The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-11
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. THURSDAY. JUNE II, 1895

more frequent cause of failure than
that greediness which leads men to
grasp at too many OF this worlds
prizes.
One science only will one genius fit,
So wide is art. SO narrow human wit.
Don't have too many irons in the
fire. It is the rare exception that a.
man can keep them all going without
burning his fingers.
| would urge you also to be practi-
cal. The world has produced geniuses
VINO have leaped with a single bound
to eminence, yet who were utterly de-
void OF any practical knowledge, but
SUCH genluSes are rare indeed. 1t IS
the slow. plodddng, careful, practical
man with colossal powers Of laber
and patience to abide results and to
profit by his own mistakes and those
OF others, VINO is most likely to come
out ahead in the race of life.
| have known young men at school
so STEPPED in naWkiSh SentiIne lltad1ty
and egotism as to let their hair grow
to an abnormal length and to go about
their lessons as in a dream. have
heard that they gined themselves
genduses, that they took a roseate view
of life and protested to believe that at
the proper time some invisible power
would push the button and they would
shoot like neteors athWart the firma-
ment of humanity, and after that they
would have nothing to do but accept
the homage of an admiring world.
They are now probably driving mules
on a tram car somewhere. Even
though a man be an actual genius his
end'owments will not be likely to be Of
much avail unless he combine with
them little practical wisdom. t Is
said of Beethoven, the great composer,
that he was SO impractical as not to
know enough to clip a coupon Off
bond when he wished to raise a little
money, but. instead, went and offered
the whole instrument for sale. Don't
try to be a, genius. If you are one the
world will find it out. Educate your
selves in the practical things OF HE
and leave day dreaming to lunatcs.
In this rugged western country, where
we have the elements to subdue, the
mountain streams to harness, g1ganelc
irrigation problems to solve and a 1--we
Mhood to wiring from the earth, 1T IS
wide awake practical men We want,
not dl'eamerS
[ take it for granted that you Will De
honest. No man ever permanently sue
ceeds who leaves in his path the ser
pent's trail of dishonesty. He may IN
rare instances become rich IN thls
worlds goods, but there are other COM
ponents of success than personal ag-
grandizement and sordid gam. Inc
greatest success of all is the happy
man. and no man can be truly happy,
either in this life or the life to come,
who lives by swindling.
The other day I overheard a CONVEX
sation by TWO reputable citizens in re-
gard to a man with an ample fortune
who is said to have acquired 1T by De
vious and improper methods. Ihey
agreed that he was pretty Weld f1xed,
but, said one: Don't trust him; he is
as crooked as a maze" It IS possible,
as / have said, to succeed for time
by INSCRIPTIONS means, but the world
will assuredly find it out, and the this
man will fall like Lucifer Better a
thousand times a trustworthy pauper
than a. crooked Croesus.
Be moral. While the advocacy of re-
Iigious theories and sectarian dogmas
is very properly eliminated from the
curriculum of a. state university, IL
would be fatal mistake to GlSregaIu
the moral training OF the youths VINO
come to prepare themselves loT the
duties and responsibilities of life. If a
feeling has been engendered in your
hearts to expand the soul, enlarge the
intellect and to conseerate whatever
intelligence you have attained TO the
good of your fellow men the primary
object of your education will have been
accomplished, and If you peTpefuate
those sentiments, when you lay your
bodies down to rest the world Will be
better for your having lived.
1 conjure you to keep yourselves
clean, and this advice applies equally
to your bodies, your linen and your
regulations.
Be Industrious, courageous, prudent.
earnest, polite and charitable; but
above all. trust in God and do right.
Following is the list of graduates:
Course in general science, degree of
bachelor of science, Theodore Nystrom,
Salt Lake City.
Course in letters, degree of bachelor
cif letters, Lydia Snow Pierce, Salt Lake
City.
Course in arts, degree of bachelor OF
arts, William Henry Chamberlin
Jenta Smith Melton, Bardella Shipp, adj
of Salt Lake City.
From the normal school, four years
course-Kate Louisa Alley, Leah Eu-
sem, William Percy Havenor, Edith
Blackhurst McLefland, Charles Albert
Peak, Mary Van Houten, all of Salt
Lake City.
Three years normal course-Leah
Alice Allen, Kaysville; Reginald w. An
derson, Salt Lake City; Martha Ellen
Barnes, Kaysville; Mary Aileen Brin-
ten, Holiday; Sylvester Duncan Brad
Cord, Murray; Hubert Charles Burton
Kaysville; Milton Bennion, Taylors-
vile; Mary A. Christensen. Salt Lake
City; John Hardy Coonbs, Payson
Mervin Wesley Davis, Salt Lake City
Henry E,rlandson, Payson; Elizabeth
Rachel Edward. Salt Lake City; Bessie
E. Grose, Park City; Carl Ephrain
GaEfiql, Murray; Daniel Fenton Hard
ing, Willard City; Clara Leone Horne
Salt Lake City; David Lorenzo Melon
aid, Heber City; Henrietta McCloy
Murray; Charles Randall Mabey
Bountifuf; David A. Nelson, Ogden
Effie May Porter, Centreville; William
N. Peterson, Ogden; Ella Smith, Cen
treville; Joseph Edward Smith, Draper
Edwin Spencer Sheets, Salt Lake City
Ernest James Taylor, Salt Lake City
Flora Estella Trip, Sandy; Rache
IRE, Bountiful; Lovina Van Colt, Sal
Lake City; sWalter Robert Wilson
Taylorsville; Seth Thomas, Ogden
Maud Potter, Salt Lake City.
Rev. l.. B. Ridgely pronounced tht
| benediction, and the ceremonies were