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Show SCHOOL WORK FOR TWENTIETH f YEAR HAS CLOSED AT U, A. C X Commencement Exercises Were Attended by Many Friends Of Institution. President Widtsoc Makes Report. f, Governor Spry And Prcs. Lorenzo Stohl on Program. Miss Hunsakcr Represented Senior Class ! x The school work ot the twentieth year ot the Utah Agricultural College was officially closed on Tuesday by the Commencement exercises held at the school which consisted of the morning program, the annual banquet In the Smart gymnasium In mo afternoon after-noon and the ball In the evening. At the morning exercises the annual report re-port of President John A. Wldtsoe was a revolution to many of his listeners. lis-teners. "The. largest class that nas over graduated with degrees In the history of the stato of Utah," this Is the distinction belonging to the 1913 group of seniors. Nlnety-fivo Btrong, will represent the institution they are this year leaving. Tho entire number which graduated from the school during its first fifteen years ot oxlstanco does not equal this singlo class. The growth of tho school has been reflected by tho growth of the number yearly taking degrees nnd this growth has been astounding. as-tounding. President Wldtsoe In his report on Tuesday tellingly presented the growth of the College graduating classes. During tho first five years the average number to graduate annually" an-nually" was seven, during tho second five years period tho numoer was still seven. Tho third flvo year period per-iod gave as its average eleven while during tho last five years tho average aver-age annuhl number to receive degree has been no less than flfty-Uireo. Governor William Spry addressed the graduating class'. Ills address ' 'P was practical, stirring and Impress- ' Ive. He cautioned tho members against following the crowd hnd urged urg-ed them to bo strong, Independent, not afraid to fight and It need be, dlo for their convictions. "Your greatest great-est problem, my young friends," continued con-tinued Governor Spry, "Is to cooper-ato cooper-ato with tho mon who, for tho past twenty years havo been doing tho tasks ot tho peoplo. Somo ot thoso are now weary In the service You must lend them aid, vitality, power and nbovo nil Intelligence. Stand on your Individuality. Ho men and women wom-en in tho world; bo moral, social and Intellectual loaders in your community." commun-ity." President Lorenzo Stohl, in an olo- quent address, traced tho wonderful history of Industrial education In Utah. Ho paid tribute to thoso who have mado such an Institution as tho Utah Agricultural Collego possible and showed wherein tho collego has fully realized the wildest dreams of Its founders. The graduating class was represented repre-sented by Miss Veda Hunsaker who delivered a telling paper upon "Tho Progress In tho Education of Women," Wom-en," wherein was discussed the history his-tory of. women as a factor in education educa-tion from tho tlmo when it was considered con-sidered a disgrace for a girl to attend at-tend school, to tho present, when over ov-er GO.OOO young women throughout tho country aro attending Institutions of higher learning. The degrees were conferred upon graduates by Governor Spry. Over 1000 attended the exercises. Music was furnished by tho Collego orchestra. |