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Show '7iMS;M CUTLER fiT. :' UNtvEBsrnr': eulceee. , alertness and alarm. Napoleon Bonaparte. So It Is with our own land. Before the name and fame of the wondrous Corslcan had -been made secure there arose from amid the ranks 'of the common people a young1 man who. first aa an aid. then as an opponent of the British forces, showed such masterful qualities of leadership In the field and In tbe cabinet as caused all eyes to turn to him when the crisis came, aad they did not look in rain. "He became and has remained the cynosure cyn-osure when America is named; he Is the man to honor whom is to exhibit one of the loftiest traits of American citisenship George Washington. Not only was he a leader of rare and forceful self-possession, but & comrade: one who shared equally the hardships, trials and dangers, assigning- to no one duties which he would not be willing to take upon himself it circumstances cir-cumstances permitted, and who, ever en forcing- obedience and respect for authority, au-thority, was never tyrannical, unjusfor unnecessarily - assertive. His greatness burst upon his fellowmen all at vice, and each Instinctively said, iHere is the man who will show himself to be the great transformer; who will not only make the slender, tattered, hungered end motley enemies of the colonies equal, but superior su-perior to the disciplined, well-kept and swarming hosts of the mother country,' and so he did." "Everything then depended upon having a wise, cool, determined, brave man at the helm of the newly launched ship of state. Again ail eyes turned to Washington Washing-ton and again were the patriots who re-posed re-posed confidence In -him not disappointed, hje not only had within himself the needed qualifications for beginning and carrying on the great experiment successfully, but . the rare faculty of selecting those for his assistants who would be best fitted for their respective callings. One term as President being served, the endorsement of his services was so pronounced that he was not permitted to retire, but the voice of the people, given forth almost as a command that he continue In the great and good work, he did not feel justified jus-tified In resisting; but when the second term had run its course, no entreaties were availing; his countrymen must look elsewhere. . "In this we behold the model of patriotism patri-otism and statecraft which have become unwritten laws of the Republic. Washington Wash-ington might have continued In the office of Chief Magistrate for life If he had been so disposed might Indeed have worn a kingly crown and, like the Bonapartes, have set aside republican forms in favor of monarchical rule. But the Father of his country was a republican, not an Imperialist, and preferred the 'welfare of his country to all selfish considerations. How little of the politician, how much of the statesman In all this and In all else that he did as the first President of his country. After having given the greater part of his life to the service of his country, coun-try, he was permitted to have a short period of repose and In this, surrounded by sorrowing friends and accompanied by the love and prayers of his countrymen, country-men, he passed quietly Into the great beyond. be-yond. "In this age of detraction It has become be-come fashionable to attribute the authorship author-ship of many of the addresses and literary writings of Washington to others: to Insist In-sist that he was given to irrltablility and even profanity at extreme moments; that he was naturally cold, aristocratic and austere and It Is even said that some of his retreats and his refraining from active ac-tive engagements were Inspired by cowardice. slty, who ' has ' brought ' the Vreateat of honor to his alma mater. He has been at all times worthy representative of the University of Utah; at no time haa he brought it Into the slightest disrepute. In honesty and ability he has done th works required of him, and he haa filled the highest and most responsible positions posi-tions with faithfulness. For i nine years Chief Executive of the State w live In and love, he gave us 'an administration not only above censure, but worthy of the highest - praise. In him there Is a striking example of the. worthiness of the University, and Its efficiency in teaching teach-ing and Illustrating the principle Washington Wash-ington gave and perpetuated to us. His presence fits the day, the place, and the occasion. I take pleasure In introducing as' your speaker, the Honorable Heber M. Velle.,r Wells Gets Applause. Long and unanimous was the applause ap-plause which marked the peroration of the address of the Chief Executive, Execu-tive, and. as he turned and introduced Heber M.' Wells the applause broke forth with even greater volume. Standing erect, and impressing his hearers, ex-Oov. Wells recited in an eloquent manner the manliness and the morality and. the chivalry and the bravery brav-ery of the man and the leader who chiseled chis-eled oat with main force the foundation of this country. Gov. Wells' Speech. . Never tiring for one moment,' never satiating in the least the demand of his hearers for more laudatory remarks concerning the works of Washington, Gov. Wells spoke in part as follows: "Washington was one of the best poised men that was ever elevated to the leadership leader-ship of a great people. He seemed to