The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

uDun the OCCASION VI litC -JbI
commencement, which was held in the
Salt Lake theatre yesterday morning.
The large audience, which filled the
theatre, looked upon a pretty scene
that was presented on the stage, where,
amidst flags, palms and flowers, were
seated the young men and women upon
whom the university conferred aooro-
pirate degrees in fitting recognition OF
courses Of studies satisfactorily COM
fleted. Members of the faculty, board
of regents and others were also seated
upon the platform.
The exercises were opened at 1O:3O
O'Clock, with a selection by the orches-
tra-"Coronation March, from Meyer
beer.
Rev. w. M. Paden delivered the in
vocation.
Miss Lanore Samson, of the normal
course, appeared with an essay en-
titled, You Shall Know the Truth and
the Truth Shall Make You Free, which
was delivered in a pleasing manner,
without reference to the manuscript.
The education of the child was the CEN
trail thought in Miss SamSon's produc-
tiCn.
CLASS GRAFTON.
Mr.. ]. Reuben Clark of Grantsville,
who completed the course in general
science. delivered the class GRAFTON. He
sl'oke as follows:
Every nation has at times to face
crises. Moments occur in the life history
of every people when vital principles must
be established or hfe-Sapplng evils
blotted out. Such periods sometimes pro-
duce Washingtons, Franklins. Li1colns;
men all but angels, who. having arrayed
in their mighty minds the factors of the
problem, bring from the chaos of evil
the order of good But too often during
such crises there stalk across the plain
monsters in human form, Marats, Dan
tons RobeSpierres, fiendS incarnate, al
whose CAPRICE thousands have died and
millions have wept of that populace,
which maddened have been swayed by
speech of such magic rythYm and
melody as to narcotic the soul and make
wrong seem right.
Yet these crises. Irresistible though
they are when upon US, with all their
horde of companion evils might have
stood, had forseen the impending tempest
which lowered in the horizon Fellow
students, we belong to those great
masses VINO have it in their power TO
avert these raging storms which destroy
them, those masses who might, if they
but would. control the destiny of nations
and of the world. It is as atoms of this
mighty mass that l desire we shall speak
today. We. like the Roman senator of old,
hold in our nantes peace and war. love
and hate, salvation and destruction we
have but to cast down which we wish.
Let us make no pretence of speaking as
great social reformers. as political econo-
1nlSiS. Ut DIS DLllOSODlltiS- INdlllC- ltl ~
talk simply. as man to man. deliberately.
plainly, calmly. discussing things which
we all know, things commonplace, even
trite. and yet of such magnitude and i'm
portance as to concern the salvation. if
not indeed redemption, of our mighty ma
ton. Permit me to repeat. since the
human mind learns only by repetition,
that oft made statement, that upon US
and the great brotherhood to which we be-
long. rests. in a large measure. the pros
perity and destiny of our commonwealth
From time aforementioned we have heard
that the safety of the state depends upon
the education of its citizens The theme
with students is hackneyed. but it is none
the less important. Oft repreated though
the lesson has been we have yet failed to
master it. There are questions yet to be
solved. some of them old almost. as time
and we. young America, must meet them.
With such responsibility resting upon us
ii is time we asked ourselves What is
orir duty?" Think about it. Take it
home with you. Weave it into your lives.
Ponder over it a day. a week. a year, aye
a life time. and then come back and give
US your answer. And yet that answer
time to recite. The time is too long, we
can not wait. So write il down as you
go. not in books. for ink fades and paper
wastes away, but write II n the hearts of
your children. that they living it may
usher in the long expected millennium
Students. I know, are freely condemned
for their proneness to generalize. They
are said to fail properly to estimate de-
tails. which indeed they do not under |
stand. that they shut themselve5 up in a
mansion of ldeality and look out on life
through windows roseated tinted by hope. !
Generalize we may, but seize conclusions !
rasflly. we do not We have been taught !
careful. aBprejudiced. scientific methods |
OF investigation; taught those two great !
lessons. first. to seek truth for the love |
of it. and second. and equally important. !
to recognize truth when found. Pardon !
viii perhaps then be granted for a few |
CONGRATULATIONS.
FEW CONGRATULATIONS.
First and foremost should be kept in !
mind the preservation of our divinely in !
OF the rights and liberties guaranteed by |
its provisions. This great document should /
be studied it should be taught in the !
schools until the children of today know 4
Tables. We must realize again that con-
dition complimented a century and a
ton OF lawyers. Not ignorant and quib-
bling pettifoggerS. with minds too dimin-
utive 10 comprehend and souls too small |
to revere a pure and noble love of coun-
try. but men of intellect. spirit and power
who see beyond the Httoral shoals of |
petty squabbles the calm and open sea
of a grand and enduring state. There |
should be written il the soul of every
American citizen that God-given senti-
ment by whose light our steps were guild
ed through the black foul Harpean caves
of monarchy into the pure air and open
sunlight of a glorious republic: that SEN
timent which has sounded the death knell
of suffering humanity; that sentiment
which was bequeathed to and which in
turn we bequeath as our richest legacy
to poSterity-" All men are created equal
It should be felt by the poor as well as
by the rich. To the Shylocks whose stony
hearts throb only to the ciink of the sea-
sons stiDends, II thunderS the command
to halt. and to the dark-browed agitator
whose onjur1ng words are the overthrow
OF society and the murder of the rich. its
order to retreat is no less distinct The
rich must remember not to advance too
far; remember that hell itself hath no
tyranny equal TO that of an outraged peo-
pie. The poor should remember that the
too often iTnplored deluge which is to
drown the rich will bury millions of their
own number under its debris. We who
those who speak to US always of inn
pending calamities tc the state, of the I'M
limited bribery of our officials. of the all
a hsoFbin~ power of wealth, and of the ap-
in their beliefs. but remember 'Fere IL
benter homines id. qGid volunt credunt''
We must avoid these extremes. 1t is our
duty to find and to teach others to seek
ancient philosophers. If OR training has
accomplished its purpose. IL has fitted us
well for the position of champions of this
golden mean If we have caught the
spirit of our instruction. our ideas and
beliefs have been broadened: we have ac- |
Juired habits OF careful systematic think
ng and acting: we have learned that calm
should be our characteristic:
that there may be honest differences of {
opinion on the most vital principles: that ]
bur opponent. irrational though he may
aDpeaT to us. may have reached his decf- +,
sions by reasonings fully as logical as our ]
1wn. nay more. that ii is barely possible {
for him TO be right. We should take these /
habits into our lives make them part I
IF ourselves. for by so doing we shall ex- [
1t. not only our own souls. but the souls I