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AT ANNUAL CLOSING America Is today engaged In tho most terrlblo, the most useless, tho most unnecessary war that ever cursed the earth, declared tho Reverend Rev-erend E. I. Goshen In his addross to the graduates of the Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural college at the annual commencement com-mencement exercises held yesterday morning. Upon all lays a tremendous tremend-ous responsibility, the preservation of domocracy In faco of the Inroads of autocracy, of monarchy. Reverend Goshen traced the thread of democratic demo-cratic development from tho nation of antiquity to the present. Ho declared de-clared that the decay of tho groat Egyptian civilization began when autocracy crept in, exalting the few, throttling the many. When bigotry crept among the Jewish peoples, tho great civilization that they were building began to crumble, until, with tho coming of Christ, was brought the great doctrine of broth erly lore, that will yet lay low the forces of despotism. When Rom-j laughed at tho teachings of Jesus, declared Rev. Goshen, Rome had lost her spirit of democracy, and was ready for conquest. But the spirit of Christianity was carried to the firesides of tho conquering barbarians bar-barians from tho north by Roman oaptlres, and It lived there in the form of cirlo liberty among tho Anglo Saron tribe, our ancestors. By them carried to England, tho demotratlo Ideals lived and dorol-oped. dorol-oped. By tho tlmo of King John, howerer, tho idea of the Dlrlno right of kings had bocomo Implanted, Implant-ed, that sorry, pernicious idea agalnit which we are flghtlngi today, and It was left for a few consecrated souls, who met at Runneymedo a little island In' tho Rlrer Thames, to sare to prosterlty tho clrlc llbortles of tho world by securing that magnificent document, Magna Charta. But autocracy au-tocracy crept back Into tho saddlo, said Rer. Goshen, and only tho coming com-ing of chosen bands of peoplo to tho shores of this country preserved for us tho doctrlno of domocracy. Not only for us has this doctrine been preserved, declared tho speaker, but wo seo today that It Is creeping over tho cntlro world. Do you not see something In all this that comes home to your vory doors, said Rov. Goshen. Young men and young women, you who graduato today, you must lay all you havo on the nltor of your country whether on-tho field of battle, on tho farm, or In the homo. You must mako tho supremo sacrifice for the' Ideals of your native land, If called upon to do so. But do not carry out Into your life one measure of hato toward any people. Wo don't hato tho German people. We lovo them. Tho German people did not make this war. Prussian militarism made thts war. and Prussian mllltnrlsm la , tho samo In Egypt, Romo, China, or in Franco. Lot us not forget that we hate and will always hato Prussian Prus-sian militarism, tho moBt damnable thing on earth. ' America has gono out to savo what the forofathers bought, continued con-tinued Rer. Goshen. We are not In this war for conquost. Nor are wo In It for rorongo. But wo are fighting fight-ing to presorre domocracy In America, Ameri-ca, and to make democracy possiblo. over all tho earth. Young ladles and gentlomen, you are going out to a mighty responsibility. I want you to bo real "men and women In the way In which you moet It. I want you to remember that this noble flag of ours, tho Stars and Stripes, nerer haB been In a war of conquost, and neror will. Oo to your responsibility to your sacrifice to your wonderful wonder-ful . opportunity. Go to place the stars of our flag closer to tho Btars of the sky. Presldont Stohl, of tho board of trustees, In the opening address emphasized em-phasized tho vast good being don by the agricultural colleges of tho land, He asserted that this nation, while It had not been preparing for war, still Is, In its vast resources, and In tho spirit of Its people, a formidable for-midable unemy. The providing of food Is of tho first Importance In our preparation for conflict. Never bo-fore bo-fore has tho world faced such a famine as now threatons. All eyes are turned to America. Tho great opportunity for the agricultural colleges col-leges has come, said President Stohl, and thoy aro nobly responding. Governor Bamberger expressed his rcgrot, to Presldont Stohl, at not bolng able to bo present, but sont n mossngo of friendship and devotion, to the college. President Petorson, In his report of conditions during tho past year. """ ' declared that, In splto of conditions, a remarkably hoalthy year has olapsod. An unusual increase in students has been noted. The col-lego col-lego gare organized Instruction to 1777 students, coming from four foreelgn countries and from thlrtoen states. The war has shown that tho Institution fills tho real needs of the peoplo, and is not dorotlng Its attention at-tention to superficial things, declared President Peterson. Already, largs numbors of this year's graduating class aro out Berrlng their country as soldiers, or as leaders in productive produc-tive agriculture. The institution plans to enlaigo Its work for next year In a measurable degree, said Dr. Peterson. This Is In harmony with tho wishes of tho government, which Is emphasized that agricultural, home economic and agricultural engineering work must go on in Increased measure. Tho address for tho graduating class was delivered by Miss Erma Allon, who took as her subject "Woman's Opportunity." Bishop John II. Anderson rendered tho invocation, in-vocation, whilo tho Rovorond E. T, Lowls pronounced tho benediction. In all, oighty-two graduates received tholr degrees, |