Show A C T the DROP collet ads RS its mirl finnual frait mccornick McCorn ck preside Pres ids seventeen Zev enteen Grada stes brilliant pr grand banquet and aad 2911 all braat me kc cornicks speech the fourth annual commence 1 nieca rii nt exercises of the Azri agricultural cultural college of utah are over and a very successful year is ended on oil tuesday amid the plaud ui itil and of the board of T aru ece the members of the faculty and about six hundred visitors and friends f the col lege the bradu biting itin students received their degrees and certini fates s fitting rewards of work well dons don the scene in the large lar 0 e auditor turn nira of the college was a happy me ine what with its wealth of beautiful flowers loving lovin kemem arances of student friends its a eat starry flag draping the walls walla of the stage its little palms and 0 trees it wa was a picture t to look upon and refresh ota ing in a high ghigli degree after tile board of trustee th the e i 1 alty d everal c e ideus hud bad be beti ben ti vented seated on at ti th ind and alter alier the auditorium had en eh filled wa or Bhela 56 etc 9 tc k awlik i p AUt beir teachers r s a and n d the tr trusts st the ladies dressed in white a ad d the gentlemen in somber bomber black while upon all badges of the agege colors were fiste fastened d the lass looked an exceptionally imp fine ne ine and lag la for it numbered benteen ven teen when the music ceased rest of the board W V 8 mccorn k stepped to the front and announced that prest orson smith would offer the invocation after corayer prest mccornick again topped to the front and said ladies and gentlemen and stud acs I 1 have the peat great p eat pleasure of announcing that this is ia tho the fourth annual earn of the agn aari college there are seven beven een in the graduating class three imes the number of any ny previous ear I 1 am pleased to see eee so many visitors present to encourage the and the faculty Y arld and I 1 and hope that each succeed ng year will witness a continual ain ua and if roy my prediction and lopes lopea are not verifier verified d in the future I 1 will be your own fault faull your are such as to euch an expectation you are provided with a beautiful ure on au an unequaled bite ite the faculty placed here to to instruct you is unsurpassed in any any similar institution this side eide of the missouri river and I 1 reassert that II 11 L is your own fault if you do not succeed I 1 cannot refrain at this 1111 ime 0 from comparing tha aduca tonal system of today with that of my boyhood boy hoad we were not pro led then with a tire lire nor with from 1000 to 2000 year teachers teach on the contrary he school which I 1 attended was waa a little one roomed concern and our teacher received 12 a month for ins his services and boarded out with lie students student having to walk from one to thres three miles to the school oom earn no he bo got more than this lie ic got licked about ones once a week lor attempting to teach physical culture to the larger boys boye I 1 must vay ay that students of a today ought to appreciate their advantages the general government and our own state have been mot moa generous onerous en erous in giving to this college col leze I 1 referring Re ferrio ferrina I 1 again to the schools Ichon Js of my da the law of compensation was un changeable changeably trustees Trus then w wrt were rt no dot troubled each cech time they met in session for that one teacher was not always for an increase ok of salary eaarl I 1 ant am reminded remind dd by looking at the pro gramme that I 1 bra am not dot down for a speech I 1 had not examined the gromme very ry carefully bere before at ard d now that I 1 see I 1 am not awn I 1 will give way announcing firt however that the first on ou on proe ramme will be a vocal solo by miss mies ethel pike the pro gramme consisted consi steil of sper speeches ches essays instrumental and vocal music and went off without a hitch bitch mr osborn gave gave the valedictory oration which was a masterful effort and will wil be published complete in a later issue of trip JOURNAL its aa will also be the case wih the very interesting int erestinE and beautiful essay by visa miss clara foster on lake Don donniville noville president tanner stepped to the front of the atagi and announced that the time had come for the conferring rf c degrees decrees and while he be called ot off the following following t names the secretary brought 0 their certificates each tied up in ribbons of the college colors john bankhead alfred A hart thomas thomsa humph drevs revs charles Cli arle A jensen Ten aeo charles pond john stewart Ste warl osborn PC olla birker clara foster faster II ll ermoine ine victoria lund lundberg berg Ilic bel Mau mauchan uhan annie spon beis beg and marme mamie smith lind all all passed in the fur four yea years rs co course 0 arse and wert given the degres degre of of science while joseph L liron drori fri frank lull 0 nelson aud B P redford were givan an tor for atu studying dying ture anil so alter after apostle merrill had bad offered offered the benediction the the class of 97 with the faculty and members a ot I 1 the tha board of and raan man invited gu guests ets adjourned to the banquet hall ball whom the great long iona tables gleaned beneath their delicious burdens and where the strains of sweet st music filled the air and floated from room to room in th the e great building and here amid the toasts and p jests ats of teacher and student and friend the hours sped and hearts grew lighter it was a joyous time a time to be remembered with the grand ball in the evening the commencement exercises were finished and henceforth and forever they will be bright spots in the memories les of those seventeen happy and successful students |