Show I 1 THE LATTER DAY SAINTS COLLEGE at the latter day saints college beginning at 11 a in thursday may loth the commence commencement mout exercises ol of the sixth academic year of the latter day saints college were held there were present on the stand presidents george Q cannon and joseph F smith captain willard young of the stake slake presidency preel dent angus M cannon and joseph E taylor bishop ellas elias morrie morria and ceorge H taylor H W naisbitt bitt and W B dougall the proceedings opened with the anthem jerusalem my glorious home P 1 by the students conducted by instructor richard haag hag prayer was offered by instructor M W r VS chamberlain t the college male glee club rendered with fine effect two roses brother stephen worthington delivered an address the intermediate ter mediate I he said the time had bad arrived when we must oye give each other the parting hand from the associations of the he past year there is ia no wonder we should have bave feelings feeling fl of pain if we have I 1 done dome our work well at school we shall find and ourselves our Belvea better prepared for the duties of life or to pursue higher branches of knowledge an AD address our lady students PY was made by miss donette smith the ladies were satisfied with the work of this institution they thanked the teachers for their earnest labors in aiu behalf they hoped they bad ot labored in vain she eulogized the characters and labors of dr jam jae E talmage our former principal prof willard done his worthy successor coor su and our lady superintendent aunt camilla cobb she dilated upon the objects of education on and express ed cid the ibe thanks of the ladies ad lee to those who had la lored eo to earnestly for their welfare and their prayers ascended for the future labors and for the success of our institutions A piano selection la castagnetta Cast agnette 11 wan beautifully rendered by miss min cl cicilia sharp niles miss zina bennion made the address on theology in school 11 the place givon to theology is the chief characteristic te to of our school here we may learn to love the works of gol on OB earth anti and on high but above all this is the study of the gods themselves the brightest part of the day in our school is ia given for its pursuit and this plan mcives ives a heavenly lD influence fluence over the work of the day it to is the foundation of all science ceo it is the building ma aerial and the capstone of all thought work we study the enrobed unrobed god in the stars stare in the crust of our mighty earth in all life from the gigantic elephant to the amoeba its ita study leads us ua not only to ampre otate the fields of literature and science but opens the future to our view and renders our society on earth more pure and more pleasurable brother edwin dibble delivered the address ad drenon on our academic graduates VP the student of today is the practical man of tomorrow all should lend more time to the study of subjects of a professional nature the man of a science clence is envied in the pleasure he takes in delving into the works of nature the student of literature the unbounded interest inte reit he be takes with his clae clas yet we must accord to the man of business the highest place of all the model business man is in one who has the interest of mankind at heart his work is noble r than it is generally conceived to b bo it la in for him to im improve p rove the face of the earth to support mankind a and nd to ameliorate his condition A piano selection grand gallop de concert 12 was rendered with fine effect by miss katie romney an essay reviewing evangeline the pride of acadia was read by miss nellie wallace A tenor solo was then rendered by brother george D py per in response to an encore he rendered the linden tree 11 brother phylla 8 maycock then made the valedictory address in considering si what had been said of aduca tion today he was reminded of the words of martin jj luther uther the progress of a city depends not upon its ita earthly riches but upon the education of its inhabitants spoke 8 poke of the necessity of thorough work io in the intermediate department as aa it is the foundation of the superstructure when we enter it our views are narrow ore ere long we have to meet many roade road one leads to the elysian fields of literature one to the stern labors of bus business ineis life another road leads to the heights of the mathematics a fourth to the sublime heights of science the road chosen by those whom he ge 1 represented was one which lead them to the duties of a teacher he contrasted the teacher of the present with the one held in the popular mind in the past in conclusion 0 he eulogized the work of the teacher and eloquently delivered the adieu of his bis address ad drese then followed the presentation of certificates to the graduates by the principal I 1 IN iff BUSINESS COURSE emery barrus orlando Bar barries rits edwin 0 debbe perry 0 fisher wiley gomer M richards Rich arCs david M SIU bill joseph A sill bill mary ward IN lannary courar nellie wallace IN SCIENCE jennie smith IV af JU MOIR NORM 1 L COURSE olla M barker emery barrus barms orlando barrus mark alark J burgess ali alice alark mamie dark may dallas id perry 0 fisher As W ju agnes 1 I leyland wuey wiley frank irr frank J woodbury woodbery IN