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Show LATTER-PAV SAINTS' COLIiKBE. Th l'mnfncmnt lxrrrt In tlie bwlal Hall llila Mornlog. Atlhorloclalllall, lglnnlni; at II a. rn , tho commencemtnt exi rcln-a of Ihe fifth academic year ot Ibe Latter-day Latter-day HalnU' College wire held today. There were preecnt ou Ihe eland, I'real, UeLt Wllford Woolrufl-, l'rcildent Urorge tl Caiman, Ill-hop I'.llaa Morrla, llrothen W. It. Poutall, WlllardYouiiKnifcl It, W. Knl'bltt. The proceeding ojncd with the anthem! O, eeme let al llae. by the atudenta, ivnJucted by t'rof. Kran rltephem. Trayer waa ofleroJ by KUer Wm. 11, Dougall, Tho male (lire dull rendered xery lieiutlfully tho "Invocation to Harmony," Har-mony," IJrother Orlando Uarrua dellvern an addreraon "Our IntermeJlata Depart meiit" lleaald that a moat liarmonl outfeellngrrevallrd between atulinta nn I teaclitrt; that all tranche, of common com-mon education weru taught; aud that the Intermediate depirtment wm Ihe atepplog-atone lo higher atudlte. He poke of tho irlrll of fraternity und quality which petva led all rlara In the achool. There waa no claw, ni caite, no feeling of auperlorlty, oM tlio tn lenta from the youuget to the "old-lateutirtalneilfeellngaiif "old-lateutirtalneilfeellngaiif love and n n-ctfor inch ether. The fplrlt of 0 id Kulded all Ihe work uf Ihe achool, and the reault waa that ties were forniKl wltklu the achool room that would lait forever. Ilrollier Wllby Owjh.I1 of the aca-demla aca-demla department delivered an eloquent elo-quent addieaa on Our Academlo Oradualea." He dwelt ou the benellU and Influence! of e-lucatlon, It-tralni the mind and glvco It harmony and lymmrtry. llealdci tlili, the lat educated edu-cated roui Invariably mme lotlia front In all the walka ol life. Careful and cotiacleullotiB Judgment aliould be extrclaeil III tho avlectloil of atudlef. There waa ereclal delight to In found In every dej-irtment of literature. Illitorj hal IU ileauraa well ailla fttorrhouaea of knowleilge, eo hail iwli'Ky, botany, Keology and other Iranrhea. Uoud tcaiheri and good acboola belli the atudent, but tlio ixit leacher la Uod, and through I Urn Ihe road to knowledge Ilea. HUter .Manila Wojlley delivered a very Initructlveaddreaa In which ahe ail I that though they were met to conclude con-clude their atudln, yet III reality they were ouly at thr commencement. Wniuan'aiiilMloti waan meat one. ainl her liifliienie Important, "the hand that roika the cradle rule! Ihu world." rrovlalou was made for woman'! do vilopment- Theru waa In Iter own borotu a monitor which ervcd aa the rudder doea tn the ahlp. lu Ihe Latter-day Latter-day Hilnta' Collet woman recclvra Ihe tc"ct of all. Thcro la rfwt Cuallty, eex la no dlitlnctlon. Mho la upheld and ewatalned and her aphere enlarged to the common limit of all, Hhe would remvmber her achool days to the end of her life, and ahe waa pleated to aay that ahe could former look bark to them aa bright and auimy momenta. A aolo, "riweet Heather Hell," waa eniuUltely rendered by Hitter Delia D v n a. Tula waa followed by an addreaa on "theology In HehooP'by llrother Jed-edlr'lTaylor. Jed-edlr'lTaylor. Ho aall till! waa Ihe rcl.nce of all aclelicia. It waa the acirliceof (loil,audhe hoj-snl that the Church achool would t exleuplvely iatabllhe,eu that a pror training tould Iw given to all joung eraona. Nallona wlilch Ignored ordlacanlet thedogy Invariably fell, while government govern-ment whlih practiced ripilty were founded on (iod'a OMiiiuandinenta. Theology me I not lu taught to tho exclualull of all other lirMlllhev, built !hould le an eeaentlal rt of tho acho I coiirMOf atudtra. Ileaild thata ery mall i-orlloii of lime wa devoted to It; hovt evir, the reaulta were good. He concluded with an appropriate quotation quota-tion from Charle .McKay. Hl.ur Jennie llubturd read nn eaaay on " The Teacher's Calling," lu which alio dwell forcibly on It iim fulnn and Importance, rhoalmof the teacher la to piej are the young for the arduou elruggheof life. The teaclier lu Zloii lu la moat Important mladou a well aa duty to perform. The (rutin of heaven ahould be taught aldoby !ldu w Ith the rUee of grammar Aud