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Show A Brilliant Anniversary Reception to President Presi-dent Sanborn It was very fitting that, at the twentieth twen-tieth anniversary of the founding of tho collego and at Its fifteenth commencement, commence-ment, the first president should be tho guest of honor. All the speakers at the reception given Monday night spoke of their high esteem for President Presi-dent Sanborn and the pleasure thoy felt In meeting him again. The remarks re-marks were naturally of a reminiscent naturo and began with those of the Hon. J. T. Hammond, who spoke of the bill In the legislature or 1888 framed by Apostle Lund, then of San Pete county, which led to tho establishment estab-lishment of the college. Mr. Hammond Ham-mond alluded humorously to the trade by which Ogden got the reform school and left tho college to Logan, and he also commended the patriotism and foresight of Cache county and of Logan Lo-gan City In appropriating money to buy a site. Ex-Governor A. L. Thomas, the second sec-ond president of the board, then recalled re-called his oillclatlng at the laying of tne cornerstone of tho main building and expressed pleasuro at seeing verified veri-fied today the prophesies lie had mado on that occasion. Prof. John T. Calno Jr. next told how President Sanborn camo to bo so. lected as president and then Introduced Intro-duced him as the guest of honor. Time seems to have dealt very kindly with President Sanborn and he seemed almost as erect and vigorous as he did twenty years ago. In his address he spoke of tho high Ideals ho had had for tho college, of tho buslnessllko men "who had helped him, of the strengtli of his faculty and, after commending the college for its proper use or United Continued on page 8. A Brilliant Anniversary 1 Continued fron. page 1. H Stales funds for strictly experimental rB work, he closed with u deserved trlb- 'S utc to Professor Calnc whose love and iH work for Hie college have done so S much to bring about Us success. ,fl Prof. J. E. bheparcl, who joined the , faculty the second year of President Sanborne's administration, bore wit- , nesstothepleasurehehadhadln work- ' ' lng with a president of such high Ideals and far reaching ambition, who was $j so successful in securing money from the legislature and so wise In spending ' It. He contributed a Joyous note by telling the bell ringing episode. He was followed by Prof. L. A. Merrill, J; one of the early students of the col- j lege. Prof. Mei rill gae his personal experiences us an example of the cor- '. dlalrelatlonsthatexUtcd betweenPres. .r Sanborn and eacn individual student. i aud after Pres. Wldtsoe had thauked ' the evening's guest for bringing the new education to Utahandstartlugthe ( solution of Utah's agricultural prob- - lems, Prof Calne presented President ' Sanborn with u gold fob in the name of all his former students and college ' associates. President Sanborn seemed much pleased with the attention and replied with a few words of sincere thanks All then passed to the library where all had an opportunity to shake hands with him A feature of the evening was that the opening musical ' selection of the program was a piano solo by Mrs. Vendla Fogelbcrg who has the unique distinction of being the first student to register at the college col-lege at Its opening in 1890. The sou-venter sou-venter programs were attractively gotten up and contained much Infor tlon of interest to the friends of the college. The whole evening's program wa well planned and carried out and gave much pleasure to the large num- 1 ber of people who were present. 1 |