Show THE conference apostle A 0 woodruff present B r V A DAY exercises of lie vic forenoon commemorative of Acad Fol tuder speakers the utah stake quarterly quart eily conf conference trence convened in the tabernacle this morning there were on the stand apostle abraham owen wood ruff roff carl G maeser G reynolds the stake presidency Patriarchs m embers members of the high council presidents presidente ol of abd tbd ib seventies several bishops and council ore ora from the various wards warda in the stake pres partridge made a few opening remarks he was pleased to see so ao an attendance it was founders day in honor of which the academy students were out about strong the B Y A choir took the lead in in singing prayer J B keeler asolo A solo was sang very sweetly by miss sarah jones trio toe meeting was then conducted by the trustees of the B Y A in honor of br charn young the rounder founder prof karl G maeser was the first speaker he briefly spoke of the great results that had bad attended the academy the leading educational institution in mon prof G fi 1 brimhall sid he be was proud to be connected with the B Y A when it first arat opened there were only two teachers and twenty nine students there are now enrolled students with 35 I 1 1 l mp ra 0 e faculty he paid a high j lalliment to P prof K G maeser said behold the finite ol at hs it s labors now before lim him he aleo referred to this being the utah county fair dav held under the auspices of the Y me M M I 1 A he was waa aroud of toe afie fine exhibits of fruits vege tabea grain etc I 1 which would compare very favorably with those of any part of the stats state elder G reynolds took pe pleasure asure in testifying to the nobly noble character of president tB B young and said he knew he was a prophet of god apostle A 0 next spoke he said bald pies B young was not only the founder of this great institution but thai he was also the bounder of this great common commonwealth beaith he spoke very highly of the late A 0 smoot who had contributed very liberally with means to the cause of education also of brother maesel for his hie efficient labors hister susa Y gates made a few rev re marks solo was waa sung by the B Y A quartette prest frost reed smoot next spoke in re gard to the new college building paid faid he believed that thai god had inspired men to donated of their means liberally doxology lox Y waa finnsr benediction by elder W H dagens berry |