The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-09

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peace movement has commenced" said
! Mr.. Burton in clear ringing tones.
Let us hope that it will grow until it
] fills the whole earth. Let us hope that
We shall live to see the day when war
shall be no more. but in its stead peace
on earth, good will to men, -
Walter ~ Kerr's song. Bid Me to
Love- was most difficult one and
if attempted by singer of ordinary
ability would have been a dismal fail
ure in a building of such proportions
and before such a crowd. AS it was,
however, the singer scored an I'M
doubted success with the Ogden public.
Miss Celeste Conroy played the accom-
paniment. Mr.. Kerr modestly tried 20
decline an encore. but the audience
would not have it that way.
A Witty Speaker.
United States senators should be
elected by the people, said Archie L.
Cross, and stoutly argued for his view
in a logical and carefully prepared
Grafton. He tersely sketched the origin
of the present system of choosing The
senators. and described the conten-
, lions of the trainers of our national
constitution on this subject. He passed
on to the present day and argued that
conditions have changed-that the
things feared then were not to be
feared now. Mr.. Cross laid especial
stress upon the hampering of efficient
legislation by long drawn out senatorial
contests, and he referred to the last
contest in Utah as an example. He re-
ferred to several ludicrous situations
to which such contests give rise-con-
tests where in some charming gentle
man sacrifices himself on the public
altar for the peoples sake. He meets
with them in all the magniflcence of
his immaculate linen and brilliant
jewels anS reads an address on pow
erty.'' OSughter)
Mr.. Cross was handicapped by
bad cold but nevertheless made him
self heard in every corner of the build
ing and was heartily applauded.
Miss Celeste Conroys piano solo
was a piece by Gottschalk entitled
"Bambula." The graceful young mu-
stefan stepped to the instrument to the
accompaniment of round of ap-
plause and executed the difficult but
enjoyable selection in manner that
increased her fame as one of the most
talented amateurs in the state Miss
Conroy responded TO a hearty encore
Public Opinion.
The Grafton of c. Henry Turner was
on the subject of Public Opinion,
which he considered the mightieSt force
of all the ages in shaping the deeds and
the destinies of the human race. Pub
lie opinion, he said. created even the
high school, and permitted it to exist
as part of the public school system,
and yet important as is the school, that
was only one OF its lesser manifesto
tions ITO find demonstrations of the
strength of public opinion" sal dMr.
Turner, I'VE must look upon the broad
stage of history, where ages form the
time and nations the actors, and there
we learn that the real ruler OF the
world.
Who sits on no precarious throne.
Nor borrows leave to be,
is public opinion. The speaker went
on to show from examples in history
how potent, now for good and now for
evil, is the mighty force. But as pub
lie opinion is but the aggregate of IN
dividual opinion, so each person must
share the responsibility of its results.
Mr.. Turner from the very first, had
the sympathy of the audience In one
portion of his address he flung down
the gauntlet to certain critics of the
high school course. 1t was we'll known
by almost every person in the audience
that on one or two occasions this week
there We're some addresses made in
which the high school education was
disparaged. Mr.. Turner attacked such
views, and showed by statistics that 30
per cent of the important positions in
this country are filled by college grad
yates. His address was enhanced by
timely gestures. and his points were
neatly clinched with bits OF wit or sar-
casm. He made an undoubted hit, and
the audience cheered him at the end
of every paragraph during the latter
part of his address.
The class poem by Miss Ethel E.
Richardson was entitled Substance,
Not Shadow and was idealistic and
retrospective in its character. In lam
guage fraught with rich imagery the
poem gave a record of the aspirations
efforts, trials, disappointments and sue
cess of the ordinary class. 1t suggested
noble ambition and high resolve in its
every stanza, and to the rhyme of the
poet was lent the music of her voice
and the influence of her winning per-
sonality.
The orchestra played a selection. fin
ishing it by starting on Fair Har-
vard.' At this all members of the grad
uating class, together with all the high
school pupils and alumni, stood up and
sang the high school ode, composed by
Professor Eaton several years ago
There were perhaps $50 voices.
President Dee of the board of educa-
ton made brief address to the class.
congratulating the members on their
successful work, and giving them
words of good cheer and advice He
then presented the diplomas to each
member individually. The friends of
the recipients in the audience kept up