The Portland daily press., 1869-07-21


the citizens Of adjoining towns have indy
stepped in and regulated the tariff of prices. so
thar we can be somewhat saved from their
grasping exorbitance. ,.-.as,-sss-sa-i
Another cause for the gath ering of great
crowd is the expected presence of President
Grant, George Peabody and the certain com,
ing Of Cen, Sherman, Judge Chase, Ear.
Thornton, and other distinguished men, who
while they insure tremendous assemblage
it will be eleast pleasant feature to those
who come here for the sake ofcollege and their
classmates Still the good will OF such men is
worth great deal and the interest that they
take in the cause OF education cannot fail to
excite similar interest in the minds OF those
Youths who have been taught to regard them
as their models should feel tempted to give
YOU a resume of the history of the college, its
great trials and dangers, its triumphant issu-
ances from them, all its depressions and its
good fortune, and especially to speak of its
present flourishing condition, of the vast
changes and Improvements made during the
last four years, and of the hopes and necessi'
ties of the future, but that would be anticipat-
ing for the historical discourses of President
Known ",
=, e.u.1, tto.so facts for 1,otto ~, r -,
can. Suffice it SO say that its prosperity is far
greater than ever before and its future full of
brightness and promise. Never, at any time,
blessed with an overlooking treasury and usu-
ally pinehed almost to death, it now feels a
fr.aor o,,a- fasr ,,,oxo cocaro,,s
beauests will place it on sound footing and
give it healthy stimulus. oli
Rut To the old graduate there ia GREAT deal
Of sadness mingled with low as he looks around
and finds almost the last one of his old teach
ers and friends gone. With the exception of
our old faithful friend. Prof. Moves all the
Facuity has been changed within the last ten
| years. DIR. Lord, whom we all respected and
| admired. and whose voice we hoped to hear
once more in. words of welcome and Of CON
| gratnlation. only last week was paralyzed and
| though recovering with remarkable rapidity is
/ still Unable 10 leave his room -'f-N,-
Yesterday, morning we listened with great
| delioht to Leeds our beloved nastnr. How
n,easant once mora 10 sit nader his nreachinc 81
How natural and how impressive his eloquent
appeal to the congregation, and especially to
the graduating class. to consider the all impor-
tant question, what then shall do with Je-
sus, which is called Christ?' His vast stores
of learning were well used to show us that this
was fast becoming, and would soon be, the all
absorbing question, especially for the educated
mind and his great wealth Of thought gave us
a rich feast indeed
The exercises of Conlmeuceroe f;air1 OMEN
ed with the ,Baccalaureate DISCOURSE Of the
truly successful President DIR. Smith. lmav
be permitted to rive Won svnonsis of his excel.
| LENT sermon. His teyt was 4 sIobn. D xRe
loved wish above an thinos that tJ,ou ynavesr
prosper and he in health even ne tbv souI
pprospereth.'' .F'gsF1,sF SfsG-i ~
As one going upon a vessel for a long VOYAGE
is filled with solicitude lest some disaster NAV
oyertalye him. or the nerils Of the sea shonld
prove too GREAT for tbe raiI craft 90 the student
going forth to his life vovaoe mnst he soIicit-
ous lest he NAV make sh;nwracE az himself
and nav fail of frue success lf In view Of this
solicituda tha sr,h;ect f co,,s;dorat;o,,
IL srecass IN I;te az onrs;5oroJ ,,,,dar to
heads, 1st' What trne snccess Is Cd How
;tG;s - no sacr.aJ ' 40 80
+ No life is failure in the Divine n1an "a ev-
arutbnor n, ,,st ,I tot e. ,s
Cid hnt as for as man e co,,cornod o -
sd II hehoovps Il thao ~ cors;der what arc
the dangers ~ y1,,,s ,,,s, IN I;fa nd
denriye Them az the bless;res Of success AMI
anson these 4 Poni,laritv or the love ofpraisa
of man more than fha nrsyse aS CD the f;aaS0
shin and onnrohat;on ~ Az la = srd IL az
rant rather than fha ocd and tha Ia Isor,,aJ
While If ;s tbe.creafnra If ;mn,,1sa nnre "a NC
tha ner;sbns, fts, ~ az =; & III ,'o 49, =; 70
The ever increasnc Ground swell He wh .e. at -
tennis To gar, nan,Io; 49,, 80; ~ ~
bnt he will he i;te harE ,,,.yr M ,oiss
-~-.AI
Without ruddef. z.sWealth or the love of
goid, 50 unfortunate to those who have it
im sne" ~ ;ns a4nge9n ana. 70 iast-
July tne reward OF thy iabors, but be as
sured that II gold IS thy nrst desire true sue
Sqss eau never 70 snIne.. .: rlace OF once. ~
was wisely said OF an eminent man that he
would never seek an Office and when duty call
/. ed never decline it. Cares and troubles are
around him who sees high places, and even if
They be gained it is too often found that SPig-
mics are pigmies still, though perched on Alps
4, Pleasure, especially carnal Indulgence. We
have long since done away with monastic rig-
1ors and roundhead seventies. We take the
pendulum and throw it to the other side load
ing ourselves with pleasures. But the attain
ment of any measure of pleasure such as this
| can never give success.
On the contrary the true success consists in
III! Self-culture. Alas for those who study only
the realm offature seeking to hnd the mys-
teries of the;earth. Cultivate thysef, thy hui
man self divine il thou wouldst have trne suc-
| please God. :. 2. Duty or doing whatever work