Show TIIU DAY nAY WK WB Om i Youngs Is III b Loins boll July JOly Celebrated The decorations o on I thA streets tret business houses and oth buildings placed there U re In lii honor of ot o th ti r I he President and lei leins k kL n nI L I ns OR a II L Memorial ot of the departed departo hlO remained today In of ot the birth ot of the groat lender leader of at men mei vho pioneered the Ih way across neroM the con col conI and founded a II city and a n flat tta flatIn I I In the midst t of ot the tho mountains It 11 Ita I Ia Is Isa a graceful net nel on the putt part ot or our cit cili zons zen who vho ho oro aro not believers lit Iii the creed cre that hat ho he taught but hut who recognize It hi his value to civilization progress all amI regard him ns all one on of ot the tho grand spirit r ot of the nineteenth century iho Ilo ceremonies of the thu day tIllY were vera fill fiti opened by the tho dedication of ot Memorial Hall lIall of ot the tho L I D P 8 S University t preC preCi I i til NI by b music and by artillery salutes I That building la Is i II a standing witness 8 n ot otI I President true sent senti ns nil n to education Accused by hi his II I enemies ot of being eIng i n foe to 10 learning ho Ito was SUs l ono one of ot Is lt friends lie He projected tho Young Academy at Provo the tho fame ani of or which has han gone abroad the Young College Collego nt ot Logan a n mat matto to Its Is older oIlier ulster It If not It Its alma mater motel and he left leCt means for tho the h ot an Institution of ot learning Ir I this city which iia has been very ery properly J i officiated n with the th U L I D I 8 S IL University f ns n one lne of at Ita lis lt prominent features the tM greatness of If which Is h rapidly Itself upon the people of ot the tho West President Young Youn maintained In h early carl times a n school hoI of ot his hi own at al the school chool he built hullt near lade Eagle Gate and ant i encouraged learning both bolh In theory and ant lit Iii practice Manual training now nol re TO reo c close attention urgent ap op application zi t by our foremost preceptors w ott one of at his bIn special hobbles hobbie It If II It I n lY he be so eo o termed lie He wanted education Ion tion to mean the drawing out of or human 2 powers powell and activities for usefulness In ir thin world and also aio to prepare preparo the soul SOU for tor the tile realities of or the thu world to tt ci cn m Ho ITo was ridiculed by come of ot the smart ns as limiting edu education education cation for far a n boy to the driving of nails or the sawing of boards boareR and ana nn for tor a t I girl gir the making of ot bread and the tho sweeping i of at ofa a n room But Dut he Ire really urged the th need of ot teaching boys hoys useful trades OH ott well ae ns theoretical learning and Instructing girls Itle In domestic duties s as well an as n In im m lo and the line fine arts And he be also alec Urged the need of ot training the spirit within to moral antI and excel excellence excellence lence knee obedience to 10 God and faith fulth In the th Divine President Young believed too In the thc benefits of or recreation Therefore the afternoon trip to and an the enter entertainment entertainment there provided Is a timely and appropriate He Ito built the Theater that remains a n monument to 10 his Iii good taste tat and enterprise erected when every nail nailI I and antI bit of ot glass clau and all the equipments i for the tho house houRc had to 10 be hauled by team I across the plains and he Ili hI encouraged the i production of at moral plays ploys and perform anew ancS honoring rIng them with Ms lile hl frequent presence The dances dance and dramas In Sn Inthe Inthe the old Social Hall hail the Ih forerunner of ot the Theater were conducted conduced In the same Iame spirit lie He delighted In So the Thu Joyful joul i amusements ot of the he children and labored In bored t to promote the happiness and ant advance advancement ment of ot mankind i As President of the tho Church whoso whose cause to him was as paramount he exer exercised i an nn Influence that was n felt In ev av every e f cry ery er part of at the hotly body thereof He lie was wasE E Welcomed with Joy whenever ha ho h visited f the settlements most of which were commenced under his Immediate Imm lato direction tion IllS foresight and anil sagacity In w M Mt t leg eJ Je INtes tr r r towns and public build Ji l f t were so remarkable that divine Jn In 1 ration tation was recognized In his hie hi r 1 ions ioni and nad deviations th pro I results so decidedly Jy unfortunate f f that hili t his wisdom became proverbial The marks maris of his genius g may be seen throughout tho the State ante and his bill utter utterances once ances to the Church have made an In iii Impress upon his associates a und and Oft upon posterity The Tue broadness of ot his hl mind and the i grandeur of ot his soul were nut not only expressed pr In tho the lofty lotty and spiritual sentiments that he uttered but In thu lIt material mule rial structures that he planned The streets of ot this and othar Utah cities the solid and an spacious Temples the big Tabernacle and many splendid places of ot worship at nt different points designed de and built under hIs hi ht personal J oversight are arc witnesses to all iiii 0 beholders of ot the mighty spirit that characterized the man roan Ills His devotion to the principles of ot hu human human man Inan liberty embodied In the Ih Declara Declaration tion of Independence and the Constitution Hon tion of the United States Is II well veli known to those t O 1 of ot his compeers who still cur sur survive lurIe vive vice Ie him anti and that he wn Tall truly trul an till American with all oil that word wool onI Implies cannot be fairly denied det even by his bit bitterest bitterest III terest antagonists lie He was In his hili character but kind In his hll demeanor d meanor i Familiar with his hll friends antI and yet tt ct dig and arid a II gentleman A toying ling hus husband husband husband band ant and an nn Indulgent father his hl great L his hll affection affectIons antI t for tor humanity at ot large was wu wass s breathed Lr In the atmosphere re of othis his per ver It IH la right for tor the Iho people ot of Utah and especially for members ot of the Church Churell over which he presided d for tor a third of ot a century to celebrate his birthday and keep In 1 1 blessed memory his teaching and ant his works For Tor ho Ito hoever hoever ever remembered his hili Illustrious predecessor cessor ce the Prophet Joseph mith anti and lived to 10 carry ram out omit his doctrines and plans arid In iti the thie rolling roiling for tor forward forWard ward ot of the dispensation We rejoice over th the life and labors of ot President Brigham Young and antI hope that lila Ills glorious example will viii be fol tol followed oh lowell lowed by 11 h his hll posterity to the latest generations |