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Show B. Y. A. FOUNDER'S DAY. Twentieth Annlveraery Very Fittingly and Appropriately Celebrated by the Students Today. Today, Wednesday, October 16th is, the twentieth anniversary of Founder's Day of tho Rrigham Young academy and the day has been fittingly celebrated cele-brated by the students. At 9 o'clock this morning a parade was formed at the Echool which moved down J street and Centre street to the site of the old academy ouildine which was burned in 1893. There the students stud-ents were congregated and Karl G. Maeser addressed them briefly. He spoke of the marvellous growth of the institution in twenty years and briefly r viewed its history and some ol the difficulties it has encountered and the great good the school his done by educating edu-cating thousands in this territory. Cheers were giyen for the founder of the school, President Brigbam Young, for its first principal, Karl G. Maeser. and for others. Then the procession moved up Centre street and down J street to the old warehouse at the depot de-pot in which school used to be kept. There similar exercises were had and line of march was sgain taken up to the new academy north on J street. The parade was a mammoth affair, their being close to 600 students in line all shouting and singing with joy. College Col-lege and.class 3 ells were the order as the procession moved. It was reviewed by members of the faculty, Dr. Maeser, Mae-ser, Professors (Jluff and Hardy, Presidents Presi-dents John and Brigbam Young, Joseph Jos-eph E. Taylor and others in carriages, and was led by Darton's popnlar and very excellent Free Silver band. At the academy a concert was indulged in-dulged in and addresses were made. The afternoon was given up to the enjoyment en-joyment of a fruit festival, toasts, songs, addresses, ete and a general good time was had. |