The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-05
GRADUATE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY
Commencement Exercises Held
at Theatre Yesterday,
II WAS A PLEASING AFFAIR
,poM1NENT MEN GIVE TALKS
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
II WAS A PLEASING AFFAIR


/ M r-ah were held IN the Sal
,. .ragtrc Yesterday morning. The
81. old play house was arrayed ir
attire. and was filed to the door.
..t Students. patrons and friends Of
restitution. The exercises were
gnaropriate for the occasion. and
-...r off without hitch or delay.
-.. stage was arranged with fold
.r4frs for the graduates, and back
+r. seats was a raised terrace
".oH with flowers sent 90 the grad
. odd Glory was festooned over
s~.rVavs. about the boxes, and
t..r,fr- was twined about the ratings
.-I rares throughout the building,
",. in o'clock boz the morning the lobby
-T sidewalk in front of the Theatre
.-a filed with people waiting for the
5...-. fr open. but they were not opened
.r-H rU.ar and then only those with
....ts were admitted The seats were
r.,-.. .u taken by these, and the gen
-.gr rgbH. fled i'm later i'm numbers
Ggt frraI every seat on the first floor
,rF The balcony. The stalls were re
s.rraH for the teachers and their wives,
,g5 .urerinteudents of other schools of
the city.
Graduates March In.
While the Theatre orchestra played
lively march. the graduates filed in
j tb4 side door and marched I'm single
j f.a down The center aisle to their seats
gr the platform. The young women
were aII dressed In pure white, and
tHo vouug men i'm black. The six grad
mates from the university proper were
arfrcd iu their caps and gowns.
The appearance Of the graduates was
thc signal for q round Of applause that
uutfuuci almost without cessation un-
tI the last had taken his seat. Besides
-ho graduates there were seated on the
PLATFORM President Hiugsbury, Gov
I rn8- Wells. President Anthem II. Lund
and several well known educators Of
tha state. of the 100 graduates ninety
Sis we're from the normal course. il be-
1- one OF the largest graduating
classes iu the history of the Univer-
aty.
The exercises opened with an elo-
Cuent prayer by President Lund fol-
lowed bv "a selection from the Orches-
ta Miss Kate Turner Thorpe of the
normal graduates presented a splendid
assIy 0u The Ideal Age" Miss Thorpe
pictured The twentieth century as the
great age OF progress and civilizat ton
1 the history of the world. In fow-
ng language she painted the stage of
Advancement and civilization upon
which the present century opened and
pointed out the greater developments
tnt yet lay beyond. She referred to
the trend towards universal freedom
bat marked the onward march of civ
Izatiuu. pictured American loyalty,
and paid a high tribute 90 the patriot
Ism of Utah and her people. Her essay
was received with rounds Of applause.
American Supremacy.
The grafton Of the occasion was given
hr William Wallace Ray Of the arts
course His theme was American Su-
wemacy." He declared that our coun-
ty was the dynamic stress point ofthe
advancement of the world and il pos
s6ssed The resources. enterprise and
outrageous people to maintain 10 at the
hgHes, notch. The need of the hour.
la said. was men Of brains. and the
country must look 20 its colleges and
universities to furnish them. The ora
ton was received with roUndSo of APP
pausa.
Colonel William Nelson then read an
address t1 the graduates. i'm which he
gave them some sound advice TO follow
' their after lives, that. they might be
sl'.sss,ul i'm whatever undertaking
they might choose.
AaseS Thatcher congratulated the
graduates upon their success. and told
mem 90. the great advantages they now
Ae4 '1 educational matters. over those
VINO settled and tanned this wild west
'" country a half century ago. He
urged them 20 place their aims high
ana make their ambitions broad, but
y. dIr', all their energies towards JUS
-.e and right, and they would succeed.
H. urged them 90 be loyal TO their
..1alry, aud declared that the day
'l.l come when the sons of Utah
Would. rom the mountain tops. roafirm
CUE principles of the constitution.
Governor Wells Speaks.
Governor Wells spoke to the gradu-
$ o.. what the state had done for
" d. inc way of providing an insti-
..a9h Tor higher learning. and told
.." %, what the state expected from
" .n turn for its work The state.
'-'A. expected them 20 be good citi.
N ana COB do AN I'm their power to /
.0. name of Utah a glorious one.
-.alaale who rose TO fame and q
...'0 among his fellow men. he said
' greater benefit TO his college than
F .I' donated wealth To il ana ba
s.a The graduates to make use OF the /
.-..'0- they had acquired.
rA'... 90 selection by the orcbestrs ]
-..S'a'nt Kiugsbury presented the
..-,. to- the normal graduates. then I
r... N'-TeeS upon the graduates I.
--..-.. ... university courses. The /
...-- Med past the presidents 7.
.-. ana received their diplomas while /
r. .'...~ira played Hearts and (
and the audience applauded. /
r., Woes closed with prayer by the /
.-. .- Grown. after which the flow
.r-. distributed TO the graduates.
r4-- E'lSity graduates were: Miss
Id ..EaF. George snow Gibbs. Elias
n.- William Wallace Raw. John
r-.'- H-.T~. Edward Allen Tavlor. /
r.-...7 Ian"tS Mcdonald. jaw Suth-
,l ..'- The first four were from
--,-.. N course, the latter three were !
r-.'...' '"om the general science /
r.-.. 'hg.no"ring and electrical en-
..HIseS. respectively.
Normal Graduates. I
rar -.. 9g.ma, graduates we're as eol- /
s.- Anna Euife Adams. Mary Adam /
r..- .'.1 Frederick Anderson. AIthea /
Bib. -. n.ITy. Lillian May Billings.
R-..... '.. Ninshaw. John Zimmerman /
Frr.--. LAURA Mabel Brown. Nellie h. /
Csro-.. ......l.@d'eth Pearl Bowring. Tina
.--s.- .'rmdb Alice Rosetta chris
,--,. Ellen Clark. Willard Ernest /
..Ers lug .---'nia RebccCa Cox. Mabel /
I.rg ,.'N,oy. Nenia Lavenia Druce. /
Eir.-. Saret Eberhardt Rebelah I
LAM. Lorenzo Edward Elggron.
E-.g... Ephraim Ellison. Anna carol /
T5r,.-... Emma Lewis Evans Grace I
bush u. Fisher Rufus Francis For
DIR a,.. -.'lnaId Rawsee Gardner. So
ANA US, US Gardner, Mary Ann Celia. /
Hsr@s' ION Harold COT. Albert Joseph (
Hsrfs,,9, '.oett Hanson. Florence Nav /
no,5 Anna Hatch. Louise Hav- /