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Show UNIYERSIIY OF UTAH. ISpIendld Eanqnet at thai Instllttlon Last Nlfibt. BrioviTiox or nit. J. " ' rtqor.l JKrc l-T rroM.ln.rO.ur,.- llrmar.1 li' IMI J"ll" 7ne. Tb,w it tnaealflcent FlhetlDK . b.n.,urtlfl..ll of Ik Unl- ,,t.itroi u '"' "'"'''K- wl,llcl' ' ', (,.itlly adorned with tiiinlluir, i. lbs NHnal coljri occupluit a rsmlneiit place. Kur 3D0 """'V" ,,J other, war. r.r..iit, nJth Lam t wuimoil rscliertl.e aflalr. The lU", ,lx ln numW, v"" " I10i.J with rrmtkiibl. taste, t"l U1.ii with iioml thlntr.. Th. ilor.l jrcorsllons er rll ejnilred. Hof. Welhe's o0hlr miilered a tllUltltlon of iinulo duiluif tlin hut, J ''' Ktouio r.nslded t tfce nlicofoltf. Mr. J. I.. lUwIlm mail an eicellt tos.tmilr, nil was very l"l I ' lb, discharge ot bl iltttles In tbst npscltjf. rfilJnl W. M. Blewart of Ilia Alumni Association w tli tint tpess.tr. 11 Kv roost liesttr vrel. nm I lh KtaduaUe, (ml fwk ol lbtcJli:llueDCrot thBiadiiatr of limn - lr. " "' IalJ w,,nl comrllnniiU to Chancellor lletkrien sad OoverDorThomes, both of whom M taken id to heart llio Interesle of lis Uulverslljr. Tin j-eeaer also cum. jjlmsoted Ik early lgnt who had ajtanced money out of their own puktts when tb apfirorrlaltoii bill filled Into Legislature, m well u I. lbs former firofesiorsandaluuinl. II llio rallril attrullun to I ho fct that Hi altimol of other Initll'itloiia iu. eottrii their lm mater and said Hi rliiluatr of th Uulverlt) of Utah itioiilJ alio siipioit vigorously their ten IniU'.utloii. 1'ieiluent Htewart smcHmeJ hit remarks with a 1 iglulo trine nee to l'resl UutJ.lt I'ma. C il Juslli" .an wa Introduced uaclll'ell wlthuul reproach, ana a Ivige wheteermln era slKillesa as the mow. The chief Justice spoke to the Kit "I'll" Delation of the H'.tte to HUbsr Kduesllon," and folnteJ out tballbaschuolnousoaQtl university Uo nor to pro'ert society than irlnitnsl couil, policeman aim th .eullentl. itr. lho,raat UJiCt of eduiallou ) ! lit the riling iteneratl'iu 'or the Ml. ml life A great mllomnuttpn.. mi Intelligence lu a IiIkIi decree; the inuit possess moral puwer, and Ibis Is illslLed by rdutatlon In the collegca im uulveiiltlii,aa well a conimnu ichoole. Tlieui unlvetltlra are tliu lljbtof thewurld. IllxaUthat the orlJ l K'"ied by puullo nplnlnii, ilJ It li eMtntlll that thia 1 ubllo oplu-ItnibouM oplu-ItnibouM be enlightened by higher rlueatlon. Tie tuait of "Mterature" wai re-Vu4cl re-Vu4cl tv I y I'roftmir Howard, lie ipvte of Hi iinpotiaiic lietau.n It rnll. 4cutthapliltualitle ol nmanand lr(tt htm Into relation" with ob-Jectj. ob-Jectj. Literature Incited tu noble ho. uod. AdTtrtln to the cuudttliin roan woU be In wltiinul tb wtkal IU c( t'r, b tald If wan had uo literature be would I but Utile abuTu Iheaul-mill Iheaul-mill el th field. Literature prefinta mail from puriulnt: too much any on line of thuligtll and action, aud ill. ttloped and broHdeiu d his 1 elnic. It la tot much the pure vclenltit who luohia the pvupla the truth luhlire-leatcbeiailtli luhlire-leatcbeiailtli the oct. 1'rof.uor ICIngdury male th Kh of the eeenlng. Tu the loait of "Our Alma Mater" he ld IiIkIi. I; appreciate the honor touferred upui me to retpond. I eaticmlt n great irlrllige to barn the oiriuulty thla eTeulcgtoaddrtaaruy remarki touiy 'iligw eludetite, to irolentori uudtr vrbom 1 have bien a atudenl, to my fellow j rotenora and tu tbaetudenta llh whom myebte relatloDiblp 1 Jultbelngaerered. Aifarbaok a. ISM, on the SSth of February, th ll(lalur of th pro-tlilonil pro-tlilonil goTirurarnl of the territory ntillliUd th Unleerilty of Dsieret. The following November, under the barieof Dr. Cyiut (lllu, Ibr util-tenlly util-tenlly u ready to receive tludenta for the flrit lime. Nolhlu, however, ot Importance wai, accompilibed uutil Maic 8, IIOU, wb.u llio unlvertlly, llh Dr. Joan Jt. Tark aa pinlJ.nl, n organized a au luitltullun for cIinImI, icIintlOa and normal In-itructlnn. In-itructlnn. In HH th unlvcrilty waf given otOnll power to roufardegni and Iwueillploma.. Although lllBUIllvar. Uy at Uie tlu, )r. V.Ik waft flultJ pieiidentwia r laced on baiit foove IU revloui condition, It wai yet In Hi lncllenry. Thai wae, nv. vertl.elen, iom good work (tone for toe joueg nieu of Utah, many of whom ar prominent clllieni ami hold tnjOLilbt. loiltlooa today. Alter the acqulaltlon tn lit faculty of I'rote.Mr Hroulo, Howard and 1'aul and their awilatei the unlvcrilty pirtnok moieof a collegltt character than ever before, IH.Un ethere, th uul-vtrtlty uul-vtrtlty then otl.ieJ a lair tcleutino cotme, licit i f the woik done In thlt loune wai eiiual to that acootnpllined lo more lirelentloue Inilltutloui. Njudftita from the Uulvirilty ol t'eierei ma creditable reordi In lulltutloni n the tut. For InaUncc, agrtduatliigluthe iclentlllo coune retbey were able to pa up on mo.o lUtihalfof a fiur yiau' coureo lu PnilMonhjr In tn Unlvtnlty of l cbltan.nneof the lialllK unlver. J tieiof our couutry, and furtheimorr, I Inland on good authority that our tuJenu enteral thl. Institution, Willi "niuilifiedlt aaetudeuti front inwt oioer unlvtrilllii. Other lutitaucea ;oubrlatiilM evileiir that Ihll ynlvrr.liyof Dentretlu the pnot ha Sr? ,UJ " cupablo of ilclni; om good work. ' .,?"hM.l much ba anltt X hav con ! ;,V"i J1 .Uu to II "ho hav l.,"' hl"a I" lh" lt to HO. Matlr. Wlf" "' our ,Tt ilud'.'j'fy M ""ll I1" u'lMbMnf ""'f"'lH tho colleglat detiartmeut lit ltl ""'I 'hf lew 'had op-.? op-.? iX ""' In a numlr of lani!,1 ,""''" Through the Incc bi.,."1. ,n'1 "allrlng Indu.try of o,! I """ th uulverlty wa. pur lm,n.?i iuoUi ,,I1J fooling, tlu !'Jtli Important thing. Inatltuled 7 ")" "a waa that ol lb uluuiti anoclatlon of the unlvenlty, th of tanliallonof whloli iadui, mora thnu to any on ron to ur friend and fellow Ktadkato prufirtur nuw, Kr. Orou Howard. Hlnct. the urgtnlzi Hon nl the alumni M.-lith.n thn iinlvemt) ha. taken upvu llmlf anew life, Ithiefonlflo-I Itaelf with a n.'W Waer, It Imi icii hunolusi upon the ocean nt ierpelully. rnrougli th.a a.MClitloi the ier whlc la toeie tlioperpe'unlloti of our territorial lit-Mltutlon lit-Mltutlon ot learn'.iK, tne t'ulvi laity olUtah, latuteiomelhi, tieanm light which .hnllguldHlheairtlriol aute In tur commonwealth, the ur.lvcrplly bae new eaie4t Intothu iianiia of inw iroleMon with better tlniin nnl fairer trixpeci. Tbite art many Joungiueii auuyfiinit lalln tliroui;n nut Hi length an 1 1 rtadtli of our IVr. rltory wlm mil l.miry to thn go il and efllclent w irltdone l.y the retired nail ofrotiiorA It li to lii horwd ttiat th e.mo tertlmouy In thu 'uturo ran bootTerad Tor the preieut etat;. 11m alone can I the true andixact ttituf the ability and iharae'er of tbeiu men. Now, it may bo IJ, l.utjrtltli true, that In th main the pood and tho bad togoilur of th nit fall Intuoh livlou. Tim hotioreth no iiiau; no drtJa excel t thou uhlch by i hanc beroni the lnlKjrtaiit few. 