The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

modest demeanOr. unuSuai tact. ana re-
markable patience he stood by the uni
In the darkest days of her adversely. he
fneve- faItered in his devotoe-f With an
abiding faith in her ultimate success, and
that her sphere OF benefcence would
/ broaden as the years rolled by. his patient
and persistent efforts continued in her
behalf untsl her success was indeed as
sured-then the helm was relincuished TO
other hands.
BY and BY we shall rear monument to
! this modest. faithful man, on which. in
connection with his name. 1t shall be in
scribed in imDerishabie characters that
he was the fathe< of the University OF
Without intending to be indivious. it
may not be without interest to allude TO
some other characters ASSOCIATED with
will remember Prof Bellerieve, the versa
tile F-enchman- He was of great learn
/ ing. brilliant imagination. delightful man
ne-s. and lJcid explanation
| Inspired by his vivacity. and fascinated
by the cadence and melody of his voice,
/ and the suavity of his manner. learning,
to many. for the first time. found a
Then there was Prof Bergman. grim,
gloomy and peculiar And when he
wei had the budding intellect learned
The days disaster in his mornings face. +"
/ Re was -ecuted TO be able to speak
with facility all the different languages
of EuroDe-also Hebraic and several
/ others lis instruction was in English.
! he would make love in French, coo in
Italian, supplicate in Hebrew. When
angry he would jolt us in German. His
oaths were Muscovite and terrible Some
! times he would break into very tor
nado of abuse in which II was said re-
sort was had 10 every language in the
universe.
One da, he started NJ Main street
armed cap a pie. 1t was then thought
that would be the end of the university
/ But he kept on going until he faded from
/ view. but not from memory.
OTHER VETERANS.
Then there were Profs. Riggs Mouch.
| Bishop. Hardy and others about each of
whom interesting recoiiections cluster
| which time does rot permit me TO re-
! late. OF those connected with the uni
versity as teachers, from the beginning
+ until 1873. when my connection with II
! ceased not one remains identified with its
! present work, They have separated and
mostly engaged IN other and various vo-
cations. How quickly scenes and associa-
/ tons are transformed? How fast one set
! of events follow upon the heels of an
/ other is thus illustrated.
And rs TO the students of that period
/ When / think them over, think of them
one by one as they then Were and now
again. so far as providence permits. pass
/ them in review. in the light of their life
/ struggles and achievements, ] feel proud
! indeed. of these old and glorious
I associations l derived nv most profit
able lessons in the university OF
/
has been. the best and most fruitful of
/ good TO my fellows. in my opinion, were
precisely those years spent as a teacher
! in the university. Who would not feel
proud of having presided over a class
! composed of Kingsbury. Toronto. John
/ Burton, r. w. Young, Heber NJ. Wells,
Abram and Frank J. Cannon. John t.
/ Game, jr. AQuila Nebeker. Arson Call,
/ Ferry Young and others. all of whom
/ have since so graced the walks of life
and done so much toward the uplifting
and advancement of our community? Bet
4 ter or brighter boys and girls never came
! together into the same class. All. to
whom il has been permitted by provi-
dence, have justified their youthful
/ They have radiated happiness, shed joy
around. and cast light upon dark days.
A few were tragically taken away. One,
! Ferry Young, found his grave in the Gulf
Engraved upon the entablature just
above the entrance to the most ancient
of Egyptian libraries was the suggestive
motto: The remedy for the disease of
the SOUL" and the question is pertinent
! today what relation the culture of mind
! has to the progress and destiny of man.
Yet i is question so broad and deep
! in Its proportions, so intricate in its ar
rangement, that the work of ages and
/ vicissitude of times have scarcely been
able to effect its unravelment. 1t IS so
multifarious, so many sided its features
are so evanescent. its coloring so diverse
and changeable, and II is constantly pre-
! senting such strange multitude of new
! phases, characters and conditions that
many. who have attempted its solution,
! have been forced to exclaim, like De Foe.
in bitter disappointment: What a
l strange checker work of providence Is
the life of mani
But our association is not alone a re-
miniscence- 1t regards the present; and,
with uplifted head and radiant brow,
/ looks also to the future. Let the asso-
citation hitch its wagon to star of
magnificent destiny.