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Show L'XIVERSITV OF DESERLT. ' Tlic t'lminr ExcrcUcs la the Theatre To-ilay. In the presence of a numerous udieuce, composed largely of the parents and friends of the students, the closing exercises in connection -with the University of Desertt took place Uii? morning in tho Theatre Occupying seats upon the stage were ladies and gentlemen cither connected with or directly Interested in the work of the institution, including in-cluding the graduates. The proceedings commenced shortly short-ly after 10 p'cla:'t within overture by the orchestra, which was excellently ex-cellently rendered. Arthur Stay ncr, Lin,., then offered j rayer. The opening address was given by J. Ij. Itawlins, 1. Hereferred to his own connection with the University as a student twenty years ago, spoke of some of the changes which limrocctirrei! in Uie interim, and of Its past aud present professors. The University ot Descret, he said, had lute witli many dicourageinents, aud yet it would be Impossible to estimate the amount of good that had been accomplished ac-complished directly and indirectly in the elevation o the Intelligence of the people of this Territory. It was largely through Uiedevutiuuaud energy of Uie members of Its faculty tliat the University existed today. Otherwise-it would doubtless have fallen mauy times by the wayside and tierished. He regietted as he compared the present curriculum ol studies w Ith tiiat Iu force eighteen years ago to sec that it was, if is-sible, is-sible, lower tbauitwas then. Every thing isslb!e lead been done, b Uioe iu cliargc of the institution, undir the clrcumstancis, and i. tin re remained any stigma behind, it belonged to the jccpleot Utah. It was time that this condition of affairs should cease, and the University lie made toassume the pislUou to which its name entitled it- The people-of people-of this Territury a;cru rich enough, and Competent and intelligent enough, to build up mid maintain a university which should lie a credit and pride to all. It lull been siW that there was not room enough for a university hen-, iu the face of Uie sectarian mid di-iioiiiln-.tlon.-il institutions in-stitutions in our midst. He insist- ed, however, that there was no ground for compliiut on that score. True, this wa a free country, but it was no inrt of the business of the university lo git down into i m-lictltlon m-lictltlon with the inferior grades of schools. Wc must not allow our institutions ot learnlug to lag iu the background. Neither bigotry, intolerance, nor spite should ever be allowed to enter the human heart, by reason of which the progress of education would be stayed iu the lea-t degree. Applause. Ap-plause. Iu conclusion the speaker .iddriss-cd a few words of encouragement encourage-ment to the jitipils, c-jiecialiy those who, he said, wire about to go forth on the journey of life, and expressed the hoj that their fj'ure career ould be crow ned with fuccesi. Miss Celia Sharp nm.t skilfully liayed a piano solo, 'lien Boll" (fantasia) and wa rewarded with the earnest npplatise of her hearers "The Growth of the F-ngli-h Drama-' furmc-d the sul Jectof a well written essiy by Miss l.uclle Young. It was read with care and distinct, ute", Slid displayed evidence of careful stud--. Ths main object of Uie essay was to show Uie j uritlca-tiou uritlca-tiou which both Uie Crania aud the stage had undergone since the time of bhaktspeare aud othir cirly dramatists, wlK-sepra-iuctions were named and criticized by the essayist. essay-ist. Dialing with the dramas and comeliis written at the present day, Mb Young was a trifle ssvere, and uiak oei-asiun to remirk that many of them were '-nothing more than sjcitty plays." The vocal duet from "XorMV snug by Misses Lizzie Thomas and Bessie Dean, formed one f the-most the-most agreeable features of tlie morning's programnuj and clielUxl hearty plaudits. Chancellor I!olcrt Harkiics, In his adJres to the graduiles, said the Presldintof the Uimcrsity was about lo present to etch of them a diploma. That dipk.ma nn a very small thing iu itself, but it give high evident tbnl Hi Ihe past, by their good conduct, alienee. j.erj-veranceand j.erj-veranceand Inttlligince. they hid aciuired success. Yea, more; it proved thit by tlie exercise of Uie same faculties-, good conduit, con-duit, gijod r"asonlng and -er-sevcraiice they could attain success iu the future. It was that future w hicli now concerned Hum more than the at. Tlie Clianccllor offerred the students some sound nd-vlceas nd-vlceas to their dealings with their fellow -men, aud counseled them to pet f-iirly and honorably in all thing". With a view to showing what he conceived to be true educa-tion, educa-tion, Chancellor Ilarkntss said that iny jicrson who could observe carefully care-fully all the farts which hcil a liear-ing liear-ing tijwn any ortlcukir roblcm tiefore him, discriminating tho-v which were imjortaut from those w hleh were Immaterial, give each Its true w eight and quickly general-ze general-ze those facts and draw a direct conclusion that w as a really educated edu-cated man. Teaching, he said, was a highly important calling, ami he knew of no higher occualion In the whole ranje of business In which greater opporltinitua for learning could lie found Many f Ihe ablest men of our country commenced com-menced life as teachers, audhe believed be-lieved that to lie one of the Iiest trainings they could have had. He mentioned several question" which would come to Uie front lu the- near future, among others u hither hi-ther the numlier of sul jeets to le taught in school should l!ucreae 1. It was however, worthy of con-Mderation con-Mderation whether the list of subjects sub-jects should not rather be reduced, leaving Uie students themselves to deal entirely with Uiost perhaps of less importance which tliey were caiablc of mastering, flic jost success of those hu now addressed was a guarantee that they would succeed in the future, but to what extent of couredcpeudeduu themselves. President John It. Park, at this juncture, lerformed tho intcresUng ceremony of conferring degrees upon the graduates, whese names w ere published In yc-ierday s "rw s. Hewatmlyconjra'uL-ledthemuion their achievements. Thegraduates were etch presented either with n magnificent licuquet or basket of flowers by Uielr fellow students, as a mark of esteem. Prof. Welhe nftirwards gave a violin solo, --Polonaise," and was de-ervedly re-called. It was a most skilful performance. J. U.Lindf -rd, oneof the graduate", gradu-ate", read an liitiresUng eway, "Friedrich Frochel;" after which the orchestra gave a choice selection of music. Governor A. L. Thomas delivered a brief closing address. He re-mirked re-mirked that no one ceul the present on uch an occasion without leellag proud of Uie fact Uiat such an Insti-tuUon Insti-tuUon as Uie Descret University had been established for the more complete education of the chllJrcn of tills Territnry.nor rcgrett.ng that the Territory, or the Lcglsbtl e As-em-bly thereof, had not so far seen Its way clear to place the Culversity on a basis sufficient for tlie needs of tho Territory. He had no doubt that beforH mauy years had passed this want would be fully supplied. By such action on the p-irt of the Teir.to.-y we would lace ourselves our-selves in harmony wlUi the action which had distinguished our national and local governments since a very early period in our history. It was well for us to remember re-member that the success of the Djseret Uuiverslty would very largely depend upon the success of our public schools. The University and the schools tuu-t go hand in hand, for from ths latter must como tho students who, having it reived an elementary education, would to th University lo receive that finish which would enable them to go out into the world with their facultiesdeveluped.Uieir range of vision widened, with a morei-i telllgent Idea cf their powers, and with abetter concer. Uon of the responsibility which ciUz-nshlp In thi-ftrtat country cntallsuponUiem. Wo could not perform a hl-her duty to thu people among whom wc lived than by fostering, preserving, and helping to perpetuate these universities. Ho hoped the time was not far distant hen Uie Deseret University woiihl receive that full measure of rapport to which it was so justly entitled. Thcorcliestra having given addiction, addic-tion, tho exe-cises were brought to a clctc. |