that
your work when you leave the schoo1
room is complete. This is only the be-
ginning-the portal. I would not dis
criminate between the teaching the
classics and that which is utilitarian.
Empiricism has stalked in the past.
The scientific must supplant it. Mann
monism sitting on her golden hill has
much to do with the modern curri-
cuium. Talleyrand says: Language
is made to conceal thought Many so
called philosophers have been content
when the founts Of wisdom have not
been seen.
1--WE are told that we must gauge the
past with monuments. / preach down
the doctrine that is satisfied with con-
tentment You remember the mael-
stron. It is far more interesting than
the quiet stream. When Napoleon shall
have been eXecrated; when Caesar shall
have gone into oblivion, the poor monk
shall survive. I would rather be Adam
Bede than Caesar crowned. The test
of true greatness is what the heart is.
This is your personality. AS man
tF1inketh, so he is Often the standard
given by the world is an untrue one.
Emerson forgets his tranScendentalism
and deals with realities The education
of the future must place US in harmony.
When we have true education we shall
have no asceticism, no agnosticism to
sap the foundations of society. Work
is not debasing. There is something
perennially noble in work. There is
hope for him who is industrious. We
must work while the day lasts; the
night cOmeth, when no man can work
We want to erect on every mountain
peak and in every vale our goddess
Work. Work is a, virtue of the heart.
intellectually means broad, progress
sive thinking. Tt is fashionable in some
places to deride work 1t is wrong for
parents, for teachers to inculcate such
ideas. True greatness underlies the
foundation Of good government. Some
day in the future we shall stand upon
the highest summit of harmonious de-
EeloDment.
THE education of the future will be
more homogeneous. We have been car
ried away with the sophistry of Spen-
Ger. The realities Of life cali For great
men. You will go forth to carry to the
world the principles you have learned.
Success, honor, is yours if your mo-
tiVes are good. Utah is proud of the
university, proud of the young men and
women she has sent forth. Her mission
is q noble one; she is grandly fulfilling
Following Mr.. Kings Grafton. Ac--
ing President Kingsbury conferred the
certificates and diplomas IN a very
brief address. The degree Of master
of science was conferred upon Mr.. ".
D. Neal. and The degree of bachalor Of
science upon Mr.. George @. Coray.
This interesting ceremony ended,
Chancellor Hardness arose and said
that because Of the long and eminent
services of Prof. J. T. Kingsbury, his
devotion to the cause of education, his
refusal of personal advancement. Civ
ing the preference 10 anOther-the new
president of the university-the regents
had decided to confer the degree Of
IL. ID. upon him, the second in the
history Of the institution, the first be-
ing conferred upon DR.. ]. r. Park.
While the orchestra was rendering a
selection, the graduates received baS-
ke5s and bouquets of flowers
AT the commencement last year Gov
ernor West delivered an address to
the graduates, and Ut was his pleasure
20 perform that Office again yestarlay.
The remarks of his eXcellency were
hrief but eloquent. There We no III
ties of distinction in this county, he
said, but each one had been given a pa
tent Of novelty. He urged the gradu-
CITES TO give to their alma mater their
warm and earnest support at ell
times. The people Of Utah were proud
Of the university but that Institution
needed the support of all in order that
It's usefulness might be increased and
its power for doing good increased.
A II. Cannon pronounced the bene-
diction, and after a selection by the
orchestra. the commencement of 1894
was over.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI.