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Show wmwi talks TO G8ADUATINQ CLASS ON POWEROFSCIEKCE Point Beyond Which Science Sci-ence Cannot Go in Solving Solv-ing Riddle of Life. Dr. Joseph T. Klncabury president of the University of Utah, and Mrs. King. bury sre holding their annual racepiloa for the member of the raduatln' ciaitaee, alumni, former atudenta and members of the faculty, from 4 to o'rlofk this afternoon at their home on Thirteenth East street. Tomorrow will be celebrated as class day by the different Classes of the school. The normal graduating everciara will be held in the museum building assembly room from 10 o'clock until noon. A band concert will be held on the campus from 12 to 1 p. m.. with the college col-lege clsss exercises to be held in Uie assembly as-sembly roots from 1 to 1 p. m. A dancing matinee will bs hld in the gymnaalum from 3 to p. m., with the business meeting meet-ing of the Alumni association held In the evening at o'clock In the museum building. . W'ednesday will be the regular commencement com-mencement day. and the exercises will open with a band concert on the campus at 10 o'ejock. Music will be furnished during the mbrrh of the regents, faculty, fac-ulty, members of ths Alumni association and members of the graduating classes around the campus, and tn the assembly room of the museum building, where the exercises will be held. The festivities will close with the; alumnr recept Ion a nd" "hanquef at ttie Commercial club Wednesday night, BeTmon by President. Ir, Kingsbury preached Hie baccalaureate baccalaure-ate sermon at the Klrst Congregational church last night on "Science Reveals a Creative, Uuldlng Intelligence and Teaches Man for Hie Own Best Good to Conform to the Uwi of God by Living a Pure snd t'pright Life." In treating tills subject. Dr. Kingsbury took the stand thai thinking men of today to-day are prone to discard all religious Ideas and beliefs owing to the fsct that a usurd i t les have been found In tlieae teachings as science has progressed. He handled his subject with a view of introducing intro-ducing sufficient scientific evidence to prove that there la a power behind all the workings of nature and all manifestations manifesta-tions of physical force, which we cannot fathom, and which has ss Its direct source a great governing power . higher than these laws themselves. "Science is penetrating all of the corners cor-ners of the earth and reaching out to the fas) distant -stars to learn and determine laws," said the speaker. "Dogmas and fancies of the imagination are fleeing before be-fore the accurate tests of scientific Investigation In-vestigation ss it steadily marches on and makes greater hadway. "Pet notions are vanishing. Ideas of the origin of man. of his existence and of his future are changing. The nature of God, man's mission and his duly In the world are looked upon differently from what they hare been In the past. The discovery of mistaken Ideas of certain cer-tain things have been the cause of extreme ex-treme views and ultra skepticism. In the loss of faith In God and tn religion. "There are fixed lawa and there Is order In the universe. These are living and Intelligent energies as eternal as ia matter Itself." Tbe Safest Ground. "With these facts before us. we are forced to the conclusion that there Is sn uuderlying. intelligent, ireatlve power, guiding the dealings of man. However, without positive knowledge of the destiny des-tiny of man, one Is yet forced to ths belief be-lief that faith In God snd a love for good towsrd men is man's highest and safest ground." W. W. Riler, chairman of . the board of regents of the university, presided. Besides the sermon, the programme of ths evening Included an organ prelude while the graduates, dressed lo cape and gowns, marched Into ths church from t he ventry, the march being played by Prof, fciuuire Coop. The Invocation was offered by Horace H. Cummings, superintendent super-intendent of the church school aysiem. A contralto solo. "Ave Marls," waa rendered ren-dered by Mrs. Bessie Dean Allison. Benediction Bene-diction waa pronouncd by Joseph J. Cannon, Can-non, followed by an organ postluds by Prof. Uquire Coop. |