The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23
VARIED PROGRAM
At ALL HALLOWS
Entertainment in Observance
of WaShingtOn's Birthday
Proves Big Success.
WILL BE REPEATED TODAY
JOHN r. ToBIN'S ESTIMATE OF
WASHINGToN'S CHARACTER.

An audience that filled the hall to its
capacity witnessed the entertainment
given last evening by All Halows Col
lege in honor of the anniversary of Wash
ington's birth. A program. representing
the work of the different departments was
given and met with the approval of the
audience.
The music under the direction of Pro-
fessor Anton Petersen was one Of the
features of the evening, the quintette do
ing especially we'll
Two boys who have been studying chem
istry under Father Roser gave a lecture
on Combustion The experiments were
all performed successfully. and the work
of the boys was highly complimentary to
their instructor.
In the comedy sketch. julius Hilgard
in the character of an old man. dissatis-
fled with mankind in general, was more
than could be expected of an amateur
Chester Colburn did very creditable work
in the part of fisherman who was deter
mined to tell th& truth at any cost. His
dialect was unusually consistent through
out. Roger Powers was very satisfac-
tory. The other members of the cast ac-
quilted themselves with credit.
The gymnaStic stunts proved very en-
PERTAINING and gave a wholesome variety
to the program.
shat it will be repeated this afternoon at
? o.clockq. All friends of the college are
invited to attend
The feature of the evening was JOhl
F. Tobin's address on Washington. the
Man. the Citizen He said in part:
George Washington, the man. has been
subjected to treatment at the hands OF
two classes of critics, radically different
in their views; the one class setting him
up as the hero, the impossible. the ideal
man; the other class claiming that not
ceived as a man he was cold and I'M
sympathetic. Both views are extreme;
and both views do the man a great in
justice.
Man in Every Sense.
He was a man in every sense of the
term, subject to the emotions. the trials.
and the mistakes that all humans are
subject to- whether they be great or COM
monplace. That Washington, man. was
so good and accomplished SO much Is
sufficient justification for all the praise
he has received; and places him so far
above the ordinary character as to be
worthy of emulation. without attributing
to him qualities that he did not possess.
Burdened with the task of defending his
colony against the Indians, at an early
period in life. and encountered with the
gravest responsibilities up to almost the
time OF his death, he naturally became
sOber-minded and his sober-mindedness
was often mistaken for GOODNESS, for lack
of human sympathy. On the contrary
George Washington was interested in all
human activities, social as well as pOliti-
cal He loved outdoor sports, enjoyed
games, dancing and the company of young
people. True TO the well-established prin
ciples of southern hospitality, his home
was never closed to anyone.
Not only in his social relations, but in
the more serious affairs of life he dis
played an abundance of human sympathy.
The highest sentiments are shown in his
views on the slavery question. in his
treatment of prisoners of war in his re-
gard for his own soldiers, anu in the
performance of his duty to his family and
his mother. A slave holder he opposed
the institution of slavery and directed by
his will that all his slaves BIS freed at the
time of Mrs. Washington's death.
His home life was almost ideal. And
the man who represented his colony onY
the battlefield and in the legislature; the
man who led the Continental armies to
victory under the most adverse conditions
imaginable: the man who was president
of the constitutional convention, and aided
in moulding public opinion in favor of the
constitution; the man who was unani-
mOusly elected as first president of the
republic and successfully Piloted the new
government through two trying admins
tratiOns; the man who retired from pub
lie office with the respect and love of
the majority of his cOuntrymen, and a
worldwide reputatiOn-that man during
ali the years of his illustrioUs career,
A Staunch American.
"A staunch American. he had a high
opinion of the colonists and a well found
contend against other nations and erect
a great nation for themselves. As he re-
marked to a friend at a popular recep-
ton, given In his honor. We may be
beaten by the English: it is the fortune
Of war: but there is an army they never
viii conquer. He could not conceive of
a rank more honorable, to use his OWL
words, than that which flows from the
uncOrrupted choice of a brave and free
people: the puTest source and original
fountain of ali power" From the first
he was bent on making this a distinctive
American nation. occupying d dignified
positionSamong the nations of the world
His consistent treatment of the allies
during the war; and his attitude toward
foreign nations constantly exemplfied his
high regard o fthe possibilities and the fu-
ture greatness Of America. He pointed
out that all nations should be treated
with uniform courtesy; but that no ma
ton should be trusted beyond the limits
of its interests. There should be no sec
tionalism. The name ne urged, which !
belongs to you in your national Capacity
must exalt the just pride of patriotism
more than any appellation derived from
local determinations
His patriotism was of the highest type
He hated anything that was opposed to