tho problem! of inathematha. A aetectiou waa next rendered by membera of the I h rmau clam. Oacar Vance ilellc, nl a very able adlreaa on "Kxpvrlmeiital Hclence." I lo dwrlt ranalderatdy on ttie utility of domi alia ecleiu e, Inasmuch aa It com-i com-i robended the !anltary condition of liomei aud of their environment!, and, naamatter of course, the health of the )lle. HIiterKlna lteunlondellveredavery luttrestlng addreaa on " Thu Teacher'a lleward." Hhe sal 1 that thu teaohor'a profi-ulon waa not tho road to wealth, et It had lla rewarda, and they weru iiioroaulmlantlal thauany that worldly puiaultacoiilil glle. A piano duet, "Luil'Hplel," was nr-llallcally nr-llallcally renliri'd by HUUrs Jinta rimllh and Slamle 1'reexe. rhe prlniliu, Dr. Talmace, next proented t'tose whohoili'ompielivjthe course of studies pracrllwd by the Hoard of IMucatlou, with certlllcatca of proflclviicy, lu phonography. Ilrotliers Angus Nlchohou und Dkvld ltlchards; lu tho buil-lire! buil-lire! lourne, llrothiri Oeorge Wal-Jacti Wal-Jacti nnd John Woodbury, oud In science, llrother Wllby li.iuirall. Oscar Vance, anl Slater Zlua llin-iilou llin-iilou rocelvid icrtlricates, In llio Junior Normal Couno thu folluwln rttelwd certlHiatrt: Xlna llennlon, l'rank 11. Cutler, Jeuule llubbird, riillllnH, Slaycotk, David I,, lllch ards, I)onnttteriniltli,Joei1i A. till), llonrglana Webiler. lljfim llttk-straiul.Jolin llttk-straiul.Jolin A.CIirk, Slary 11. Llnd, y, Lucy Staycock, Cello ltaymoud, Jenulo Hmlth, Katie riioiuas and Slamle Woolley. Dr.Talmage, under authority from the (leneral Hoard of Education, con. firred the Degree of llachelor of 1)1.1 aitlcaou InstruitorWIIIant Done. IVisldent Wllford WimlruiruiM In was thankful to again have thoprlvl lege of meeting with Ihe tiachers ami HudenUof the Latter-day rjalnta1 collegewith col-legewith the sou and daughtera of Ion raised lu thes uiountalui on the oicisUnof ttiulr cominonceineut exer claw. Ha was n strong believer In the proverb tbat "Kuowledge la ixiwer," aud also In Ihe fact, aa he Mmsell viewed It, iht the character of a '"nor woman was formed between ihlldliood aud the age of eighteen Ifarj. Wu lived lu au age when pres-latnli, pres-latnli, coGgrtiimtD, goTtroors and mien aoughtlto diisoctata thu lllblo from the nuMIn Khool. This wai ratcut to the whole world In regard re-gard to our own nation. He ua thankful, however, that he had livid long enough lo see arrnngemchbj raafle, plana adopted, and schools established es-tablished wherein Ihe lllble, the Uospil of tho l.ord Jtsus Christ, Ihe irlnclplra of llio and salvation were taught to tlio rising Keneratlon. lie looked tl (on itmlogy as olio of Ihe most Imjiorlaiit hranclie that could be laught, whither In Utah or any other Mate or Tirrllory. Ho reganivd the young men and wom u I tore him as urciiijlng a jioiltlon dlir.renl from Ikora lu any other tart of Ihe world, rhey wrre Instructed In tho (losisil of the Liinl Jesus Christ In all IU fulness, and Ihosn principle! which were for the exaltation and glory of the children of men. Hut upon their shoulders h gnat responsibility respon-sibility rested, and II thenfore l hoovt-d them lo make good use of the ndvanUgeswIitcli they ssescd. The; laker earnestly urged bis heirersto Improve their lime far as slble, and svok lo qualify theiuxlveafor the duties which wtiild henafor devolve de-volve upon them. He felt a gnat anility for the welfare wel-fare of the sons and daughters of .Ion, and he thanked Uod tbat they had aln edy begun to Hy the fiunda-Hon fiunda-Hon for a bright future. After -ak liigoftlieneiesslty for extending Hie fadlltles In (bo way ot the student, I'resldent Woodruff expressed his great pleasure at leeliig the progress wlilch wu being nude here and throughout Ihe valleya of these mountains In educational edu-cational matters, lla hoped aud trusted trust-ed that means would bo granted for the establishing aud lucreoslng of tho-e bnlldloga lu which tho youuif among the l.ntter-dsy Halnt were taught, both lu this city anl ele-whire ele-whire In Ihe Territory. In conclusion the speaker rayed thai .the blessing M Uod might rest uun all engsged In tho good work. l'resldout (Irorge (. Cannon, In tho course of a vory Inter In-ter sting and forclhlo address, slid he had for many yiars felt very Ue, ply the tmirtancn of such acade-mha acade-mha aa that of which the young people lfore him were students, and lie was glad to liavo that optKirlunlty irjolnlngwlthI'restdint Woodrull In expnaalug his thankfulnrsa that lliey ha I In their midst an organisation of such a character as the Latter-day Hal tils' colli ge. He wished, however, lhat Its scoit was a more exteuded one. Considering thu slxo of our city and Its wealth, that Institution was not su much to bu proud of. They ought lo s-rs! a far Letter iHilldlmr than they now had, also better nojlancis aud facilities toiueclthngrowlognreds of tho students and all concerned, rhat college should 1 male nmuih more i lllcleut Institution than It now was more suited to the want! of tho ople. One wieclally gratifying feature fea-ture at tho present time lu all our cllltw was Ihe great dlsiusltlou ou tho pirt of tho children to become lieltsr tlucated. While lis uoull llketosee our children taught lu llio Church schools, nevertheless education, If proiervex!rilsedln all the schools of the Territory, was of much Leiieflt and WouM have Its due efTcd U-otl Ihe de. ilewould like In sio cur Territory Ter-ritory famous for It! scholarship, and lie llleved the time wrts not far distant dis-tant when this would bu the iami when there would b n better cloui of itducAl-d oplo In Utah than could la found an) where throughout the IsnJ. There were many reasons for thinking this. The shaker mentioned, among others, the utisunsuweil climate uf Utah, with h, he said, waa highly con-duclve con-duclve to mental as well as thrslcal development. There was something about the air and elevation of this Territory which M-emcd to slim. ii Into the brain and 111 It In a -rciilir diuioe fur hard woik. I'resldent fun-uoii fun-uoii refrrred lo thu great distinction attained by someof the Utah boys who had gone to study lu Kastern colleges, among whom ho uamed Dr. rahuage andCaft. Wlllard Voung. Hederie-rated Hederie-rated Ihe use of tobacco, t,is and colli e, remarking that those who did not Indulge In-dulge In these things had far clearer brains than those who did. Adverting to the methods of study, the speaker said the course generally taken In our imbllii seho-ils was not aa good aa It might be. There waa too much rou-tines rou-tines work on the part of the leathers, who were greatly and unnecessarily frttereddiyru1es. The aiplla learned too niui-Vby rote", but he hoped that waa not tne caw in (Ills college. The real object of education aliould lu to train tho fucnlllea wlilch tho slu lout poeasod. l,et them endeavor en-deavor to exercise their minds as fur as jioMlble. It should bo the aim of the teacher to let every ip!l think for himself, and not loaru simply In a uirrot-lke way. Heme many raons who never went to school entiled, through their own diligent methol of thinking, those who had had opportunities oppor-tunities of learning far ahead of tliom. President Hrlguam Young never went to school more than e loveu days lu his life; but 11" tuade thu best of his opMirtunllles, and whenever lie heard aujthlug uuful he treasured II up lu his mind for the future. Thu ipc.iker Inveighed strongly agalust the iractliu of desultory rradlng. If a young man or woman hal a tastofor any particular brinch uttudy,tel them iHirsueltwIlhdlllgcncenrid application, lie strongly favored a study of ull Ihe living languages, even Int In ling Arabic, Ara-bic, which hesald hecxcted to Slu form part of the curriiiilum when thu .sphere of tun Latter-day Hants' lollogo was cxleudcd. I'resUent Cannon Closed with Ust wlshea for the success of thasihool. Themalu giro club next renderml "ProiiJIyastho !'.,." nnd then Dr. Talmagr, the principal of thu college, read the atinu il report to tho Iward. It wa of an exceedingly gratlfyliig clnracter. "Wkosongofjoy and glvlness," wasreiidcted by (he students. Addros-es were also gleen by members mem-bers of thu luiard of directors. The choir sing, Tub Parting Hour, and llio proceedings closed shortly bo-furo bo-furo two o'clock with the benrdlcllou. |