The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-21
STUDIES At AN END
Closing Exercises of the Uni.
yersity of Utah.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
GRAFTON BY MR.. CARLSON; ES-
SAY BY MISS WATSON.

AS fitting close to the most pros
porous year in the history of the Uni
versity of Utah. commencement exer-
cises were held in the Salt Lake the
atre yesterday, the exercises being
witnessed by a large and appreciative
audience. This is the thirty-frst an
nual commencement, and to the friends
of the institution it was pre-eminently
suspicious.
Upon the platform were seated Presi-
dent KingsbuTy, Professor W. NJ.
Stewart principal of the state normal
school, together with other members Of
the faculty, State Senator RideOut,
Apostle Reed Sm0ot, the Rev. George
Bailey O w. Carlson, who delivered
an grafton, and Miss Esrslla X. Wat
son, the valedictorian.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Apostle SmOOt, after which came a Sc
lection by the orchestra, when O. w.
Carlson, who had been designated to
represent his class, delivered his ora
ton on Education the Safeguard of
Democracy
Mr.. Carlson compared a people under
an aristocratic form of government
with a federal democratic republic
the government under which we now
live In an ariStOcracy the citizen loses
his individuality. EIis ambition is cir
cumscribed, his prospects blighted, the
results Of q restrained ambition lost
because of his environment.
Loftier Ambitions.
In. a democracy every man is stimu-
lated to higher eXertiOnS and lOftler
aspirations because of the fact that
in his effort To rise his horizon is not
Obscured by insurmOuntable obstacles,
but that in his preparation he is look
ing forward to a time when he shall
have a part in the government of which
he IS a representative.
His effort was characterized by
clear thought and cOgent reasoning,
and was received with every demon
stration of approval
Miss Estella X. Watson, the valedic-
tOTian, then read an admirable essay,
entitled, The Ultimate Victory" in
which the essayist traced the life of
the student from childhood through
early maturity to manhood, gave his
trials, failures, successes and ultimate
achievements, the result of unfaltering
courage and answering devotion to
duty
Then, addressing herself to the fac
ulty, she acknowledged with heartfelt
appreciation the cOurteSieS extended and
their intelligent labOTs in behalf of the
class TO the students she spoke en-
couraging words and urged them to
prosecute earnestly their several voca-
tons, and their life's work would be
crowned with triumphs.
After another selection by the or
chestra, Senator RideOut spoke a few
words of chez to the graduates, con-
graduating them that their work in
their alma mater was at an end, but
that their future years would be full of
fruitiOn only as they build well upon
the foundation already laid and made
the most of the opportunities within
their reach.
Diplomas Awarded.
The orchestra then discoursed some
excellent music, after which the di-
piOmas and certificates were presented
by President Kingsbury in we'll chosen
words.
Rev. George Bailey then pronounced
the benedictiOn, and the thirty-first
annual CO nmencement became his
tory
Following are the graduates:
Course In Arts degree of Bachelor
Of Arts)-Valentine RhOda Murphy
Nathan Tanner Porter, Estella Kate
Watson, Beatrice Wilkinson.
Course in General Science degree of
Bachelor Of Science)-Emma J. Nc
Wicker. Howard II. SnelgrOVe.
Normal DiDlOma-Jenta Smith Mel
ton. A. B.
Graduates From the Normal School
Juliaetta Bateman, Emily Marier Bob
man, Margaret Adeine Caldwell, Os-
car William Carlson, Louise Aurelia
Clark, Minerva Amelia Clark, Sylvia
Cohen. John w. Condie, Edna Dean
Davis. Jennie Ursula Davis, Elizabeth
Ann Dixon, Gertrude Felt, Halle Fer
ron, GWendolyn Harmon, Mary Jane
Helm, Elesa Heppler, Alice lillian. Lii
liam Horne, Mary Z. Howard, Christen
Jensen, ElecUa Mabel Jensen, Elizabeth
Kirk, Eta Cannon Lambert, ViIate
Elizabeth Lewis, ElnoTa c. Mckay.
Eleanor McMaster. Edna Jessup May,
Edith Lyle Miller, Althea May More
ton, Annie Moore, Franklin Neel, Row
ena Ottinger, Ruth Mcclellan Palmer
Ida Minerva Parratt, Frederick L. Pet
ersOn. Mile Pinney, Thomas NJ. Reese,
Susette Reiser, Caroline SchOIes, Dora
Shaw, Ann Lydia Smithen, Clara
Louise Snyder, Laura Squires. Hans
Ephraim Steffensen, Blanche Sylvia
Thomas, Rose K. Thomas, Katherine
Cecilia Wall, Lydia Wismar, Virginia
Holt, Alice Horkin.
Kindergarten COurse-Bertha b
Cherry, Fanny w. Davis, Sally G..
ShOles.
ALUMNI BANQUET.