Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-10


public opinion VIM would have freed
Che slav.' While wealth nut ewes
creatures m8y come iu Iuu lu tp.'.
90 nis lack Oh tti1fb sutuuls VIII nuEai
dutl.
"fhe real aim OF n college education
is TO develop character and to teach
men how TO thnE. Ills not 40 much
To- make arhlll'H ns 90 make uilii1u.
uirss nu. 90 mike uer. Education De-
unHili boo That 10 gives 90 q youuE
900 H mmlr4 { tuH lu'ellIlcurU win
winch God nas endowed lim WcalIh
Del ltsiiu1.e Tor tuu good mat % tul ut.
10 v ihu 30 nns 90 go Oui.
"lu ftuWug fyr turuWn success, We
m IH. uYi IUrgtt TINT W. ,sc o. duty TO
tug state. 10 h at hrl expense that We
have u.yu educated, A.I iu her OIL.
vaanuuuni must that tth. be ruii,
U.lu s. rsaaiu. tn,0u d a critical port
H. .ur M.IuFy, Aui % is necessary i'
tsufvisu CAmntsI uui Judgment
Every mlu Tins rH|i lu Dos own
.p.u.Hu HHI iaittc 90 act ru long ss tuu
vA'tc be- %. that itvul1m does not iutur.
irTy with tu, 'gual Utd8m U' every
Other muu. Uuu upu's men, m .Iu
UHu IMAM over bl'1fr, ana with strong
"H.H AINN NNN 90 'NAN' ~ HeiN. .".f
even tHH 'DuItst ui our dreams wiz
uyttgpui tue brightness OF .us Hu'y.g'
uasIOwAu 60 DlUlEEa
AZ the close OF ilr. NysIfDm's aI.
dfoss, diplomas aud normal cet,ilia. 10
were bestowed by the PRECEDENT uIou
10, gfadufuny CIas1. At call toe NOT.
nal Ulnfa, consisting VI over thitiy
young men aud women, cauiu forward
% procession, and o. the name 90 each
was Pronounced by the principal OF the
State nJrm1i school, the cfUJuU tials To-.
uiying OF their fCRi ucuvc echOlhuhifs
were brst0WCi. The college graduate
wCfn then ureseutBi aud received their
dlplumus with c9Tospouding dcgtrcs'
yEEsoR wtLis's Address.
Governor uoJrf NJ. Wells was Then
introduced ami addressed the gralu'
Htus 10 iOllowi3
10 10 with fociing6 OF mingled
pleasure aud regret that ! appear BE-
fore you ~ lhis time. Tho pleasure Re
derived from my realization ni tAr fact
tuut ih' new Stale Ji Jtqn Will tuH
Jay have added 90 It, educated uITuig.
.iuu a Iat hundred bright minds
H.iUl win useful Information ifDm tho
siOtuhou6t Oh sue highest institution OF
learning iu the state anu iully
tqu pugd Go contribute their proportion
%. intelligence ana energy 10 the up.
buii Iiug OF thr commonwealth. The
f,glut is purely personal ami COME
with tho infection that duriuR my own
scuu0l uuyt, spyut f.r tue mltt Iatt iu
,his same Institution, | took no greater
gIvnutag1 Il my opportunities.
10 would have been comparatively
Haey nee mullshment, mr ius'atc.,
Jut.ug my course % thu Uuivouity %
U,Au TO have acquired tucn facility Of
fryCch, such AuiIiy go tuiuE on uuu'b
iUyt,n sucn confidence 10 Stand before
tho public, a- % have teen able g.
make a pleasing impfOmplu address on
nn occasion OF this EinI, intitn4 @.
having 10 stand bo'ofo you with mpuu.
script M haud nui tiiau with PAIN vi
aud violent umHairAssmCut. Let me
sly o. those OIL sou VINO are gradug'.
lns touay, WrttuUr II II your 90.
tuntlon 70 strive Tor political hUuOie or
To ,Hsuy the quiettt walks Ut NE,
" you have not already cultivated ard
acquired tho power OF giving proper
anu really uliofanCu ~ your thought,
~ back 10 school auu stay here Until
you have. a man s. not made 90 shut
W his mind within ittet like an
oyttor, but 10 give II voice ami ~ *.
change % Tor other mlnus. Our power
over Uthtfa lios not 60 much IN the
amount Of thought contained within
~ ~ the power Of bringing II CUT
ttaud before you tOIAy us "uoTflU'C
example" OF neglected opportunity 10
o D.. "a nj Il
VIII prove advantageous 10 you nll
Now what eau | say 10 ygu that
viii be 4 bruuhi3 | know 10 II your
ambition TO achieve succtfs. Y.ul
nave been dlligeni tuTiug your suh0Ul !
dayi; your minds are properly d. !
cipliue. you hhVu acquired that Gu. |
cation which ~ Impaired 10 you by |
others anu now you afo about 10 ucgii /
tue ucguititiOn OF that other education /
-ibo Que you give youfsvivef, l. !
bnort, you are about 20 begin thu bttul !
sic VI liir. some Of you have no |
uuuut decided uuOn vocation AND
your course Of aiuiy has qualified you |
TOT H. O,hcIs pUTnals nave not de-. !
termiuCd upou any definite pursuit. |
but feel that their uniyotsiiy |
training has prepared them Tor auy |
ono Of many Caliugs. II n my
advice 10 graduating students 10 ! No |
no time IN asoeTtaining, II p1ssib o.,
The strong faculty OF their minds OF |
bIIits, eel oclnlly n,ting them for som,
definite Tuuuit aui then cJuocutfal.
ing ail tn0if vHUIglr5 upon becoming
proficient IN II, rheTo 10 probably ~ |
more ittQueut cause OF failure than
that greUlintss whiuh Leafs men 10
grasp ut too many OF this worlds
prz.s
one science only will one ronlua No.
20 Wide 10 art, sl narrow human WIg
Don't have too many irons intlsI
fire. II IN the rare exception that "A
man eau beep them all going without
burning his hugp,s.
would urge you also @ be practical,
Toe world mas produced gonlusts who
have leauoi with single bound 20
pmiuOnce, yet who were utterly devoid
Of any practical In,wledge, but suoh
guuluscs nru TaTu indeed, II 10 the
SLOW, ploddlng, careful, practical man
with colossal powers IL labor ana
patience 20 abide results and 10 pr. fit
by bis own mistakes an1 those Of rth.
ere, who IL most likely to come out
ahead ~ the race Of NE.
have kn wn young men ut school
90 sloelei In mawkith sontimUntality
anu eputlsm ua 20 let their hair grow 10
an abnormal length ami ~ 20
about lhtlr lessons rs In n
dean. have heard that they
imagined themselves geuiuses. that
they took a rosoate view " NE an
pgOiensoi 10 teIieve thai NJ tho proper
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