The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
ing HIS act by their act; such man
is the noblest work of God,

GRAFTON AND vALEDICTORY.
Theodore Nystrom, the only gradu-
ate in the course in general science,
/ delivered the class Grafton and valedic-
! tory address In substance, he said:
The day on which a young man
/ graduates is one of the most import
ant in his life. He stands, as it were,
! at an abrupt bend in the road where
! the straight level way behind him is
/ plainly visible, dotted with pleasant
! recollection, but the future-ah, could
he but see beyond that bend; yet the
! comparison does not hold good unless
we fancy the obstruction to his view
/ moving one, constantly advancing
before him. Our school days are over
and tomorrow begins in earnest our
| struggle for q place in the world.
/ What shall we become? What has
our education to do with the future
Are our chances for success greater
because of the little learning we pos
sess?
There are many who consider the
acquiring Of college education as q
waste of time for all who do not in
tend to enter the professions. and en-
deavor to discourage a young man
from pursuing a college course. The
opposition arises from several sources
fashion dictates that her favor.i-es
must be polished, and fashions decree
must be recognized. 1t is easy for such
to tear down the philosophy of a
Spencer or upset the 1heory of a
Darwin by mere assertion.
Another class of people look UPON
education as something which will put
dollars into the pockets of its possess
or. Then. too. it is a standing Jest
in Nf \ -
lege graduates sometimes become
street car conductors. as though edu-
cation should be censured because it
has not killed all the manhood in its
devotee. If a mans education causes
him to look upon labor as a. disgrace,
may every college in the land be Of
fered up as burning sacrifice to
mammon.
I'VE are Influenced too much by
what people say of US; we care more
for public opinion than we do for the
right. If AN act is morally right it
should be performed regardless Of
society's displeasure. 1t is far better
to have the appreciation of one think
ing person than to be applauded by
the tickle multitude.
Success is not something which will
come to a man in spite of what he
may do: wealth may do so, even great
ness is sometimes thrust upon him, but
success never. That a man must
work for
THE purpose of education is to de-
velop character and to teach.inen how
to think. 1t is not so much 10 make
scholars or to make millionaires, but
to make men. The beauties of nature
by which we are surrounded are I'M
known to the uneducated and the slim
olus to higher things and greater ex-
ertions come only with learning. The
desire to know the universe in which
we live, to understand the relationship
existing between all created things, TO
know why we worship God, are feel
ings which the ignorant know not.
The college with its languages, its
mathematics, its science and its phi
losophy, may seem to have little to
do with the bread and butter side of
life, but those things furnish the very
things which give the young man
command of the intelligence with
which God has endowed him, which
enable him to make his life a success.
Fellow graduates, in our desire for
our own success. let US not be so sell
fish nor SO ungrateful as to forget The
duty we owe to the state. We are
her proteges; she it is who has paid
the expense of our education thus far.
These are troublous times in her his
tory, and calmneSS and Judgment must
be exercised to the fullest extent. Re-
member that in this land whose only
monarch is the Goddess OF Liberty,
every man is free SO long as the
exercise of that freedom does not in
terfere with the equal freedom of ev-
cry other man.
Utah has ben aptly- called THE Ma
tons Child Of Destiny but the day
of her complete triumph will never
dawn unless her sons and daughters
clear away the nlists that veil the sun.
Utah needs men now more than ever.
With strong hands and loyal hearts
to guide her she will shine the bright
est upon the nations field of blue
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
The presentation of certificates ant
bestowal Of degrees being reached
President Talmage arose and address
ing himself to the class, said;
members of the Graduating Class
1t now becomes my pleasing duty tt
complete the last simple act in thu
ceremony of your graduation. Thos-
Of you who have pursued your er1tir'
course CT secondary and higher stud.
under the immediate direction of tn.
university and Its preparatory schools
have been connected with the institu
ton for periods of time ranging from
three to seven years. Some of you hav
passed by examination on the strength
of study pursued elsewhere to ad
vanced standing, and SO have short
enad your period of attendance. But al
of you have been recommended by you
professors individually and by tn
faculty collectively as having at
tanned certain high degree
of efficiency: and you are there
fore adjudged worthy Of grad
uation. Now as you are about to leav
the doors OF the institution within
which you have passed long terms o
what 1 trust you have come to regar,
as pleasing labor, 1 would have yo1
feel and know that you carry with yo1
the good wishes and kind VIII Of you
teachers and all of the officers of tn
institution. 1 wish you to continue t
regard this as your scholastic home
! This is your commencement day; from
this time forth you will be known a
| graduates Of the normal school or o
the university; and as such you hoi
in your hands to a very great degree