The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-23
TNDER the auspices Of the university
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7 TNDER the auspices of the university
senior class Washington's 169th
birthday anniversary was cele
brated yesterday in the Assembly
hall with oratOry and music in
termingled with the %Rah! Rah!"
of the patriotic young cOllegians.
The hall was decorated with the
national and the college colors. Fes-
TONED around the balcony were the red /
and white of the L. of u. and the va
riOus class colors, the solid purple of 1
q the graduating class, a huge purple flag |
emblaZOned with a golden star and /
crescent designating the '02eclass, and /
orange and purple of the third year
normal while the stars and stripes pre-
/ dominated.
The programme consisted of addresses |
! by Governor Heber NJ. Wells, Abel John |
Evans, president of the senate, and
! William Glasmann, speaker of the
house, and music by the University Glee /
] club, and George SHELTON and Professor
/ ]. J. Mcclellan.
By the time set for the beginning of
! the programme the hall was well filled
I with students, who were bubbling over
/ with patriotism, and when Governor
/ Wells, with President Evans, mounted
the rOstrum the enthusiasm broke loose
and the hall rang with handclapping.
/ The governor called the aSSemblage to
order and Elder Richard Lyman Of
/ fered prayer. When Professor McClel-
/ Ian had finished an organ solo. The
! Stars pangled Banner, the was vigor-
ously encored until he played the song
from ''-IignOn."
Governors Address.
Governor Wells spoke briefly of the
/ occasion for the gathering. He said,
in part: That mems goodness survives,
that their defects may be 80 far cOun-
memory of their successors, and that
at least one republic is grateful is par
TALLY attested by this gathering, which
is but one of thousands which are being
held today throughout the United
States, a nation that was born of the
sword and has more than once been
sustained by it, but which is still the
most peaceful, the most honorable, the
most enduring and the most just among
all the establishments of mankind. We
meet here today to do honor to him
who, with his sword. his valOr and his
genius, carved out the foundation for
the mighty sUperstructure of which we
are the inheritcrs. He was at once
the Cincinnatus and the Hannibal of
modern times. He left mis- pastoral pur-
suits to take the field and fight for
freedom, and returned to the ways of
peace, and at the head OF the affairs of
state proved himself as great as he had
been at the head of the armies. The
history of the world might be searched
in vain for a greater example of self
sacrificing devotion than was shown
by the Father of his Country when he
engaged in a cause which meant eter-
nal infamy and ignOmi-- JUS death with
failure, or everlasting fame end Imper-
ishabIe benefacuOns for his people with
success. With raw, scattering and
/ ScantiIy equipped recruits he was en-
gagfng in a contest with the foremost
, / Of no chances
were many to one that naught but fall
ure could result.
we enjoy a land consecrated to free
dow, to justice and to human progress
and happiness. 1t was bequeathed to
us as the greatest heritage ever be
slowed upon the human race, and was
secured for US by George Washington
and his noble compatriOts.
In concentrating the anniversary
of his birth we may all forget anything
tending to draw US apart or create an
tagonisms. and remember with CRATE
fuI hearts and a united purpose our
, national parent thank the university
, students for the honor they have be-
slowed upon me, for the distinguished
honor of presiding over this meeting,
and commend the patriotism Whlch
prompted these exercises
, F3efore President Evans addressed the
l assenblage Professor George Shelton
: rent5erea 4 Violin solo. with the organ
{ obiigStee F3nd was encored-
S1esident Evans Speech.
Presiie. 1T Evans explained that he
4 had never delivered but one address
prepared beforehand, and that one was
= for a Fourth of July occasion, and had
: so moved his auditors to tears that he
2 made uD his mind he would never do
{ it again
2 But he said, Il am proud to ad-
. dress you from the rostrum occupied
= by the greatest governor in the great
Y est state in the greatest country in the
I whole world 1 am only sorry that
4 am not an. orator as was Webster or
e Clay, or even our own native son, Whit
new that I might stir the hearts and
souls of those who hear Inc today. We
nave assembled to honor the memory of
the great Washington, for whom the
/ pulse of the nation is throbbIng today.
His greatness consisted of following the
impulses of noble deeds springing from
an honest heart"
The speaker praised the first presi-
f dent of the land for his act in refusing
= a third term. and said that by that act
y he had founded a great republican
= / Drinciple-that two terms are enough
. for one man His address bristled with
e patriotic sentiments
t The University Glee club ELECTED
much applause by singing Sweet, Coco
d Night"
Speaker Glasmann's Remarks.
Sneaker Clasmann was introduced by
the governor with the remark that h'
felt like a legislator, because he wa:
- about to introduce a BIZ.
Speaker Glasmann said he would have
> To apologize FOR his address, because
unlike President Evans. he had pre-
P pared it. beforehand with the assist
ance of all the encyclopedias and his
tories that he could find in Salt LAX
civ. The result was a biographical
sketch of Washington's boyhood ca
? rear. which was followed by a descrip
ton of the speakers experiences at tn
tomb Of Washington as a delegate t.