SENIOR NORMAL sina fina bennion Bon nion v john A alark george george IL oro brosby jr philip S ma maycock cook david davi L rich richards A a joseph A sin ra donnette smith jennie smith mahonri M steele jr katie thomas sterling williams I 1 far A way was then rendered by the be Col college loge glee club A report to the board of the work of the college during the past school year a full account of which will be puta phed in a future issue was read by twe fhe principal the ithe students morning 1 was rendered by the students dr james E talmage then deliver ed an address many duties had caused his absence from the college much of the time of the past term of school but his thoughts had ever been with us these theme exorcism exercises had bad led him to think odthe ot the beauty of the title that has been given them commence mont ment exercises at the close of school was a misnomer mis nomen to yet it was full of beauty to those these who are earn estly traveling to a successful end in our college I 1 he spoke of the spirit that had founded our college and urged the students to keep toe the great origin of our institution in mind rhapsodic Hoag a piano selection min kincella celia Cella sharp the promotions promotion from the intermediate to the academic department were then read as aa follo follow wp angelis angelia barrus edith Bos dr rena baker E edward dw ird spencer lylia james S stephen tp h worthington daniel mcrae B baitie e t aeb bowring maud paul H hannah h katie morris morns the following were advanced on condition that they complete all prescribed studies stud tea of the intermediate grade james saville james woodruff elijah weller weiler ula bennion Pre at joseph F smith then made an aldress aJ drese encouraging those working for the success of the college and predicting its great future president said the education given you here is but a beb nning inning for the education of our lives brewe merely lay a foundation upon which we build throughout life hu he valued highly a practical education formerly it was necessary in order to be properly recognized to acquire a knowledge of the dead lang languages now this is not thought necessary to success and a more practical education to is much Oad ad mired he hoped the tendency to practicality in our schools would grow and that manual training would soon be given in our schools A proficiency in such profession as law should not be thought necessary to social preferment he hoped to see the day when the manual professions would olace alace a man in the highest society and secure for him remuneration such as a lawyer now receives fr for r his president angus M cannon then addressed the audience in behalf of the stake board of education he was pleased with the way our school had been carried on and with the exercises of this day particularly in conclusion he invoked the blessings of god upon the institution the edthe parting hour was then sung by the students and the benediction was pronounced by capt willard young principals following is the principals principal le report minus some dome of the minor details SALT LAKE CITY maylath may 1892 to the president and board of directors latter day saints college association deal Deat brethren in compliance with an important duty of my position I 1 submit to you a report of the work done in the latter day saints ing its sixth academic year anaf its condition at the close of that period the year has comprised two terms term 1 t the he first extending from august t to december 1891 a period of sixteen weeks and the second from january jannary eth 1892 to the present date a space of twenty weeks departments during the greater part of the year the intermediate department has been conducted in three divisions the first section in charge of instructor J J walton the second under instructor richard haag haagland Haa gand and the third under the supervision of instructor W H chamberlin la in this department were during daring the first term twenty seven classes with one hundred and six weekly recitations and five teachers during the second term there were twenty two classes holding ninety nine weekly sessions conducted by five teachers some of the students of this thle department have been advanced to the academic department their names will be read before you the academic department has continued under the supervision of instructor tor jos joe belgon in this department during the first term tera were eighteen classes with sev say enty five weekly recitations conducted by seven teachers in the second term eighteen clue classes ses one weekly recitations and seven teachers rome of the students of this department have been pursuing the regular courses leading to graduation of these nine have graduated in the business course one in the scientific and one in the literary in accordance with this result of their labors certificates of graduation have been issued to them this day attendances ATTEND ANCK during the year just closing the attendance of the pupils for the entire year and for the separate terms has been as follows males females total attending during the entire year during daring one and one half bait terms 22 during one term 43 during a half term 8 total attendance during the first term sixteen weeks week males females total intermediate department 