Show NEW MADE TEACHERS interesting commencement exercises at the university the commencement exercises of the university of deseret Dea eret in the university bull building ding to dav was a grandal fair the opening of the exercises was delayed by the tremendous jam that filled to overflowing the apartment in which the pro gramme was render rendered aed there were present on the platform besides the participants in the pro gramme apostle H J grant hon john T came caine judge E A smith county superintendent of district schools W H stewart rev T 0 iliff a number of prominent visitors and members of the board beard of rege regents aks and of the faculty at 11 dr J K R park president of the university called the assembly to order and toe the overture was rendered in tine style by the orchestra led ed by professor weihe the opening ra ye was ivas offered by apostle H J ir grant rat I 1 chancellor 0 F WHITNEY then proceeded to deliver an address couched in eloquent language its tenor was in advocacy of personal independence in all the relations of life and ot of integrity to ones highest conceptions and convictions of right better advice to graduates radu ates could scarcely have been alv given n than in the brief ba graceful and forcible remarks of this speaker miss alice merrill read in a very pleasing manner an ori original 11 nal 1 essay on lady macbeth and 0 ophelia p elia which displayed considerable literary abili ability t and critical comment the fair reader was made the recipient ot of some handsome boquete as she resumed her seat prof stephens duet consolation was suby sung by mrs nellie druce and miss iss bessie dean in exquisite style charles H hart one of the normal graduates read an essay on OH the advancement van cement and utility of knowledge in which some excellent sentiments and ideas were expressed in fine language it was a very creditable effort then read the list of normal graduates and proceeded to deliver an address to the them fraught with excellent advice and elevated views of the calling of a teacher at the conclusion of dr parks ad kess he formally presented to each a certificate bearing the seal rot f the university and the signatures of its officers and ta fi culty professor helhe ceilie then rendered with his masterly execution a violin solo scene de ballets ballet I 1 with a piano accompaniment pani ment SCHOOL commissioner P L WILLIAMS then proceeded to deliver an address he opened with some remarks appropriate ate to the occasion and warmly pr praised 9 ased the university forming his judgment aud gm ent of it not net only from what he be heard about it but by what he had seen today to day he dwelt upon the importance of the calling chosen by the normal graduates and directed to them some excellent Xcell ent suggestions and advice he referred to the contest between governor murray and the legislature regarding an appropriation to the university ver sity restated he stated that the Go governors refusal to approve it was based upon two grounds namely that the university E was under unde r th co control katr ol 01 of an illegal set of officers and that it was sectarian in character he expressed the view that the withholding of the appropriation was not a profyr way to test the legal authority of the off officers leers who controlled oled the a university and stated that in his view the question was important only tor for the reason that ill etwas was desirable to have proper and le legal al methods prevail ff if the other objection to the appropriation pria tion was true namely that the university was sectarian in character then the speaker thought public money ought not to be appropriated to it he expressed the ogen opinion that whatever might have been e truthfully said of the university in ia the past in this regard IT COULD NOT in his opinion at the present time be termed a sectarian institution he thought there ought to be no reason why its nonsectarian non nou sectarian character should not be thoroughly established in the understanding of the public and that if this were done and all doubt upon this point were removed m 0 ed tere fiere would be no difficulty in obtaining braining such appropriations fro from ta time tim e to time as might be needed to give the institution the character designed for it that of a university complete in all its depart departments menta am and A appointments point poin ments he pictured a brilliant future tor for the university and expressed the hope that trifling differences would not be permitted to retard its progress the orchestra rendered the selection A awakening of the lion in a BE superb erb manner when dr D r park introduced intro introduced duceT GOVERNOR WEST who was greeted with applause he spoke very briefly referring to the commencement exercises of last year which be then a stranger attended with great pleasure since that time while studying the condition of things in the terr territory he had not heard from any source I 1 lany any axce except t good tor for the university we he dwelt upon the necessity there was tor for such an institution and pledged himself to do all in his bis power to encourage it he closed with some excellent advice to the graduates next was rendered the duet and chorus 11 II trovatore Tre Treva torell by mrs miss dean chorus and orchestra dr park announced that the audience was invited to visit calders par farm M tomorrow to morrow and that such as desired could procure procure a copy of the university annual annual by applying for the same benediction was pronounced by hon john T caine the occasion was a most pleasing one and has added to the prestige of the university following it is the LIST OF GRADUATES of the normal department 1887 john william aird hebar city wasatch county utah reber heber charles dox woodruff ich cow tyl ty utah charles henry hart bloomington bear lake county idaho jesse brentnall higgs salt lake city salt lake county utah alice smith merrill salt lake city salt lake county utah thomas hazen merrill richmond cache county utah orrice abram murdock murdoch beaver beaver county utah i henry allen alien pearson draper salt lake county utah ella pendleton salt lake city salt lake county utah william jarvis robinson Eo binson grantsville Grants ville tooele thoele county utah butali john william smith draper salt lake county utah mahonri spencer taylorsville Taylors ville salt lake county utah n hunter aar terr terry y draper salt lake county utah george moses thompson richmond Eich mond cache county utah john alvin walker draper salt lake county utah georgia webber salt lake city salt lake county utah |