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

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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 aoDro-
pirate degrees in fitting recognition OF
courses of studies satisfactorily COM
TIeted Members of the faculty, board
of regents and others were also seated
upon the platform.
The exercises were opened at 10:30
O'Clock, with selection by the orches-
1ra-''Coronation March," from Meyer
beer.
Rev. w. M. Paden delivered the IN
vocation.
Miss Le,ore 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 GEN.
trail thought in Miss Samson's Droduc-
tiCn.
CLASS GRAFTON.
Mr.. ]. Reuben Clark of Grantsville,
who completed the course in general
science, delivered the class. Grafton. He
sl,obe 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 lfe-sapping evils
blotted out. Such periods sometimes pro-
duce Washingtons, Franklins. LiHcolns,
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 hendS incarnate, at
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 narcotize the soul and make
wrong seem right.
they are when upon US, with all their
been avoided if only the masses had under
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, II they
but would, control the destiny of nations
and of the world. It is as atoms of this
mighty mass that 1 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 pCetence of speaking 5
great social refOrmers. as political econo-
mists. or as philosophers. Rather let us
talk simply. as man to man. deliberately.
plainly, calmly, discussing things which
we all know, things commonplace, even
poFtance 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 DID, almost, as time,
and We young America, must meet them.
With such responsibility resting upon us
it is time we asked ourselves What is
oTr duty?" Think about it. Take it
home with you. Weave it into your lives.
Ponder over it a day, a week, year, aye
a life time. and then come back and give
us your answer. And yet that answer
when prepared, will take another life
time to recite. The time is too long, we
can not wait. So write ii down as you
go, not in books. for ink fades and paper
wastes away. but write it ~ the hearts of
your children, that they living it may
usher in the long expected millennium.
Students. / 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 ideality and look out on life
through windows roseated tinted by hope.
Generalize we may, but seize conclusions
y. II. y
careful. urprejudiced. scientific methods
of investigation; taught those two great
lessons. first. to seek truth for the love
of it. and second. and equally important.
viii perhaps then be granted for a few
CONGRATULATIONS.
A FEW CONGRATULATIONS.
First and foremost should be kept in
mind the preservation of our divinely in
spireG constitution and the perpetuatiOn
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
it as the Roman youth knew the Twelve
Tables. We must realize again that con-
dition, complimented a century and
quarter ago by Burke, that we are ma
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 littoral 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 kneu |
of ambitious tyrants and the salvation !
of suffering humanity; that sentiment !
which was beqUeathed to us and which in /
turn we bequeath as our richest legacy |
It should be felt by the poor as we'll as .
by the rich. To the Shylocks whose stony |
hearts throb only to the clink of the sea-
sons stiDends it thunderS the command I
to halt. and to the dark-broWed agitator /
whose conjurIng 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 implored deluge which is to
drown the rich will bury millions Of their /
own number under its debris We who
belong to the masses must be wary of
those who speak to us always Of inn
pending calamities &c the state, of the I'M
limited bribery of our officials of the all
a bsoFbin@ power of wealth. and of the ap-
proach of anarchy. They may be honest
IN their beliefs but remember "Fere IL
benter homines id. quid volunt. credunt.''
We must avoid these extremes. 1t is our
duty to find and to teach others to seek
that auream medocditatem so dear to the
ancient philosophers. If our training has
accomplished its purpose. IL has fitted as
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-
ouired habits Of careful systematic think
ing 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
our opponent. irrational though he may
appear to us. may have reached his deci-
ciOIS DS IGdSOllliES LO4Ay % lO6lNdi do our
own. nay more. that it is barely possible
for him to be right We should take these
habits into our lives. make them part
Of ourselves. for by so doing we shall ex-
alt not only our own souls but the souls
Of those whsc lives we touch.
CLOUDS OF SECTIONALISM.-
We hear much today of east and west
Have we forgotten that in the not long