Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-09
UTAH UNIVERSITY.
Closing Exercises Of The Safes Great
School Today,
BRIEF, AND VERY INTERESTING.
Tho S,ogs a Beautiful Pic'ure---Cere'
monits tonnfc,ed win 6radu.
a,ivu Of students.

Rah, rab, rah, Ulsi! was the cry At
the Theater this morniag that failed to
bring dow n the house 80 II deserved.
But there was plenty OF interest shown
In the fair wearers OF dainty white
dresses ami the less iair wearers o.!
ordinary white shirt 'front.'. The stage
was a perfect faifyland Of fragrant
blossoms anu Titsnis herself
laug he'd In every note OF Mr.. Weihc's
sweet music.
AT 1890. the hour for beginning. the
house was Il lied The lower part hsv-
Ing been reserved for friends Of the
graduates was comfortably occupied I;
the two balconies were packed. Alter
music by this orchestra, the Rev. Mr..
Lockwood offered prayer.
The exercises were unusually erj ~
able, Miss Polls essay, The More Per-
iect Educatlon, and Mr.. Benpion's
Grafton and ediotory, The State ~ o
Promoter, being nil that could be de.
sired. In q brief address Mrs. Emma
| =
on their success anu urged them to
preserve high ideals aud instili into
the pupils love Of the beautiful and u
| strong love OF c1uutry.
Certificates OF graduation were then
bestowed by Prot. Kinysbury upon
fifty-two graduates, SIX OF whom took
/ out degrees. Mr.. X. L.. McGhte anu
| Miss Grace Heises become b. A.,
Messrs. Milton Bennion, Alvin Borg
| gust and Leon Walters b. g., anu
| Mrs. Lydia Snow Pierce ~ henceforth
| bachelor Of letters. Thu remaining
| Students were graduated from the
| third and fourth years. normal course
| and received certificates to teson.
Governor Wells should have given
an address, hut 1t was i'm possibie fol-
him to be present, so after the bsnedic-
ton by the Reverend Mr.. J, those
In the audience crowded upon the
stage with many wishes Of good viii
ana hearty handnhakes 10 their you q
favorites whose school days have end
Ell 30 happily.
TIE Grafton OF Mt. Bennion, which
was received with the deepest interest,
| was as follows:
THE STATE AS A PROMOTER,
In the. life and relations Of man
kind certain natural and fund .ms tai
principles may be recogn lzsd. Among
them are the rights to personal liber
ty, the freedom OF thought and the
possession and control Of property
There principles were once only ieebly
realized; but. in course OF centuries
have come slowly to be known anC
acknowledged. Applied to man Is I
member OF society, they have beer
called the "law OF equal freedom'
which claims for mau the right to ex
ercise his faculties and to enjoy til,
iruits Of hia labor, q, long ~ be doe
not Interfere with the rights OF Others
In unoivilizsd society brute fore
holds sway over the finer instincts o
man amt the principles OF association
are but little undsrstsod. II 10 natura
10 find 10 such tribes that the power 4
take and to hold 10 the law In mstteF
OF ownership. The ideA OF plunde
necessarily hunts the idea OF property
the disregard Of the rights of other
maker proper regard for the rights .
self impossible. In primitive societie
, many evils result from this vaguenes
OF moral perception. Life and prop
} perty are not safe. Men ~ q matte
, OF course become warrioTs both for al
tack and for defense.
1t 10 not desirable here to trace tn
, obscure beginnings OF government Q
! OF state organization but only to cor
} tract them with later development
! The primitive man, as seen In our vi
d oivilizsd races, differed from the moe
, ern In mental characteristics an
y social tendencies; SO likewise III
0 forms Of government suited to earl
societies differ from those Of moder
0 states. The more ancient organisatio
protected TO some extent the personI
! and property rights OF thoir subject
J but did not give to them iuil h0ert
/ In the exercise OF their facu
9 ties. Although they may hav
q had no buck Of statutes y,
i custom was their law. The CIT
: Zen was supposed TO exist for the ben,
q tit OF the state, and not the slate Il