The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-06-01
"THEY ARE UNIVERSITY BRED, SIR"

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assembly hail. before large crowd
Richard W. Young, Jr. the new president, then
accepted office with appropriate remarks. Michael
| Downey and Stirling Talmage yellmasters, were
sworn in with ludicrous ceremonies Talmage took
| the following oath of office: 81 solemnly swear on
mine Bonded knees, with mine eyes elevated to the
gloomy heavens beyond, that l will stretch my
nous mouth to the limits of its yelling capacity
and through my efforts victory shall come to roost
on our banners on high"
To which Downey replied: II swear so heli
! me yell,"-felegram, Saturday, May %.
Young-men of the University of Utah,
those of you who played your part in the sacrament
tai comedy staged III the assembly hall of your
alma mater, word with you. There is a very
cient collection of historical records, predictions.
called prophecies and of the sayings of wise men
which have come down to US from remote times,
and which our ancestors by blood, bound into a
book which they named the Bible. Possibly the
name is familiar to some of your freshmen and
sophomores. In the brief address which we frame
for you this morning, will hold in memory
saying or, as our fathers named it, a proverb of
of these wise men which declares that "He that
teacheth fool, is like one that glueth potsherd
together" Do us the kindness to assume that this
morning reading to you address, not
folding a proposition. Ahenists distinguish be-
tween foos-as did the Chadeans with Eunuehs.
They contend that some infants are born fools and
when they grow up can never make fools of them
selves. These fools are before the law irrespon-
sible. Then there are those who are born sane but
in after life, make fools of themselves. These, So
ciety and the law, consider snswerable for their
own acts or deeds. 1t is exceptional when young
man of Irish pafentage makes fool of himself
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called an omadhuan in Ireland, an oaf in England
and dowie drumly in Scotland. Like Horaces
poet, he is "nascetur non fit" The young man with
the Irish name, who figured so prominently in your
comedy, is probably irresponsible and like child
that is born blind or deformed evokes our pity
For him we solicit the indulgence of criticism.
An Irishman the son of an freshman who
burlesques sacred things or ceremonies is mon
strosity, and it is well to remember that menstrosi
ties, like animal freaks, are formed in the womb.
His grandfather sooner than insult his Creator or
turn into ridicule solemn affirmation made to the
Supreme Being, would, like Mutius Scaevola, hold
his hand red hot Goals till it melted from his
arm. The other young actors made fools of them
selves, feat the Irishman could not accomplish.
The proclamation of legal OF scrptural oath
by those who are not fools, whether made in mock
cry or derision, with bufoonery calculated to
lessen reverence for the soemnty of an oath is not
far removed from blasphemy. "He who exposes a
sacred rite or thing to contempt rdicule is guilty
of legal blasphemy encyclopaedia dictionary,
Young men of the Utah University, two years ago,
we present at a performance given by Orin's
circus in Guadalajara, Mexico Between the acts
mock marriage was performed. Two clowns as
WITH he dc1ou al Wo11c
dressed the part of Methodist preacher and, with
book in hand, asked in unctous and sepulchral
tones the consent of the principals 1t was great
fun. Dick would rather have come out robed as a |
Catholic priest not that he cared rap for priest
or minister, but he thought the effect would be |
better. But Dick was, principal, opposed to ova
tons, and as the tent crowded with ignorant |
Mexicans and grossly superstitious if not idelat-
rous, Romansts, the clown feared an ovation par
ticularly Mexican ovation. Dick had been pres
ent many times at the "Plaza de Toros" Mexico
City, when the "Banderillo' failed to plant the
'Banderillo" or dart in the BULBS shoulder When
his happened the unlucky Banderillo received an
walton from LA Palcos del Sol" or the pit 1t
vas an ovation of prehistoric eggs, mesca bottles
nd now and then dead cat, just to give a touch
# variety to the whole thing. These Mexicans are
ull of fun. So Dick didn't come out in the SOU
are and surplice. The next morning, me brave
)ick the bride and groom and maid and grooms-
nan were hauled up before the ''jefe politico" or
Magistrate and fined 800 Mexican-$5o for the
INSULT to the ministry of the Methodist church and
so for the proclamation of a sacred rite Dick pro-
ested that they were all clowns fools and not
esponsible, but the magistrate, after giving the
gang" pretty severe call down, intimated to him
leasantly that in the republic of Mexico only idiots
ere immune to the law. When Wells came north
} FL Paso with his show his supply of profanity
as replenished, and when we last saw him his
reath was smelling of asafetida, sulphur and brim-
one the fumes of which were passing over the
10 Grande, and on straight line for Gaudaliara.
&c. young men, we have introduced you to
own, allow us now to introduce you to a gentle
an Some among VOL not all have heard IF Job, |