grasp the actualities and necessities of a situation, present or remote, great or small, with an intuition that never failed him and seldom permitted him to mistake. mis-take. It was the same whether In council or In action, and related to men as well as to measures. He arose to every emergency emer-gency and was equal to every occasion. When his scanty and discouraged forces at Monmouth were in retreat before an overpowering number of the enemy and he placed himself in front of them, pointed point-ed with his sword In the direction from which they had come and said, 'The ene- I my is there, not where you are going,' he reached the very climax of generalship in dealing with disheartening circumstances on the spur of the Instant, causing the dismayed troopers to take Immediate counsel of their better selves, to re-form their lines, to fenatch victory from the Jaws of defeat, and this without a word of reproach, without one harsh command, without a defective moment! There are times when it la better to be dead than alive. There are times when the glory and the elevation of the dead Is better than the pulsing, fulsome ful-some life of the living. So it seemed today at University of ; Utah, when John 0- Cutler, Governor 'of the State, of Utah, and Heber M. Wells, his. predecessor, pre-decessor, eulogized and lauded and placed on high the memory of George Washington, liberator. Pretty little maids with braids hanging hang-ing down their slender, innocent backs, V sedate seniors of the same sex looking sagely from under their sophisticated eyelids at the stalwart, manly boys of their class, prim, sedate professors, youths with every hair of their heads ying geometrically correct, youths with clothes cut in the latest fashion and paid for in the 'usual fashion all Iheso listened to what almost may be termed the canonization of him to whom today the people of the United ' States owe life and liberty and license, legislators on Hand. " On the platform in assembly hall eat members of the faculty and a number num-ber of legislators, including Bepresen- tatives Bichard and Parry, the former a student of the University who gave up his studies to become a solon. Walking quietly down the aisle the Governor was stormed with a burst of applause, which ended only when the Chief Executive of the State modestly took his seat. Upon the appearance of ex-Gov. Heber M. Wells, the applause broke forth again and gained in volume as he nodded bis acknowledgments. The Musical End. Seated on one side of the rostrum was the University brass band, which rendered a selection as the two executives execu-tives sat side by side. Pushing and pulling with the grace and aplomb of a master, the business end of, a elide trombone, sat a young girl, a member of the band, and a student of the U. And as she slid that slippery, sleek, brassy tube up and down and up and down again, there came a look into her eyes of awe and appreciation of the things that were and of the things that are and of the things which make for the solidity and the well-being of this State and of the United States. Cutler Is Introduced. J. T. Kingsbury, president of the University of Utah, introduced Gov. Cutler to the audience, which filled the large room from wall to wall. Quietly, vet with unswerving force, Gov. Cutler Cut-ler told of the works and of the deeds of George Washington, and in doing so brought home the significance of the day, which not only commemorates the day of birth of the Nation, but the day of the opening of the University. Gov. Cutler spoke as follows: "When the Almighty decreed that liberty lib-erty and equality were to be given to the world as a perpetual heritage, and willed that the principles and practice thereof should be embodied In one man, he gave to us George Washington. Before his time there had been conquerors and patriots and statesmen, but the men themselves were wanting, or the times were unpro-pitlous. unpro-pitlous. or the flat had not gone forth that through them the full right of men were to be established. .v.i.i" "But the conqueror without ambition, the statesman without selfish ends, the patriot without fear, the man without reproach. re-proach. George Washington, came to us In fit time and place and clrcuI",t8fTt, complete what these others had attempted attempt-ed In him the principle '?ul? & Jefferson and expounded by Franklin and his compatriots, that 'all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.' reached its fruition in undoubted fact. He accom- pllshed what others had proposed. In him h hones of the ages were realized. "But his greatness in action cannot be told In words, not even estimated in the judgment of mankind at large, because his grandest achievement was not the victory over the proudest natfon on earth, not the moral superiority of his forces resulting re-sulting in their physical triumph, but that thoroughly Christianlike quality which would not permit him to engage In demonstrations dem-onstrations of rejoicing to the further humiliation hu-miliation of the foe when the victory was gained and tha war was over. When Cornwallls surrendered, the natural tendency ten-dency of the American troopers waa to engage In uproarious tokens of loy, but Washington forbade this as sternly as he enforced discipline on the field of battle. The enemy should not feel the sting of defeat beyond the realization of being defeated, de-feated, and In this