'I he hum. til mau makei aacririie Alter lacrlllce; th t ad la conimltlnl thouiaud lllni,. All tllt.n may I thrice reejled. leu million tliuea, but yet nt auechula bearJ, not n eound H lUtided aa u me ratntoof theie forgotten deed. In thla It connection might well he a. kid, wImj hnowtT Wboevorthlnki? Wheru la an Iota recorded ot the tacrine! tacri-ne! of health, ol time, of brain madu for the Unlvrnily, lor the peoplo of the Territory, by oneof thetnorl lertlle mlndt within thli lutir-innuntalii region? Thu unaaiumlng allltudeuf thla jwraon, bit unpretentious life, lea vi lila work unknown. hliablllty and tataulllllt-t uhapprrclated, except by a very few whokuow him nearly ai will aahe knowa liltnielf. Uiualty men with one hall thu Intellect, fertility uf t rain ot our ftleud and lapabl piofie.or aru eitlma el Intell.tttially at twice n niuch aa I'rofenor Jot-eh II. rorunlo. fiie unlvorilty uf the pa.t with the ex ceptlon of few Important eveula connected with It will (Ink lutu total ibllvlon. It la therefore to tli lutur we muit direct our attention. With the luluru th Unlvutllyof Uncut h.comei by uamo th Unlvenlty or Ulati, and It la lu b guide 1 by iom loer, teutatmxej and onnllnued ly eomuntn haud. 1 perctlv If tin. gnlJIng powel, thli unrein ban I bo unwlie, utj ji', unfair, an cbllvlou for oiirlmtltutiiii. Ilutlfltbewlie, Juit audfnlr, I iii.lvo the Utilver.lty tu rl.etii lmMirianoe and to tecome an ludlipeniatil factor In fuluro Utah. Hut whydoutt for a moment aa to ttie haudi into which It will (all? Tho Blumnlwltlclutl.il wlllt too kindly h rllngi tin Ir almn matt r to luhmit lor a moment tu auy InUt It) nelug Lci ed tiiion It. rbumeibliy lelongilo ihu leriltor)', to Hie whole peiplu of III 1 rrrltory at d tlulr a ina uud ilaughlera ediiiatel within In nails being bt atiutlnted with liaciudlmui and the cundltlouanl the territory, will know tvatrgarllliK Itlllieia hud how far th territory la c iul la of pravidlng for thrie Hilda. It li to tie hoped that Iboalumnl will allow uu rvilJeut, no profiiror, no Instructor in remain within lu walla who baa n it tint InUrnujof the whole peopl at hcfirti whole kympathlcs cltinotexten I to all clu'a,lid whee mind la not hroai enough to have unnoticed trilling adalra and fie) that hli eopla la th whole people. It la to be-hoped that the nluninl will require that In the uittvcrtlty profep.ori ahall know cu creed, no eeit and no cla.i, but rather that tlie ahall bo truly American If uA cosmopolitan. Won of tb lilkhnt character should aloii be peTtnllted within the walls uf Naming to com In contact with the y nlh of our I'erntoiy. I alr-mludcd, honorable and c i able men Imbue lb voting w llli n drlt of n. hurt) , liberality liberal-ity nud morality. The) Ingraft ujoti their mlbds all Ilia hlghor quallllea of man, and placuthrrn utou a lilghtr plauu In life. 'l'elututo!loy of th unherslly should be that ot cenrentratlou. Its foriea and lneani shrull be usej within a smaller compaii aul thus eirect bitter lutblti. Let us consldsr this ruitter for n raonent. Thu iiii. talhiitsof men are mid not ty th doing ot many thlmi, but by the doing of one thing well, the greit aud last lugteutnlaatcomplliheit for uiankluJ have bi en through th grot concentration concen-tration of powerlul Intellects, through the ilfjlli of'ound thliiLers and litvaillgatora like (lsllko, Corulcus, Kepler, Aenton, Naper Arlstot', Arcblmodes. 1-utlidandLelbnlli, In these meu tliti was a concentration nf wer of mind which hasrivdlutlon-lied hasrivdlutlon-lied lb world, mad It possible for yr u ami mi to llvu lit comfortable homes und to enjoy th U'ltttka nf a freo (lounlry anJ grneicus govtrnmeut. A free country asmot'raes undergoes ctiaucef. luthe nnoalsof th world west governments have been over turned, tyrrany has luccitded liberty, misery followed happlners. What la 1 1 becom uf our ftee aud licmocra. Ho govrrnmaiil? i:. President While, ot Uornell University inalutalus uur goverumeut will be pirpetuated only through the Intluenco of general and llhursleJurallon or tbo people. Ho looks forward