62 73 academic department 15 24 39 normal department 20 12 32 total for first term 97 attendance during the second term twenty weeks 1 males females total intermediate department 54 60 50 academic department 21 SO 90 41 normal department 19 14 88 38 total foree forsee cond ond term terna 94 84 THE HOME of ibe the students recorded above are as follows gait bait lake city first ward 2 third ward 6 5 fourth ward 6 fifth ward ai 1 sixth ward 1 1 seventh ward 17 eighth ward 1 ninth muth ward 8 tenth tent ward 4 eleventh wardi ward 8 3 twelfth ward 6 thirteenth ward 78 8 fourteenth ward 7 fifteenth ward esix sixteenth ward 6 seventeenth ward 12 eighteenth ward 6 nineteenth ward 10 twentieth ward 7 twenty first ward 3 8 twenty second ward 4 farmers ward 7 mill creek ward 4 brighton 2 Tayl oreville 8 granger 2 sugar house 1 draper 2 Sau Sari pete 3 kanab 3 8 jocele 3 adavis davis 17 pan glitch 5 weber eber 2 P aelier sevier 5 summit sump 1 cache 1 parowan carowan Pa rowan 3 8 wa satch catob 1 bear lake 1 juab 1 utah 9 rich 2 st george 3 box kider elder 1 idaho 1 arizona 4 canada 1 SUMMARY salt lake city wards salt lake county wards 26 other stakes in utah 71 outside of utah 6 total it t will be seen that notwithstanding the necessary reduction in our at the distribution of the btu atu dents home addresses is as a wide as an before itez THE NORMAL department was in charge of the undersigned undersigner under signed until the end ead of the first term since which time brother philip maycock may cock a mem main ber bar of that department has acted as monitor under my direction the class work of this department to is tabu as follows in this department were conducted in the first term 5 classes with four teen weekly sessions by two teachers during the second term there fifteen classes with 31 ses se sione lons con ducted by six teachers the theology classes of the academic and normal departments conducted separately during the first term were combined during the second pursuing the study of church chronology most of the students ot of this depart ment have been pursuing either the junior or senior course in theory 01 of teaching of these thirteen have graduated in the former course and eleven in the latter certificates have been issued to these recommending them respectively to the primary and the intermediate grade of the church school service most of those grad gradual ing in the senior course are last years year s junior graduates graduate although three have pursued with success both the junior and the senior course this year As was the case last year a number of students have been admitted to this department free of charge under the appropriation made by the church each one thus privileged having bously signed a statement of compliance with certain necessary conditions the work in the department to is being gradually extended to meet the re quire ments of advancing educational science and we confidently hope to establish ere long a course of normal training fully adequate in all respects to the needs of students preparing to take upon themselves the responsible duties of teachers among theyo the youth of our people THE CHURCH STANDING of the students to is represented by the following list high priest 1 sev say dentise 4 elders 21 priests 6 5 teach ers ere 4 deacons 49 lay members not baptized 4 total the regular work of the theological ORG organization ANITION has beed bed pursued as before with the exception that under sunder your direction so a important change was wag made in our manner of closing the day days dayis Is session and incidentally in the time of calling certain theological meetings gp our devotional exercises at the close of the day have been suspended and the students permitted to leave the college immediately upon the completion of their class clan work As a result the priesthood meetings and general theological classes previously aly held after the regular work of the day have been convened in the morning during the regular time of the theology recitation and in d have wt ad terna ted with the bearn bearing g of testimonies in the various theology classes ol asee our acknowledgments are due to elder george reynolds who as an in the two years immediately preceding this has rendered valuable aid to our academic theology class clan by conducting its study of the book of mormon THE SINGING was conducted by prof evan stephen during mae early part of the year but upon his bis resignation which took effect in the first term this work wee was entrusted to instructor richard haag who in the face of many age ments has maintained the excellent standard of the schools congregational singing As a result of our system of congregational sin gine this exercise has partaken partaker par taken of a more highly devotional character than would have been possible if participation the therein relin had been restricted to the few misses katie romney and gwendolin lewis both of the academic department have acted to our satisfaction as organists THE LADY STUDENTS as before have been under tuition of lady superintendent camilla C cobb who has met with them in their regular sessions and who haa devoted herself to their heir but instruction ruction at all other times giving them the benefit of her experience dr romania B pratt has delivered before |