Show STUDENT LIFE dowed The charm of contentment which makes the poorest cabin seem like the rarest castle they alone have the power to impart They are the solace of the of the future present the for their sons and daughters with the strength and bravery and brightness of their parentage will be the ones to bear this old world’s burden when you and I my friends are numbered among the dead It is this most happy and most excellent conception of correlative obligation which has made this College the popular and the useful institution that it is Its foundations have ben broadly laid No narrowness of vision has obscured the goal which it set out to reach The a man so the theorists tell us makes his idea win if his ambition is worthy and his intention sound But singleness of purpose is not properly to be differentiated from the notion of cooperative and humanitarian help The correct thought is not merely to live and let live — it is rather that in living we Education is help others also to live beneficial in the exact degree in which its dissemination and exercise confer good upon others and the greatest good to the greatest number is alike the aim and climax of the best government and the best citizenship It is a pleasure therefore to say that in no institution of the State do the people repose greater confidence in none do they have a more just and conscious pride than in the Agricultural College of Utah Seated upon this commanding hill and overlooking this magnificent valley— the granary of the mountains — its location and environments are truly ideal And while its physical lines have fallen thus in pleasant places of greater consequence still is the fact that in the quality and vigor of its intellectual aspect it demands and ungrudgingly receives the praise and admiration of sheet-anch- or one-ide- ‘SKEfWHSPB! 165 every citizen Such splendid - energy and enthusiasm as characterize- the Faculty such virile and intelligent manhood as constitute the student body such consistent and unswerving loyalty as swell the universal heart of the surrounding community it is seldom the lot of any educational establishment all at the same time to enjoy I know I express the sentiment of the whole commonwealth when I refer to the A C U as a credit and an honor to the state and I know I can call at least upon you my young friends who as graduates are about to leave its walls and confines to join in this testimonial to an alma mater at once so royal and so good If there be need of spur and inspiration to the performance of every future duty surely the need will be supplied whenever you shall indulge in this affectionate thought Be worthy of your parentage your college and yourselves! Make the world thankful that you Have lived by accomplishing something that your will be thankful for Be earnest and practical and industrious while the day of youth and vigor still lasts so that when the evening and the night of age shall come you may enjoy the rest If reformers you would be — and God speed you in every true re— form level not your lances against windmills nor waste your energy in chasing rainbows Get down to the substance of things and with hard sober undaunted common sense make circumstance your instrument and adversity your servant Finally take unto yourselves courage and confidence and a consciousness of duty from the thought that since it has taken all the minutes and hours and years and centuries of all the ages to bring to pass this present snigle moment of time you are beginning your life’s work in the most important epoch and period the world has ever seen fel-lowm- en well-earn- ed |