to lb wealthy men of our land endowing Institutions of learnlug anil thus using their mentis forth growth and spreaj of knew, edge, lu this way large numtera from lb mines will have an opor tutilty to rtctlv Intellectual training uf lb higher order, To uumboia that do original work will b Increased. The wealth, In I att, of th nation thua being sni, rather limn for lolltlcal iurpois,and the number uf thinkers and Investigators lu this way Udng Incrtaied, freedom of thought aud lib. etty of acttou will b malntalued. I he friends ot our university must see that Its mers aru conccntrate-l, that they are employed In Hi most tllrct. Ivu tuanuer, that what Is doue within lis walls Is prosecuted with n vigor ay I Is done well. 'I he gttat benefac-toraof benefac-toraof mankind nro lhos who luvo piled their minds to original ItiMstlga. lions. There luveitlgatlons lu n auy Insiantcs bavo biuu iruneculed In universities. Certain iligren havu beeu mid nro conferred only upon I tin co iiplttloti of original work. Tnli kind ol work must be encouraged, 1 lie greater pin of thn work In a uutveral. ty roust ImelrLllve, thn Important ol which Is Ircoiuiiig rrccgnntd lu all our leading Institutions. Utah muit nut be In Ihu rear, but she must keep abreast Willi tho pjward lid ot pro-iirsis. pro-iirsis. Her unlTcrstly must be In sympathy llh progrtsi, must .rovldo meioi for original rrsearch for stu. rietilaupou their graduation. No prutesiorluth unlveislty should tiresuni to tea-ta or t control more than on. hvy ;ranch or sutject. J.very man hould I o a s(clallt. 1 bis wu must tltniand sooner or later In order that our university keep pace even wlthiotu of thechuroh icboolt established In the Territory und maintain main-tain auy kind ol dignity and reaped, btllly whatsoever. That thla may be itlecled we will have In limit bur work; an 1 mutt of iitceetlly ilu ao. In irovldlng means ler ifleillv work we should have stiUil l rci tin, ai psralus, hooka nnd a faculty sulllo-lently sulllo-lently Mrg that IU profcisnra will bo at I to spc.all nuil work up well their aeveial ilertments. lly limit, log thu hie'iillh of v.eik, preventing Hi illiltlbiitlon of "lint form our Territory Is caiabl ol coniman IIhk tor the unherslly, itepth by which we accomplish the moat, can b given to our nulversliy work. Wc mint not atttnjpt to do too many things with the limited resources cf th Porrlto-y. If to this we strictly adhein liiour university aflalrs.w shall l. able to get nilfaMn rooms, a' atatlia, lnk mil a until, lent number of professor.! wtili b will liiaVa It iKistlble tn glvu the youth of th Inirllnry uoiltunlty when they are in Inclined tu Uu this most iflccliv uf all kinds of work, uriitlnalhsiarch. T? accompllili this und, It will not rirjtilre, liy a Judicious i llso uf th means appr jprated for edu cattonal purieista, an amount beond what our rerilbiry tan all .rd. rheie are. no doubt, as many eiru neons Ideas In regsrJ to education aa llirrarercsrllng other matlirs . lalnlng to the weltsra Jr a peo le or nation. sjm..lme get wll.l toll cernlng what ought tu b don educa. Ilunally, and lu legard lu the eft! I that certain educational Ueparlmeula will irodlic. Waufleli iiveresllmil the very Ihlugs lu education that do us the least good.and under estimate thus which do ua th greatest good. Language, Lan-guage, mathematlia, physics and rlieml.try are the foundation studies. Let a student b well Inlormed III time, and lie has a fuuud-itloti upon which he can build auy kind uf a u-rstructure. The alumul should lee to It that their alma uintcr la keit within the llueuf prorrratinJ Its forces are not dlaslpateti; II at there Is uo