Show ADViCE GRADUATES I Address Delivered to Class of 1902 University of Utah a Commencement June 4th by William NeIs on Aa a master builder iitrhos to perfect 111M ship and launch It upon the sea of willere so have your instructors endeavored endea-vored to perfect your training and launch you upon the sea of life Ilouec forih you will main your own way let ua hope staunchly anti truly bearing rich frelghuuro of help hope and Joy tot the to-t souls of men Hull to the upbuilding of the communities of the Stale in which you may dwell and work You have been given due eaie and instruction instruc-tion in the study of the course and your choice and you have received the bctie ilt of surrounding J that should elevate and broaden your minds Yet not no thai you arc done with learning but that you may Impure to others of whui you have evolved to each in bcinllclil decree lHl you arc able and have the privilege And you will still be luught of otheis indeed that bhoulcl be your chief udvantaco that III your development develop-ment thus far your minds will be 1 mol open to learn than if you had not bu < n through the schools you have the I habit of liuirniuir and 10 lho o who have learned in part the eau Is gi enter to Jcarn yet more Uo ready tlion to learn III well tiS 10 Instinct yet In Imparting Impart-ing I avoid us much as possible the appearance ap-pearance of so doing for aomullniOH souls arc sensitive Vet the nerd 1 ls upon you to give as you have received A talent tal-ent that Is wrapped hut napkin and hid itwuy Is lost to the world It W iis a saying 01 John Knox that the State Is I thc gainer by ovmi educated person it contains and this siylng of his ban borne rich fitti Loge In the land where he lived and sicrily pursued a life I of devoted de-voted duty unrh as few men have over tvonecivod It Is I true that but lew can be mighty Icadcia of mankind but everyone every-one can do his part and hen that I IK I drnc the eon1cl ncc Is clear and the c community is well strved The Importance ni the work before you Is KrcaL Thh is u new State thero is mutfh to be don See that you do It worthily and with all your hcarUi Your voices and counsel must always be for progress true progress that t t which on eandJu consideration you con clink to bo best not alone lor yourself but for all Ami whon you have so Concluded be SI cud Cn t Itt all know whfte you ae tn be found Jn the words of your Uncls Lmvltl llamm Stand without hitching Lot thc people ace that n graduation in thr > Vnlvcrshy of Utah means something that it means something not only in present attainment but In what Is I even of higher Importance in the ability I to learn more lo Iced > on Icainfnc to prove that whit the people liavo done in affording the opportunities you have enjoyed payn not merely in a money sense although 1 would have thorn set that too for It docs but lit the Introduction In-troduction of better thoughts t higher aspirations a broader kindlier and more udirhablc citizenship Your voices and Influence will of course always l al-ways be for the schools for the perfection per-fection of the school system ua u whole and in all Its parts Some or the cogs In the great educational machine lrt not yet perfect Some connections a ic Jn part missing and home will need to be readjuated It will In your gm t ful duty and high privilege to aitend to some of these lacks ns you find or make the opporlunity Generously ye hne received zealously repay Grout progress hn been made or Mile years Sn the schools of Utah It will be your work to push It along The world is I full of strife of turbulence turbu-lence of hale From of old men hue winred against men until recent times there were vast wIIdGrztcies In what are now the most civilized tod won Peopled countries Population waa parce compared with the I thronging I multitudes of today Famines wore frequent even among the few people thra wee Those things weu bCllllEC of the War the pillage j the slaughter With the diffusion of education and the grovth of the aria of peace came better times passion was faubducd rage turned away Even religion had been used to foster strife and men contended llcreoly about It and tough about the way to educate the oncoming generation genera-tion But man ever struggled toward thu light and made progi ems withal You will have a nobler age to work in than havl those of old yet there are strifes and hates In the world tolay despite de-spite twenty centuries of teaching from the Prince o Peace Your voices will be always for moderation ealmnesi and justice Yet not would you even for peace aacrlllce principle for that Is the anchor lo the souls of men but be sure that it Is principle before sinking too much upon It When you are fully convinced that It Is principle then clasp It with hooks of steel For the upholding up-holding of a worthy and important principle prin-ciple no effort can be too much no Karrlflcu too great Lot us hope that In your cases no great crisis demanding cuch devotion will come Into your lives but If It dos be worthy and do not iihrlnk When humanity has lost its power of sacrifice and tenacious holding on to great things at no matter what peril It will need regeneration through a new birth I3e dillKMii