The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-14

Far be IT, therefore from me TO say aught this day
which in any way shall tend to make you less happy
My heart would beat this morning only in unison
with yours, and my fancy would fsn catch the rich
reflections OF gories which know irradiate yours
viii admit with me the truth that the great object OF
existence is the attainment OF happiness Success
in life is most important element In human happi-
ness and the question Of rst interest to the young
man about TO begin his is Eow shall win that
success In life Tor which hope and after which sa
strive? And perhaps cannot do you greater ser-
vice than TO give In parting with you To-Day leW
hints on this very important subject
DR.. PeDrose then followed Ia some suggestlOns
with regard to the Qualities the possession OF which
he deemed essential to the success OF every man,
and concluded with the following remarks:-
Go forth fearessly into the fields OF your profess
slona labore Be earnest, be single minded be true
to your patients; cultivate those qualities OF heart
and manner which are 20 essential to success and
as sure as the wise man OF old spoke truly when he
said, 81 have been young and now am old, yet have
never seen the righteous forsaken or His seed beg
gng bread this is true, surely shall you meet
with that professional reward to which you shall be
So yon ii'"fs fssrewe % We have i isSored together,
and to-day is the endan end that is but the begin
eternity in which it is destined to develop, and
the completion OF one cycle may mark but the COM
mencement OF its successor. The thought is go.
rious, but most solemn. The first cycle In mans
development Is purely physical the second largely
moral and what the next shall be is the, for us
solved problem of another life But IL the promises
Of the future may be hoped from observations OF
the past and present, we may reasonably believe
that the development in the next cycle OF human
this, the secondas they perhaps do those manifested
In the first. You leave US, gentlemen, bearing
burden Of precious seed. God grant that It may
yield rich return.
Co. then your loved ones are waiting to greet you.
know full well their anXieties for you during your
absence from your homes. kn wv how many gen.
tie mother this winter has hourly sighed her
prayer to God of promise that He would protect
her darling amidst the dangers and temptations OF
great city. know the joy which was felt when that
letter came which announced at home GLAD tidings
of your success. A letter, perhaps, which
sanctifed by the silent tear of joy of glad father
or proud motnfr, who read In 1t that their dear
boy had at length obtained that honor for which he
had labored 30 hard and sacrificed so much or it
may be, perhaps, gentlemen for some of you that
when the news was told your friends a pair of
bright eyes grew brighter and fair face more beau.
tiful. 1t may be, perhaps that for some of you in
fond hopes OF your speedy return, that q tender
heart, even now is beating its love marches in quick
time.
CO. thenl May your fondest hopes be realized /;
may fortune crown and affection hallow your future
home, and when at length another land shall have
been reached, may II be said of each OF you that
good man has gone TO his reward.
After another performance by the orchestra q
portrait of Professor II. Ii. Smith was presented
by Mr.. A. w. Taylor, on behalf of the class to
the trustees in whose behalf it was received by
John Z. Cresson, Esq.
A benedicton was then pronounced and the
large audience dis persed