Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-21
Notable Gathering at BRIGHAM
Young University in the
Garden City.
TRIBUTE PAID TO SCHOOL :, {.
tt.1iting Party is Met and Welcomed by
Mayor Decker and Other
Officials.
lsneo,al q Inc eNews.1

Provo, May 2l.--Ihis is Governors
day at the Brigham Young University,
and it is being celebrated with great
enthusiasm on the part of old and
young. The governor and party, con-
sisting of Governor william spry,
General and Mrs. Wedgwood, Colonel
A.. p. Kosler, Colonel and Mrs Booth
and daughter, Colonel and Mrs,
Wright and daughter Colonel and
Mrs Badger, Colonel Daynes, and Col
onel and Mrs. Llrnd, arrived at o; 40
: tiiis morning. They wero w>eicomed by
Mayor Decker and George III. Brimhall,
chairman of the committee, who is
also president of the B. Y \ u. faculty.
They were then escorted togthe uniyer-
sity, being greeted on the way by
about 1000 school children, who were
4 lined upon the streets,
on reaching the university tho party
was taken TO College hall, where about
1000 students We're assembled to wit
mess the exercises. Tie guests were
seated on the stand, and as soon as this.
was done the whole audience rose and
sang '.Ameriean under the leadership
of Prof. A. G.. Dund. Tho invocation
4 was offered by Prof. a. osnond, which
Was followed by a vocal selection by
the 3, Y. y. choir,
President George H Bimhall then
delivered tho address of welcome, in
the course Of which he said that the
faculty and students represented 10
states in the union and two foreign
countries. They also represented tho
leading institutions Of America and
Europe. q
GOVERNOR INTRODUCED.
President Robert Robertson of the
student body then made asfew remarks
after which Governor Spry was intro
duced by President EBriinhall Tho gov
ernor expressed his appreciation of the
i good work that Is being done by the
j men and women who have graduated
from the b. r. university, and who
arc an honor to the institution: He
also spoke OF the adversely and trials
through which the institution had
fto3Dr. Maeser. the first president OF the
institution. He praised the students
fol. their work in beautifying the
grounds, and referred to the changed
feeling OF the people Of the east and
4 west towards Utah He also spoke OF
the splendid work now being done by
Senator Smoot in the senate, WHARF he.
e is 4recOSnlzsus as II great sdulHorlLy5so OLA
the tariff question. He referred to
4 conversation with a gentleman on his
last trip east. who told him that he
considered there was no one In 1.-The
senate better able to fill the position
y of secretary Of the treasury than Soma
tor smoot, who Is also graduate Of
1.-THE B. Y. u n He also spoke in terms
u or praise or Senator Sutherland, who is
also an alunnus Of this institution,
and others who are filling honorable
4 positions In the field of endeavor at
home and abroad.
s After a selection by the B. y. u.
4 lbafi,i, Gen. Vesdg,Wood made a8number
of humorous remarks which put tho
audience In extreme good hurnpr, end
Ing With a serious talk on the value Of
education in accom- lishing the worlds.
X work. Il f n 3s3 i};sl#
The guests wer'el then taken through
i all the departments OF the school, end
\ ing with "a visit to the domestic science
department, where substantial feast
4 was provided.
This afternoon the party is being
Il taken to the B. Y. %. farm. which was
donated by = Uncle Jesse Knight. This
evening a grand ball will be given in
| the college gymnasium.