do not waste time seel useful employment nail be content III occupying yourself with it Adapt your work na far as possible 1 to helpfulness help-fulness rathci than to mere display Do vlsut ought to be done BIshop Ultllna the great Christian teacher of the Colhn mutilated the Scriptures old and new Into the Gothic laugunge making hIm ulpnnhrt for the words but he refused to translate the Hooks of the Kings bi cause ho said there wan too much of righting In thorn anti bloody wars were I too much commended to lie good for the GOtH who were naturally too fond of fighting and needed rather to be prevented In this limn encourngod So In your work adapt It nu far as you may to the nerds of tiiopc who are to be helped do not push upon hem I what mny not be good for them 1 Toll It all may do at tunes but It IH j not ul ways well to sow aocrt upon soil tlmt IB unprepared to receive It Tell what vlll do the most good Is I the best rule and If this Include IL all veiy well but you must judge for ymirsolveo be earnest in your lives and In what you my and do hDtieit with I yoin aa Korlaus but above all with your own hcartu Harbor no Illusions In matters of conduct or action but try to rot everything about you proilscly us It IB For the lack of perception and of ability to act upon realities many a life has been wrecked Itond IH much at you can Keep up with hc knowledge of time times It Is Impossible to act with perfect judgment unless you know what is mining and as you will be called upon OCl1I for light 1 yam r electric Jirc m should I fllwayj be In perfect connection with I the central in m cite of Illumination I Courtesy kindliness a nil neighborly holpfulncsM are not only great social vli tues they arc the koyn to groat op poilunltlc and are worth striving for with all earnestness and strength There hi much said In our day about tin urcmioiiM life It is Cl good life It moaiiK thai oho living it does all he can his time IK fully and profitably perhaps productively occupied It IK wonderful to those not In the tnJllt of applying all their lime how much can be done by peiHl linL application and by utilizing I all the fractloiui nf I bourn The strenuous life dcnumdi not only Unit much shall be done but that It Rhall be l done with I vour might no lagging no hanglm back but driving driv-ing forward with all time energy and go that Its In I you The more you do the more you can do But you must not overtax your strength lie reasonable In your efforts Gauge your powers do not overdo Preatrvc your health most BUimliMily and cirufully for when that fully your heat IH I never possible A sound mind In a sound body na said of old Is the t great I condition to bo rcachuil and held Tint as a rule men and women dont wear out they ut out they become llstlosu otirelcpa Itiisy they dont jn2 to undertake what they ought to do and finally dont do anythIng any-thIng that IM worthy of them ihfc cares of lifo I aiv heavy It I is true t and I would not Ignore l them but there is In every life much time mind energy that could be mure profitably employed than It is I temi Lift Bo patriotic publlcnplilted your oyci above your personul I hiter os t Take a lively Intoreat In political politi-cal 1 affairs thoKC of the precinct city county State Nation m If public aftalri are not being well conducted I say so openly nnd help to we hut better management man-agement Is Installed If you luivo to pay for good roads see that you get good loads K you arc In sod for charity char-ity see ilrit that charity Is dcvotd to Ilif I purposes for which It was collected and that It I Is well applied It I your State should do a certain work and IVIQ miilminkcn to do It and baa raised the money use your powor to ite that I it does it in the same good faith nd honesty that you would demand oi 1 i some one who lu1 eontrtcUd to do a spofinl piece of work for yourself let your hearts he filled with love of country coun-try and strive to irrike your country mien that you can love It with all your soul Your country will always bo whatyou nnd your eompatrlotH make it I them eli c let your lilcals be high and iMriori e them upon publh1 life A country coun-try I that t Is lit to die for If I It I needs you should be a very great and good country coun-try you can make this country such and that you will do your part to that end we are all well assured Vote always I al-ways when you may rightly do so for a full vote and an honest count are the life of tb republic and always vote with L a full Minae of responsibility lie teady to follow your vote to the limit tlcllold If necessary In time rescue of your country ns your countrymen by the hundreds OL thousands have had to do before Do not be swift to conclude that other in case Imo sorrow or calamity come upon them are being punished for their sins or their transgressions It Is true we have the record of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed for the wickedness of the inhabitants but calami liesarc not always the result of wickedness as witness Ihc I righteous Job and we have the rain of time In Mvtrllnlqut with its terrible destruction to life to show that an awful death to thousands IH not nccfssiuily punishment There is no evidence that the