The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-09

played the national medley with ine effect,
the men waving hats and the ladies their hand
kerchiefs.
The honorary address was delivered by W.
Ere der elk Monroe, and being the hrst honor
peech we print entire.
yhe Honorary Address
That this world sprang from the hand OF
will bade order succeed chaos. None but SUE
preme voice called forth the glorious lguI,
None but the Great Ruler of the universe
formed the grand dome above us and peopled IL
with Its countless stars; and none but the
Great Master Workman formed man whom ne ne
MADE In his own image to be ruler over vera, HIi
creation, Contemplated merely physically,
man Is the most glorious work whlon % csne
from the creative hand but when we approach
TO the consideration of his reason we are awed
at its extent and loftiness. What Is It's limit?
not fat6om WSaI beishts can it not attainS
AS the greatest medium of communication,
as the most ehectual means of imparting 10 tne
world the triumphs and achievements OF m ms
intellect, the power of the pen is unrivalled.
The pen has, perhaps, had mere influence In
moulding the character and condition of nations
than any other instrumentality. The authority
of men OIL letters has always consisted In the eX'
acJness with Whlch they nave reHecIeu ia Iuelr
productions the better ana more enduring sem
timents of their own time and nation. They
must give utterance to the hopes and desires
which others may conceive, but fail to express.
They must stimu ate the public mind and direct
public sentiment into pure and elevated chan
nels. IL is by means OF these services that the
foremost Understandings make willing captive
of the multitude and If true to their hgh call
Ing, mould the masses into docile and obedient
The pen is supreme since it asserts its sway
over every subject whether IL be religious, po-
itical, or scientific. II we LOOK back on the
history of the past, and observe when tn people
ing on the waves OF public opinion, or rent
a'under by civil discord through the medium OF
the pen exercised by n gifted few. doubt aud
hesitation have been transformed as If by
magic into s'eadfastneSs of heart and single
ness Of purpose. This fact was forcibly Illus
a
tlonary history, when the pamphlet inspired
hope and enklndled patriotism in the sinking
and despondent hearts of an infant republic
struggling against n vastly superior power.
In those periods of English history, also, when
the rights of the people were invaded, the pen
was found TO be more potent than the sword In
defending those rights against the encroach-
mens OF kingy ana aristucratic power Thus
the names OF Milton and Junius have become
immortaized by the vigorous and timely use
OF this feeble instrument
When the church had fallen from her high
position, and had introduced such usages and
observances as were contrary to the teachings
OF the word of God, an Augustinian monk felt
that existed. By means of the tongue and the
pen, the people were reused to throw off the
shackles which bigOtry and gu perstltiOn had
been gradually fastening upon them. The Re-
formation OF the sixteenth century triumphed
over the traditions OF the Church, ana ala more
towards shaping the future destines OF the
civilized world than any other event of modern
times. The human mind once more breathed
freely, and men of genius appeared to utter
the thoughts and feelings of an emancipated
world.
But while the pen may be Welded as the
mightie power for the advancement and pro-
mulgatiOn of truth and science, it becomes q
powerful influence for evil in the hands of the
immoral and unprincpled. Casting our eyes
back ward, we find that in the age and country
of LOUIS XIV, literature was faithless to her
highest calling. Authors abandoned the free
Investigations OF political and religious truth,
and allowed the fatal ambition and the corrupt
influence of a Volaire and q Rousseau TO
triumph over the bulwarks of our faith and
trust in the Almighty, and in those human
powers to which God himself has commanded
us to be subject. They found these fortresses
unprotected by recent defenses and dilapidated
through long neglect; and thus the literature OF
that time won disastrous triumph, from the
effects OF which 1T has not to-day wholly re-
covered.
II, then, the pen exercises such vast control
! that this power be used, not thoughtlessly nOr
! according to the mere whim of the writer, but
! earnestly, tntelligently, and unequlvocally in
| the maintenance of whatever has already been
| snatched from the hands of error and supersti.
tiOn, and in furtheranCe of all that shall ele
vate, ennoble, and purify the soul of man
destined TO a glorious Immortality.
The Vaedctory Address,. consisting of a shor
marks to the Faculty of the School and the
! Board of Control was finely delivered by
! Charles w. Thomas.
| After the exercises were concluded, the gradu
ating class and Professors sat down to the flint
collation. rendered to the latter by the former.