The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-09

to the state of Utah that loyal spirit /
that you entertain for the university? I
VIII you root and shout and work I
for the social. commercial and indus /
trial supremacy OF this state OF your /
birth? VIII you spend your learning, /
your energies, your lives, in develop
ing It's resources and working out its /
destiny.
Il am aware that a spirit OF wan
dering is apt to seize hold OF you. 1 /
know how strongly the desire for a |
lots in new and strange fields. among
new and strange people, In the belief |
that larger and better opportunities can
be found away from home. When this
feeling comes upon you. all I ask is
that, item by item, you will compare
the possibilities. through the develop
ment OF its resources, That Utah al
fOrds with those Of any other state or
section OF the country. and j have no
fear as TO your choice
value Of Utah's farm. mine. livestock
and manufacturing products Tor me
year 1903 Is S130.500.0002 Do you know
that the value Of the known amount
OF gold. silver. copper. lead and zinc
produced in Utah since 1877 IS approx
imately S440.OOO,0OO?
Urged to Remain
II in the quest for the material
things OF life, you are ever tempeted
20 leave Utah, 1 want you 10 consider
what Utah already offers and to re
member that the figures A glvo are the
EEAANM0 AEWfM industries NniA can DC en-
larSed and extended almost without
limit.
our state has been richly blessed by
Providence; our soils yield abundantly
TO the husbanuman. our mines respond
IN good measure to the delivers for pre-
ciOuS metals, our desert places surren-
DER freely and bounteOusly to the forces
OF irrigation and reclamation.
| The people OF Utah have worked un-
ceasingiy in converting the natural re-
sources OF the state To serve the use
Il a ananaN
With their work. however, they have
found time TO encourage and enjoy
much OF the music of existence. They
have cultivated the best there is in life
the home Home, with its children
/ prattle. its father. its mOther-where.
/ when the days work IS done. the fam
ily may sit together in the sacred cir
Gle. In well-ordered. Intimate and at
/ fectionate. fellowship. in peace and
/ quiet, as God intended. Let me plead
that. browning all other attachments
in life to which you may aspire. you
/ viii hold as your most lofty and sacred
purpose the determination to preserve
the home and its highest ideals.
| And finally. IL I may do so without
Il encroaching on a subject intended for
another, I wish to say a word on your
parting with these associates. who have
| won your Fellowship, and these assO-
Citations that have become a part Of
/ your very existence.
Il You will feel keenly the want OF the
outstretched hand, the uplifting influ-
tered your lives as exponents OF the
noblest of arts. You will yearn for
the sympathetic brotherhood and sis
terhood Of students in the common
cause OF mutual advancement You
VIII look in vain. when you leave
these portals, for that close bond OF
fellowship which has supported and
buoyed you up in your college work
Il you viii grope through a world Of
busy human beings. each eager in the
pursuit OF his own personal ends and
search IN vain Tor the UTmnVfn nffn ears
OF fellow students and the intimacy
thai springs from mutual knowledge OF
thought and feeling
You will miss these rooms and
buildings with every sweet association
within their walls; this campus. where
your college spirit has been stirred
with athletic conquest. you win miss
this magnificent, inspiring view. And
III, as you pack your books and bid
goodbye to all these ties, the silent
tear does not start. your hearts have
not kept pace with your intellectual
advancement.
When you are engrossed with the
eNacting details OF your life's chosen
/, work and these associations are fading
, to sweet memories, as the years pass
over you. remember your alma mater
BE firm and loyal and true to the Uni
: versity OF Utah; give to IL that unstint-
ed praise and support that fills your
hearts TO OVERLOOKING on this proud
| happy day.
i God speed you and each Of you ir
whatever field OF human endeavOr you
: may enter May fortune cast your lots
In pleasant places; may your learning
3 make your success sure and easy and
| may your culture and refinement be
/ made manifest among your fellows. tC
the glory OF education and the credit OF
this institution which has done SO
much for you"
Presidents Statement.
| The orchestra rendered a selection
from Madame Butterfly" President
J. T. Kingsbury then gave the yearly
statement Of the conditions at the uni
versity.
Ten years ago" said he. "the Uni.
versity Of Utah was moved 20 its pres.
ent position. At that time there wer,
1S3 college students. OF whom only
three years course In a high schOo
was required. At the present tim,
. there are SOS college students 81
whom a four years High school COURSE
is required before they are admitted
70 college work. This shows that the
b university has grown over six times Al
: strong during the past ten years. Tel
years ago there were IS members ir
the faculty. Today there are over a
Z members and we could well do witt
more.
since the university has been on tn,
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