fanciful superficial displays, I tit that good solid work bu done. With reelect to lbls,ono Isitrutk with a feeling of commnii sense an J g.xnl judgment when oh enletliig the laboratory buildings of th John . llopklnunlvtrilty ouo comes lu con. tact with lb rough coated walls, suit. I nhle rooms and' the mttnllliwut isu'ply of B(aratua. Wr)thlug I partakes of solidity and uoth II lng uf luprrflclatlly Lit us malu'alii that In amount of pteparu Hon for the rollegUte count to ample, m that students ou enterlugthe unl. I Trrstty will b runJ In make the b st of th orinltunltlt therein ol lerod. IlinaybeetatrdheielbatJudge I Harknees, reprvientkg lb regeuls,did all he colli I at the lot Leglilatur tu obtain ollttriiuarleri or th diaf mutts, an Hint II a oulJ be msslblo to separate the preparatory studeuts from the unl verstt) studeuti a thing that inuet most emi hsllcally be done lie. ore our university can have tho dlgally to which II is Juitly entitled. la responding to th toast, Our Alma Maler," I reluctantly refer tj obslinlce laced In thu way of the on ward iiogresaof the university lulbe pail; tut, In Justice tu all concerned, I am cimpellejtudoso. It like Uoli beset !ou every side. Through thu mtiappre-luusloui mtiappre-luusloui of uur fill lids, It lias ilted under great ditudvaiitat,te. It has beeu 1 o'jed uou with ausg Iclun by one clara and Ignored by th other. It Imsbeau i dn unced as laid and aacrlleKioua on I one band aud ai too lanatltally religious re-ligious on th other to much Infidel by one tart? and too much uf the dominant ihurch by the other Thus Ins our unlvtnlty leeu hand lid by Ihu good j toj 1 of th Urrllory without with-out the lcnat rtk!uuf knowledge concerning con-cerning tb truth. Notwithstanding all this butritlug In thn past through rnlsunilerstaudlnj, thu University uf Deiere' now th UnlvtriiO of Utah still exists. )tul, that It could exist under such condltloos.tliere must have tieen situs guiillbg geulus ouufully .atihliE and directing nil Its movements. move-ments. The university has bteu Ilk u siilii launchivl upon tb surging Iwsteiaif a Ihoutand landbars, Ice-tiergs Ice-tiergs 3tul rooky shoals, bcllleU on every side; but, being itcertd by a I bravu pilot and a steady haud, It his I been binuglit Into Ulit waters and tin- I ots'.tuctct Si. Now, by ycur kind InJulgrnc for 'a ' few moments mire, t ibill relate to yju an event In thu hlstuiy ofcur alma i nialir, an event which li sul and yet one that will awaken a comllnstloii of ho highlit feelings ofaympathy and Joy. Alai! no that th ship Is snf , has I -ecu extricate I front the rtcks, Icelergi, aandbara which havu thiuitetieil Per uu every side; tiuw that th liaei bren saved from a dls aitrnus wreck and basbin brought In to th smooth stai unstained, the wititiful guide, tho reserved and couragtous llot, weariid Villi constant con-stant strain nud cIjio ap lltatlon, leei ilttogivuupthu work of yean aud to nine th uld ship luto now hands. WhathsuorlsUueto this pilot, what rrstct should he. don liltu, what gmtltud tbu rising generation of this territory utvaklni, will be hem r rea-llxcd rea-llxcd In J tars to com Vfhell th people of our tetrltory will fully uu-dentatid uu-dentatid tb true (ones which have llfled thuni from conditions of slavery, from religious agony, and pit them where they u?ull cimpruhend the Ati'irlcan principles, lu a position where they could command the risct of tlulr fellow cltliens, hu un the sumo footing with their fellow men, and where they shall not all be consigned to become bewer of Wood and drawers of water. Uvor twenty jiursol revolutionary work Inaugural ed ty Ibis vtterau lusbten going uu lulbe