as in all other cases the man was equal to the occasion. "It Is perhaps frequent, though unusual In the annals of history, that the victors In great battles have been compassionate of the sufferings of their enemies, praise to the wide-reaching effects of Christianity! Chris-tianity! but it is rare indeed that any such compassion Is exhibited during the actual stress and strain of battle. To Americans more than to any other combatants the world has ever known Is the honor due of recollecting on the field of battle the teachings and traditions of Christianity, of exhibiting charity and generosity, of banishing the war lust from their hearts immediately the tide of events has turned and before the capitulation has ensued. The most striking modern Instance of this was at the naval battle of Santiago, when the United States battleship Texas had riddled the Spanish Oquendo and the Spanish colors came down, followed by a ' "One might expect and even tolerate such fulmlnatlons from the humorists who, especially In this democratic land, are free to shoot their paper wads at the armor of greatness, as for Instance Bill Nye. who says: " 'The name of George Washington has always had a glamor about it that made htm appear more in the light of a god than a tall man with large feet and a mouth made to fit Rn old fashioned full dress, pumpkin pie. George Washington's face has beamed out upon us for many years now, on postage stamps and currency, cur-rency, in marble and plaster and bronze. We nave seen him on horseback and on foot on the war path and on skates, playing play-ing the flute, cussing the troops for their shiftlessness, and then in the solitude of the forest, with his snorting warhorse tied to a tree, engaged In prayer. We have seen all these pictures of George, till we are led to believe that he did not breathe our air or eat American groceries. But George was not perfect. I say this after a long and careful study of his life and I do not say It to detract the very smallest iota from the proud hlstorv of the Father of his Country. I say it simply that the boys of America who want to become George Washlngtons will not feel so timid about trying it.' "But for sensible historians or journalists journal-ists a hundred years after his death to attempt seriously to turn the current of the Nation's reverence away from the man whose achievements, whose genius and whose personality are enshrined within with-in the American heart as sacredly and as securely as the love of the offspring for Its natural parent. Is as impudent, not to say futile and ridiculous an undertaking as was ever conceived." In a far corner sat two rirls, each budding with the breath of beautiful womanhood, their heads of black close together, their sloe-black eyes dreamy and dazzling, and as they sat and listened lis-tened to the life and death of him whom they had come to honor, the two girls forgot fun and boys and realized the possibilities of a greater life and a greater death and a greater memory. So it goes to prove that it is sometimes some-times better to be a great man and dead than to be an ordinary man and alive. America" boomed with right willing will-ing hearts and voices, and the chords of the national anthem rumbled and jumbled through the classic precincts of the University, and the birthday of the man who fought that others may live, had been fittingly observed. .What Plato Thought. "Plato might formulate In his advanced thought a republic In which all men are eaual. and no man may suffer Irreparable wrong. Cato and Brutus might conceive similar thought, and fight bravely, but hopelessly, against the tyranny that made their thoughts barren. Thomas Moore might conjure up a 'Utopia where conditions condi-tions are Ideal, and no evils can endure. 7 Kousseau might dream of a time when the child and the aged, the prince and the -reasant can be equal in right and privilege. privi-lege. And yet perhaps the time waa not rife; perchance conditions were not propitious; pro-pitious; it may be that none of theafl had the mission of making his Ideals real. But Washington, the hour having come, was ' i the man whom God raised up to fit the hour.- and to do what others had dreamed and uttered. As a Military Leader, j "And he did this, not alone as a mlli-tary mlli-tary leader; not alone at the head of the forlorn hope' in the eclipse of the New Jersey campaign, nor at the midnight of Valley Forge, nor even at the sunrise of the triumph at Yorktown. After all these had passed, and he had retired to his i home to enjoy what he thought, and Just- l ly so, was a well-earnel rest, he was called to do his best work as presiding officer In the convention which gave to tbe world its greatest and best constitution, constitu-tion, and as head of the Nation which was first to embody in practical form the best civic thoughts of the ages. Held In Veneration. "It is therefore not In the least surprising surpris-ing that the name of Washington Is held In. veneration wherever the principles of freedom and truth are- understood and 'i loved. I can not express the universal ' love for Washington as well as It Is set forth by one who knew him intimately and loved him closely. Gen. Henry Lee. I therefore take the liberty of quoting his words: "When nations now existing shall he no more when our monuments shall he done away when even our young and far-spreading empire shall have perished still