The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11


of older standing, the welfare and pros
peTity of your Alma Mater This is {
sacred trust-the trust that q font
mother repOseS in dutiful sons anC
daughters. Show that you have no
been mere hireLings, working under ths
lash of formal requirement, seeking
only the wages of graduation; but tha
you are indeed sons and daughters OF
the family-heirs of the household-tC
whom the interests of the institution
may be safely confided l trust tina
you go forth as students practised an6
skillfuS and that from today you viii
be teachers indeed. IF you are priv
ileged with the opportunity to return
and continue your studies along high
er and more specialized lines, 1 know
that your love for knowledge will bring
you back to drink more deeply of those
life-giving streams. Your taients have
been given for use, not for ornament
alone Within the university halls yot
have received freely; now go forth ant
as freely give
The president then presented thE
graduates of the normal school to the
regents, CHASING them as three-yeal
students and four-year students, re
spectively, and continued:
Now, by the authority given by law
pronounce you graduates of the state
normal school, which is a department
of the university, and I declare vol
entitled to all of the privileges belong
ing to this graduation. In testimony
of this act I award you each a certifi
cate which the state of Utah has made
a license to teach in any CIT her schools
of the grade specified"
The certificates were then awarded,
after which, addressing the senior
class, the president said:
''Inasmuch as you have completed
the prescribed courses of collegiate
study, and have been recommended by
the unanimous vote of the faculty, now
therefore, by the authority reposed by
law in the University of Utah and dele
gated unto me- / confer upon you the
degrees to which you are entitled.
Upon you Theodore Nystrom, the de-
gress and title Of bachelor Of science;
upon you Lydia Snow Pierce, the de-
gree and title of bachelor of letters
and upon each of you William Henry
Chamberlin, Jenta Smith Melton and
Bardella Shipp, the degree and title of
bachelor of arts; and upon all of you
the rights. privileges, honors and
emoluments appertaining unto this
distinction. In testimony of this act
I call to witness all here present,
and present to each of you a disploma
signed and sealed according to the
rules of the Institution
TOOK TWO PRIZES.
President Talmage stated that prizes
provided by friends of the classical de-
partment had been offered as follows
A prize of $25 for excellence in class
work and for an essay in Latin a
prize Of $25 for excellence in class work
and for an examination in Greek litera-
ture. Both of these prizes had been
awarded to Mrs. Margaret Alley Davis
Marshall.
GOVERNOR WELLS ADDRESS.
Following the presentation of certffi-
Gates, Governor Wells read an address
Which was in his happiest vein and in
which he gave the graduates some
good sound advice and told some very
pertinent truths. He said:
1t is with feelings of mingled pleasure
and regret that l appear before you at
this time. The pleasure is derived from
my realization of the fact that the new
state of Utah will this day have added
to its educated population a half hum
dred bright minds filed with useful in
formation from the storehouse of the
highest institution of learning in the
state and fully equipped to contribute
their proportion of intelligence and
energy to the upbuilding of the com
monwealth. The regret is purely per
sonal and comes with the reflection
that during my own school days, spent
for the most part in this same insti-
tuition, took no greater advantage of
my opportunities.
1t would have been a. GONNA atiyelv
easy accomplishment, for instance.
a IIT1ix
Utah to have acquired such facility of
speech, such ability Ito think on ones
feeL, such confidence to stand before
the public, as to have been able to
make a pleasing impromptu address
on an occasion of this kind instead of
having to stand before you with manu-
script in hand and blush with painful
and violent embarra ss1nent. Let me
say to those of you who are garduat-
: ing today, whether it is your inten-
ton to strive for political honors or
to essay the quieter walks of life, if
you have not already cultivated and
acquired the power of giving proper
AND ready utterance to your thoughts
go back to school and stay there until
you have. A man is not made to shut
up his mind Within itself like an
oyster but to give it voice and to ex-
change it for other minds Our power
amount of thought contained within
us as the power of bringing it out. /
stand before you today as horrible
example" of neglected opportunity in
this regard and trust the object lesson
will prove advantageous to you ALL
1 Now what can l say to you that
will be of benefit? 1 know it is your
! ambition to achieve success. You have
/ been diligent during your school days
your minds are properly disciplined
you have acquired that education
which is impaired to you by others
and now you are about to begin the
acquisition of that other education
! the one you give yourselves. In short
! you are about to begin the struggle OF
! life. Some of you have no doubt de-
cided upon a, vacation and your course
Of study has qualified you for it. Others
perhaps have not determined upon any
! definite pursuit but feel that their uni.
versity training has prepared them fol
any one of many callings. 1t is my ad.
vice to graduating students to lose nt
time in ascertaining, il possible. the
! strong faculty of their minds Oh
bodies. especially fitting them for some
definite pursuit and then concentrate
ing all their energies upon becoming
proficient in it. There is probably nc