The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-22
GOVERNOR PAYS
VISIT TO PROVO
State Executive and staff
Spend Day in Utah County
Capital and College.
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Provo, May Ex-Governor Spry and staff
were received in Provo today with much
enthusiasm. On the arrival Of the san
Pedro train at 1854 the party was met
by Mayor Decker. President BrimhaH and
other members Of the committee appointed
TO receive the party The visitors were
conveyed in carriages to the B. I. univer-
sity. very pretty part of the program
was that Of the children of the public
schools. 200 strong. who formed double
column from the depot to Center street
and the students of the university about
ls5oo In number, who continued the column
TO the university The carriages of the
visitors passed between these two rows
of children and students.
At the university as many students and
citizens as could possibly gain admit
lance about 1.000l crowded into College
hall TO welcome the guests. On the stand
were seated the governor and staff. Pres
ident Brimhan and prominent citizens
{ from this and Wasatch county.
The audience, led by Professor A. c.
/ Lund. sang America" and Invocation
was offered by Professor Alfred OsmOnd.
After a vocal selection by the University
choir President Brimhall welcomed the
governor and staff and other guests. He
/ called attention to the fact that among
the students were representatives from
| and that the faculty embraced graduates
from the leading universities OF the United
{ States and Europe. He paid a glowing
I tribute to DR.. II. G. Maeser. the first
! president of the institution. and introduced
/ Governor Spry. the latest governor of the
state, to tie students OF the institution
/ founded by Brigham Young, the first
/ governor of Utah.
Robert Robertson. in behalf of the stu
/ dent body, of which ne is the president
spoke in behalf of the students. He ex-
/ pressed great loyalty TO the white and
/ blue'-the university cOlOrs-but greater
] lnValfw n EfrinnC
I senting the state and the nation, and
I called attention to the great work of the
Z alumni in different walks of life. to pic
! lures by Hafen and others presented by
/ ]. W. Knight. all alumni and the prom
inence Of Senators SmOot and Sutherland
and others.
Governor Spry expressed great appre-
citation Of the good work of the Brigham
Young university as shown by the mer
it had educated. He spoke Of the advan-
tageS that had come TO the school and tC
the students through having to struggle
through poverty. This had tended &c
make strong men and women, the strength
Of the state and nation. Reference was
made to the fact that Utah stands higher
in the estimation Of men in the east anC
west than formerly, and that people have
confidence in her resources and in tnC
integrity of her people. In a recent visi
east the governor had been told that Sen
atOr SmOOt was recognized as an authorit.
on the tariff ranking with the best. anC
Utah was entitled to a cabinet officer
and that no man was better qualified 70
the position of secretary of GAe treasur,
/ than Senator Sm0Ot. Senator Sutherland
was also praised and the graduates o
the university generally were given credi
for good work in all walks Of life.
General WedgwoOd spoke of the neces
| sity for men and women Of present 8bil
lity to do. and compared the opportuni
ties for obtaining an education now wit
those of thirty or forty years ago. ant
/ expressed qualification that the opportu
Z nifty to obtain education had come 10 tn
b masses.
: At the close of the exercises the guest
visited the departments, after which
luncheon was served by the young ladie
2 of the domestic science department.
, In the afternoon an auto ride was take
4 to the university farm OF 800 acres o.
. Provo bench. given to the university b
P Jesse Knight where the agricultural stu
s dents are doing dry farming successfully
3, The points of interest were visited and
e banquet given iIzhOnoT of the visitors q
u the Hotel Roberts. In the evening a well