will our Washington's glory unfaded v shine, and die not until love of virtue v cease on earth, or earth Itself sink Into . chaos." . Should Celebrate. i "It Is peculiarly fitting that this University, Uni-versity, which has before it such extended ex-tended years of usefulness, shall celebrate cele-brate Its own day with that of Washington. Wash-ington. Nowhere in this land of ours are his principles and personality more deeply revered than in Utah; nowhere should tbey be more earnestly taught and inculcated incul-cated than in our schools and our University. Univer-sity. He believed in the kind of education exemplified in this Institution. He looked forward to a time when a great system of schools should extend throughout the land, with its center and source of inspiration in-spiration In a great University at the Nation's capital. "It was his hope and wish that all children chil-dren should be equal (n educational privileges, privi-leges, as he considered all men equal In civil rights. In the splendid school system of Utah, with Its head and center in this University, and its branches extending into every district of the State, there is an exemplification of the admirable educational educa-tional system he hoped fer and helped to institute. Therefore I congratulate you on the honor you are doing yourselves and your institution .in bestowing praise on him on the day we have set apart to celebrate cele-brate in hla name. Extends Congratulations. "And I congratulate you further on the fact that you have as your speaker on tfis occasion jm alumnus of your Unlver- great explosion that marked her ruin and the destruction of all on board. The crew of the Texas, full of exultation, started to cheer. 'Don't cheer, boys,' cried Capt. Phillip, 'the poor devils are dying.' And the shouts of victory were silenced on the very Hps of the conquerors. "Who shall . say that Capt. Phillip at that supreme moment did not have in mind the example of the lofty Washington Washing-ton at York town? "Until Washington arose and overthrew over-threw the rule of George III. the opposition, opposi-tion, which had sporadically manifested Itself among the human family, to the doctrine of the divine right of kings to rule, had amounted to nothing more than empty theorizing, with no attempt at practical application. This idea was the f ulding Impulse of the revolution, and it ound Its embodiment and characterization characteriza-tion from first to last in the personality of the great rebel who compelled the surrender sur-render one after another of the royal armies. It waa the greatest, the most masterful, the most consequential, the most beneficial work ever accomplished by man; It set aside forever long-continued, long-recognized and thoroughly upheld sovereignty, to war against which waa not only treason, but sacrilege, and to oppose which In speech or action was a felony differing only from the other In degree, and substituted for such rule the reign of the people, or, as it was called then, the '.re fen of the rabble with the ringleader Of a lot of successful rioters at their head. "In looking over the history of the nations na-tions and giving consideration to their ' rise and progress jand their fall, where thev have fallen, we can but be Impressed Im-pressed with the singular yet undeniable fact that their career for weal or woe has been In most instances shaped and directed di-rected not so much by armies and lawmakers, law-makers, as by the leaders of the armlea and the executives of the law. We do not say that the hosts of Alexander razed down the walls of Tyre and took possession posses-sion of the city, or that they invaded Persia Per-sia and wrought desolation and despair on every hand, but that Alexander himself him-self did It. Not even have the names of his lieutenants survived the attrition of intervening time, albeit they and the men they commanded did the cruel though world-shaping work; only the leader, only the dull and stubborn pupil of old Aristotle Aris-totle is recognized when those deeds are spoken of. "In every great battle the shot and shell rage with the same savage severity about the heads of all .the soldiers, yet when the smoke clears away It Is the officer offi-cer In command who is praised or blamed with the consequences. The mention of Rome brings to mind many great if not grand figures, but above and beyond them all towers the personality of Julius Caesar. Cae-sar. Coming down to modern times and contemplating the story of the struggles and tranamutatons of what Is now a sister sis-ter republic, we read of achievements In the field which repeatedly changed the map of Europe and threatened to result in Its cohesion as one grand empire with all political authority and power radiating radiat-ing from Paris. ''No armies ever went afleld In which Individual heroism and discipline were so conspicuous, and the thought of them but presents to the mind such Immortal j names as Ney, Lannes, Grauchy, Sault and others who led and directed each-phase each-phase and turn of the struggle, and all at once these disappear as amid the filmy figments of a dissolving view In the presence pres-ence -of the director-general the silent, frowning man of destiny who planned It ail and saw that his plans were properly executed; the man who kept all the nations na-tions surrounding hla own in a continuous continu-ous nightmare, in a ceasless condition of J |