inludi of Hit youth of Utah, There has teen no iiutuuidle change lu the inludi or the .eole of Utah. Ibis change of munition of allalra talktil ab-ut at the preseut time has beeu a work of years, snd moro than to any unemsn, or to nnyattof men, do we owe this chango uf lundlllon to the pcrautt who Ins held thn ivsltlon of preildtnt of uur university so long, Tu liltu It la due that tho young men ami young ladles of our teriltory have ailruii Ihriugh education to n position where th air inspires themwlth ttrrn er manbooj, whir they tan recognize thnichoia uf IreuJom, liberty, Ind. iwn.lou.-e, constantly coming forth Iron) every era;, peak and hilltop of ur iiigged ni'iintslnoui homes, and when hey tun fully understand Ihu murmuring songs as uttered by ho streams nl our ilsep cauyons, gorges, ravines of unbounded liberty to all the sins an I daughters of Utah. Long may this veteran live! and ever may thu gnat goo 1 hu has done for the poople of uur Territory tm Lberlshii! up and stored away In tb mind of uvery man, woman and child. Lot urery one shout with a Itud voice of gratitude grati-tude and pralie to this Veil ran pllot.tu our retiring and much esteemed piol dent, Dr. John It. l'ark. fLmd an. plause.) ' Nixt, Professor I'aul, on behalf of thn committee pad tb following nso-lutloni nso-lutloni ou lb retirement of Dr. l'ark, ' '"" ' . i mi us which warn adopted amid brarty out-bursts out-bursts nf afph.it' W bercas, It has seemed be-l to our be. bved IiisiiJ aul teacher, Ilr Jnliu It I'atk, that, after twenty Hire y; are if bonoiahl sfrvloo as president ofth niil-t.isiti, niil-t.isiti, he mil now vr hi. ofliclal rotmntli n Willi tho imtl iition wluth lu lb. isstbas lieeit almost Identical Willi Ills namo and labors; and Whereas, III the resignation nf Ilr I'irk Hie nun of higher edu. moll In uur midst will luie a iiclitliiiian and erholnr, wlillo future atudmll will uol en,y his loving sympiihy an I genial lntirv.1 In their sielfaro. nnw therefore, b It ll-oiia,l, Thtt In 111 ml rs nf the Alnmnl s.swuilon or tho liilinrsily ol flah d.i hereby extend to Dr. l'slk our wiirmest eiire.slons f.f iHttem. e ut. li ui'oand friendship. Hut we wl.h htm inn J v of health, oviry ples.ur. .ir thought from ol I llnu memories, In. reus-lug reus-lug enjoyment from pre. nl res and lt.e sernno anilclpatpm of lalth for lit glorious uitiirn In store for 11ns who bavo sieut the best roars uf their liven In th sweet Isbor uf elevating and ennobling en-nobling msnklud (Ir-tiiuit. WKiiiivit, T, V. I.knis, AN.ili M.( l-.Mi.f, i: a. iilmoi, rouilnltteo Dr. I'ark, who spjk with evident emotion, expressed his deep gratltud for the resolutions Jut adopted, In th course nl h brief but very relty lesponsu he tvurtied on rtcollectlune nd uld associations. In his long wuik as aliarberaud head uf the Ui Ivsrslly liebadlin) only one aim, and Hut was to do his duly. He felt gratiried at the txprtisiona uf warm istseui that had been acutrled blmontb present occasion. oc-casion. Toa.tmaiter Itawllns sill-riier Is a toast ou thu irogtanimu ot a most In terollug character, vli: "Our Lady Graduates." Thegentlemau.Mr 1M. Allison, Jr., Whu was to re.wlid to It, fetls unable to coiu with the ijuesllon aud I am not In a posltlou to express the. delicate thoughts unreservedly What would this alumni b without tbu ladles! what would society he what would th Htste s7 Wn can sieukof the lady graduates that they occupy a sphere aqua, If hot above, the graduates," (Applause.) When tho toast list bad Leon ex liauatid the guests adjourned to the library, wher dancing was kept up until au advanced hour. Mauy of tie ladles' costumes were very elegant |
