Show TRIBUTES TIDIES TR TO M MB PRESIDENT KERR B Y COLLEGE PRESIDENT EULO EULOGIZED EULOGIZED AT BANQUET Expressions of Regret get From Preston and Prof Maeser MerTest Testimonial mona From Prom the Faculty V Special Correspondence V Logan Logn June 16 The Alumni association tion ton of oC the Brigham m Young college gave its annual a nu banquet baquet and a ball al last lat j I evening ine wa was vun marked oy uy addresses ad nii dresses made by Bishop Preston and Dr Maeser that corrected wrong im impressions impressions impressions about President Kerrs Kerrs rela relations relations tons with wih the B Y trustees The pro gramme of toasts was wa as follows The tocsin of ot the soul the dinner bell Byron M Id J Ballard Balard 94 Dr Karl Kar G Maeser What shall I do doto doto doto to be forever J known and make the age to come my own Cowley Mary Ma Woodruff 90 Class of 00 0 Whence Wence is thy learning Hath thy toll toU oer ocr books book consumed the midnight oil Gay Lottie Jensen 97 Our Foster Mother Oh happy hills hus Oh pleasant shade Oh fields felds beloved beloyed in vain Where ere once my careless child childhood hood strayed a a stranger yet to pain Gray E B G Gowans 95 O Our Lady Lad Alumni when a ladys In the case c you know all al other things give ge place Gay J H Kemp 00 0 hao nn va UC Lue speeches SP b mentioned nt d Bishop Preston spoke expressing the regret felt fel by the board boar in losing the services of President Kerr During Dur the six years of or his labors there tere had been no harsh or unpleasant word between him and the board The efficiency of the labors of President Kerr is mani fest test from the te marked advancement made by the college during his hs admin administration administration When the proposition had first been made for tor President Kerr to retire the board had said sid emphatically that they could not let him go could not possibly see se how they could do without him but they desired desire patriot patriotically patriotically laHy to sacrifice for the welfare of the state whenever circumstances required it i and with wIh this feeling they tey had con consented consented consented to let him go They hoped to be beable beable beable able to select selet a man for president who would maintain the institution upon th high standard it it has ha attained Ta hn tnt u Lue 1 and hearty support of the board in his I labors here and they the wished him full ful success in his new field feld of labor He could speak for the members of ot the board absent ab nt as well wel as as present in ex expressing expressing pressing their high appreciation aV of the efficient and successful labors labor of the retiring president Superintendent Maeser said the ap of President Kerr to leave this thi institution had fallen falen upon him lUke like a thunderbolt or clap of lightning from Crom a clear sky He did not know of anything that had made him feel more sad or depressed and he had not re recovered recovered recovered covered sufficiently to te fe able to do justice to to his feelings He knew the feelings of his associates In the church board bard of education and could speak for all al from President Snow down in endorsing the words spoken by Bishop Preston concerning the retiring dent He predicted that President Kerr would be eminently successful in his new position and In yet higher fields of educational labor Professor J H Linford upon behalf of the faculty In an appropriate ad dress then presented President V Kerr with wit a handsome umbrella mounted In ivory and silver Ivor siver siverIn V VV Vin V In accepting the token President Kerr Ken Ker dress made a brief bret but very y appropriate ad V VV V |