The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-27
Commencement Of
Id. S. HIGH SCHOOL
Eighty Graduates Receive Dr.
pl0maS Before Audience
of Proud Relatives.
SPEAKERS GIVE ADVICE
ACCUMULATION OF MONEY NOT
BEST THING IN LIFE.
SPEAKERS GIVE ADVICE

Eighty proud and happy graduates
of the L. D. S. High school received
their diplomas at the hands of Presi-
dent Anthem H. Lund at Barratt hall,
last night, at the annual commence
ment exercises. Fifty-one of the num-
Der spent four years in taking the
regular High school course. Sixteen
young men made up the two-year COM
merclaI course class, and thirteen
young men and women the tWo-year
shorthand course.
The hall was filled to capacity with
relatives and friends of the young
graduates and as the long line of stu
dents filed past President Lund and
were handed their diplomas there was
continuous applause.
Governor William Spry, Joseph &
Taylor, Angus NJ. Cannon and others
occupied seats on the stage. The pro-
gram was not long and it went along
with refreshing snap. L opened with
a chorus, THE Miller's Wooing." Pres
ident Angus NJ. Cannon offered
prayer in which he invoked blessing
upon the young men and women of
the graduating classes. Miss Martin
rendered very pleasing piano solo.
Joel Richards delivered the valedie-
tory address In a carefully prepared
ADDRESS the young man pointed out
that education is valued as pearl
beyond price by the Mormons. He de-
Scrlbed how the church fostered and
encouraged learning and its practical
application. In a scholarly manner he
paid a high tribute to the Industrial
and spiritual triumphs wrought by the
Mormon church.
One of the delightful features of the
program was a violin solo by Profess
scr William c. Give. After persistent
applause he responded to an encore.
President Lund Speaks.
President Lund prefaced the presen-
tation of diplomas to the graduates
by plain, practical, heart-to-heart
talk with the young men and women.
This diploma has cost you four years
of hard study" said President Lund,
but it is worth your effort. AS you
go out into Iife's pathways, do not
let your ideal be how much money you
can accumulate, but bend your efforts
IN distinguishing yourselves in what
sonally, 1 regard teaching as the
nobleSt profession. 1t may not be as
lucrative as others, but it is a high
mark of honor and distinction
John W. Summerhays rendered a
pleasing tenor solo, after which Pres
ident Joseph Z. Taylor delivered the
principal address of the evening to the
graduates.
In unrolling a manuscript from
which hung two ribbons of the school
colors, he said that in reading his ad-
dress he had for the first time in so
years departed from his rule of speak
ing extemporaneously- He said that
the L. D. S. university had always been
one of his pets st was present at its
BIRTH" he said, "and 1 have helped
It ever since il was in its swaddling
clothes, helped nurse it through its
various phases of sickness and am
thankful tonight that it is in its full
vigor of usefulness"
After reviewing briefly the history
of the university, President Taylor
congratulated the graduates. He told
the young men and women that COM
mencement day was one of the i'm
portant periods in life. He admonished
the young men and women to employ
their knowledge in practical and useful
ways and for the uplifting and benefit
of humanity.
President Young touched pointedly
upon the safeguards that young men
and women should throw about them
selves in starting out in life and said
that personal purity and chastity were
the best protection and the silent mon
itors of conscience. He strongly COM
mended the course of theology which
the L. D. S. university has always in
cluded In its curriculum.
The Heber ]. Grant scholarships,
consisting of checks for sac apiece,
were presented to GIynn Bennion,
Sarah Ellen Richards and Lawrence
Young, Gretchen Huette and Thomas
Dahlquist were mentioned as eligibles
for the scholarships at next commence
ment.
The graduates were neatly attired.
The young women all wore white and
the boys had neat business apparel.
The hall was beautifully decorated in
the school colors, gold and blue Fol
lowing are the graduates OF lSOs-lSlO;