The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-12
Professor briggs of University
of Utah Would Change
Their Tone.
SO DECLARES IN ADDRESS
DELIVERED IN TABERNACLE
Also Desires That All Places Of
Amusement Be Put Upon
High Level.

Prof. Howard X. briggs of the Univer-
sity of Utah was tic main speaker At the
Mormon tabernacle Sunday afternoon. Ifc
spoke largely OH the improvement OF
time, declaring that through the waste
of time comes all the evils which curse
the country. He made a plea for NOV
Ing pictures, ,heatcrs and other places
OF amusement To nc put OH n high level.
President John Henry Smith, who pre-
sided, also made II short talk.
Elder briggs declared that tho work
OF tho Mormons here In Utah has been
a work OF redecming tho desert waste,
although al The present time there Is
much of this work yet 10 be done. "The
work OF the pioneers Is a glorions work.
said the speaker. but there still lies a
great work before US To redeem the desert
wastes and p>aking the waste land habi-
table
Waste Of Human Life.
But | wish to call your attention to-
the material waste-thc waste OF human
life, human energy. All other wastes
are insignificant compa ared with the waste
OF human souls. The problem OF doing
this country dcyolvcs upon the waste
OF time. II seems To me. Lettering and
waste of time Is the motl::: of all evil.
and il We can direct our boys and girls
10 seek TO improve their time the prob
lem will be nearer a solution,
we have always boasted in Utah that
the boys and girls are the best crop.
And the thing ] wish to bring forth IL
that the things chat creep IN among us
nnconscsously are the things which
threaten 10 hurt. While we would give
our lives TO check the ravagcs OF physi-
cal diseases. there arc diseases that strike
the soul. And these soul diseases must
be checked II we would bring up an army
or stal&art men and women to rule this
nation. And the time when these soul
diseases creep in is In the leisure mo-
ments.
Mind Of Youth Like Stream.
"The thing We must Iearn Is that the
mind OF youth is like II mountain stream,
and If YOU do not make its channel for
II. IL Will form its own channel. The
problem which confrouts people today Is
advantage. We have turned the pleas
ure side Of our thildrens lives over 10
people who make money by IL. We have
lost hundreds of our best boys In this
state and In other states. too, because
We did not give them the proper sort
OF amusement.
The Mormon people have taken an
attitude in this matter Of pleasure, but
we have forgotten. it seems to me, some
of the cardinal principles. We can see
TO II that the moving picture shows, the
amusement are run on a high level.
People everywhere are rising up against
some picture shows and our children
should not be compelled to see picture
SHOWS uTiess iney are OF hlgl stand =
ard. We can help cur children by pro-
vding libraries and good home amuse- =
ments. We yet have much to do: VIC
still have our problems and we must
wake UP 10 these problems before il
is too late
President John Henry Smith Talks.
President John Henry Smith made a
few remarks in which he indorsed what
Prof briggs said. President Smith urged
that parents attend to II that their chill
drcn are placed in the right places OF
amusement.