people of that unhappy un-happy Island were wicked above measure meas-ure while If belching fire and torrents of scorching lava were I the chosen itcourgc for sin and crime It might be that a small volcano past due In most of the great cities of the earth Have courage i with unswerving pur rInse and dauntless heart push orwtlcI to the I accomplishment of every good purpose you have In I mind and that nccdrt to be done tic not daunted by dIMlcuUlob dlvericd by attractions or calls aside nor dismayed by the KCIMII Jng odda against you A recent writer has brought I forth from a generations disuse an old war ditty which runs The race IB not to them thiur got Time longest legs to run Nor tbi Imtteil to that pcopoll Tlmt shoots ho I biggest gun As poetry that is away below par but thericrUlmcnt of Ills high It soara above old 13udy or the Twin Peaks Your opportunities of service are great you can do much for the Stale It Is rich In natural wealth it bus great mines J some of which have been worked and many worked In I part but in these beetling I clagi mor2 mines arc yet to be found and that utah will be a great mining State for centuries I have no doubt you will have your share In the great anti profitable work of taking out these minerals and reducing re-ducing them to nerve the purposes of mankind We have SI eat opportunities In agriculture also some things have been done but much more must yet 19 l done The life of the soli is the water from tin winter snows When ibis water has nil been stored and all the land to which It can glvo fruitful life has been put under tillage you In your old age will look back upon what we see now as the day of amall things You will respect the efforts that have been made but you will far surpass them nn It Is just and right that you Hhould do for you will have the groundwork already laid from which to proceed 1 feel 1 that the State will bo srnfu In the hinda of the new genera lions us they lake hold of the magnificent magnifi-cent opportunities It I will afford them In art and literature too you will go fur already the sons and daughtcra of Utah are making a stir In the world of music and sony already they are known on the stage The State hits produced poets artists historians economists skilled experts in the sciences sci-ences It has produced writers of prose and also aonie prosy witters The Simile has no reason lo be ashamed of her I children anti the eminence that it IMproper IM-proper to strive for is hers In part and all will come in duo time It has and lias had many of whose achievements it may justly be proud The University of Utah is fairly taking the place at the head of the educational yst2m of Utah which it oC right fihould occupy its Instructors are earnest competent able in their hues of work The Instruction affords tho students of the State such advantages advan-tages liB a Slate university should offer of-fer The Institution should have time warm approval and steady support of tim the people of Utah It should be fed with educational material from high schools In alt the chief settlements settle-ments and the people should see that it the Legislature deals generously with In the ancient land before out era there lived a King who was hIgh mlndcd as well us groat lie took thought for the good of his people Ho applied his mind to nvuore sctilo menls fallen Into decay and to culll ate the neighboring lands who set Ills leurt on making many a waste place that under the Kings his tall LIH had never known an irrigation canal to bring forth grain and rcsound with glad uhoutii to clear the neg butch beds of watercourses open dykes and feed thorn from above and below with waters abundant as the flow of the mica A King of open mind of an understanding eye for all things The King built a city for his capital buildIng build-Ing it i In righteousness and such splendor splen-dor as the world had never known and marvels at the remains of it to this lay Day and night ho planned to build that city He bought at a Just price the site he had chosen In accordance ac-cordance with his view that he might be the guardian of right and Justice govern the lawless not harm the i weak ni we leiiin from his records i hi paid the price for the land for the city after tablets appraising lus vjilue to the owners thereof and In order or-der to do no wrong he gave those who did not wish to lake money for their land Held for Held wherever they choue It was a city that shone In brlghlncns vast ami graml adorned with sculpture painting I and lie col iccicd glorleH of the onrth it I was a mighty work Hut all cannot build great and shining cities though many have been foimdcd by men of our UIIICH and many will yet be founded and tjome or you may take part In that work Yet there lc I a thing you all can doyou > all may build shining char acters sound and stately examples for mankind and helpful to all among whom you live great In helpfulness anti good works so that the Jon and daughters 01 men will rise up and call you blcssud Slay you do deeds twill 0ilno gloriously In the SIn to and Illumine the pathway of those among whom you live as the mm upon the face of the waters oi the lake where he blares for himself a trail of celestial lire |