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Show ADDRESS TO STUDENTS Bishop Whitney Speaks to University Graduates. NO PREMIUM ON LAZINESS Laige Crowd Attends Baccalaureate Service In Assembly Hnll Bishop Orson T. Whitney Says Conscientious, Conscien-tious, Unremitting To.e Is Key-stono Key-stono of Success Much Time Vainly Vain-ly Expended Trying to Make Somebodies Some-bodies Out of Nobodies Oreatness Is Breadth of Mind and Soul. (Monday's Pall) ) Students, friends tnd thousands of others Interested In the University of Utah crowded li.ta tie Assembly hall last night to listen tn lllshop Orson V. hltne) s bnccalHitrente nddress to the members of the graduating class nf 1102 In addition to the members of the eighteenth ward choir nnd n quartette composed of Messrs I')per, Whitney, Patrick nnd Spencer, there were Ufnn the platform with lllshop V hltne), Prof J II Paul, W J. Ncwmin, superintendent super-intendent of Schools Chrlstensen Dr Tannage, Pres J. T Kingsbury, J T Axton Waldemnr Van Cott and wife, W ltlter and wife. Pies Lund Aiostlc John Henry Smith. Pres Smart, Heber J Orant nnd Pres Jnseph I" fcmlth lllshop v hltne) said III part WOllK IS NKCESSAIlY 'The first thing almost Ihe one thing thnt I wish to Impress upon oti, Is this )ou must work. Out of school us well as In It Is good, solid, honest work thnt counts nnd there Is nothing that can take Us place faithful, stead) conscientious labor Is the ko)-stono ko)-stono tn nil success nnd without It the arching spun of any human life will be Incomplete, na), more Imiosslble, "Ynu hnve heard It said thnt those vvho think will govern those who toll' And so thy will, but I wnnt to ndd that the thinkers must be toilers too. or the proverb has not point and Is without force and elfect Onl) those who I'll can think to ndvantugc think vlgarotisl) heiilthlly. morill). along wholesome Hn s nn 1 In proper directions direc-tions There Is no premium upon laziness lazi-ness The onl) ro)al rood to success in this life or any other Is work work work' The pove. l of the mind strengthen or weaken with the muscles of the bod) Those who work nre those vvho think If tbey have thinkers nnd they nro the ones who govern nil the rest v hether ) ou hnv e flv e talents or tw o tah?nts nr onl) one nnd I will not ton-cede ton-cede that nn) sane being hns less than one remem'j'r It is work, good honest, moral work and this alone, that will develop )our tnlert and ninke It what the gtenl Olvei Intended it to be useful use-ful to yourself .and to )ottr rellowiueil MANY MINOR STATIONS "The fact Is persistently Ignoied thnt the mujoilt) of places In this world are subordinate and low places Every ho) and girl Is taught to In." something In tho world, which would be very weil If being something were being what God Intended the) should be, but when blng something Involves the ttansfor-niallon ttansfor-niallon nf what God Intended should be a resectable shoemaker Into h very Indlftetent and a very slow minister of the Gospel the harmful nrd even the ridiculous chamct'r of the Instruction becomes apparent Thete nre two classes of evil resu'ts attending the In-I In-I tuleatlon of these fnvoille doctrines of I the school teacher first, the unfitting of I men nnd women for humble plates nnd second the Impulsion of men of feeble powers Into hl?h plaies foi the duties ot which Ihe) have nclthei natural ror acqtiuel ntnss Under the present mods of edurn- Hon nobody Is fitted for a low place anl evcivbol) Is taught to look for a. high one If wo go Intn a. school exhibition ex-hibition our ears aio deafened b) declamations dec-lamations addressed to nmbltlon Hoys have nought out from llterntute every MlrrlnK upeil to effort, nnl everv extravagant ex-travagant promise of reward The compositions of ihe girls nre of tho same general lone We hear of 'Infinite 'Infin-ite jenmlngs from tho lips of girls who do not know f enough to make n pudding nnd of being polished after th similitude of a palace' from those who do nnt comprehend the commonest duties nf life Everything Is on ths high tressuic principle The bo)S. each one supposes It possible for him to he come Governor of tho State or President Presi-dent nf the I'nlon NOlloniES AIJK NUMEROUS "ihousnnds seik to li.itme sniuelml les through the nvinues nf professional life and so professional life Is full nf noboiles Th pulpit Is trowded wlih (.cttllsh nnbodles men win, have no power no unction no mission The bar Is tursed Willi nobodies ns much us the pulpit The lnw)ers nre few tho cttlfnggcra aro mnn) As for the medlriil profession I tremble In think how man) enter It hetnuse they ho'e nillher piety enough for preach-Ing preach-Ing nor brnln? enough to mrtlce law l.sicclnll) Is nil this lamentable wh-n we remeiiibei that It Involves ihe spoil-Ing spoil-Ing nf thnmnnds nf good fanners and merit inks, to mtko poor ptofcsslonal It Is possible thnt Ihe srhools nre not extluslvely In blame for this stslo nf thlngH and thnt our polltlrnl harangues and even nur pollllcnl Ins uiionn have .niethlng to do with It Let us have this thing nltogetner reformed " |