Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-26
GRAND RAPIDS WIS, THURSDAY JUNE 26 1873
Ihe State University.
From the Madison Journal.

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Rev. Mr.. Allison, although well knowr
here by reputation, .has never before, We
believe, delivered literary address il
Madison, and he certainly maintained
his former high reputation as an able
and effective orator. Speaking ensirely
without notes, and entirely at his ease
the speaker developed the thought of hi
theme as compaossy as though written
and deliNsfed his glowing sen tences a.
they came ali warm with the inspiration
that called his lthoughts into being.
Mr.. Moropey Of the Senior Engin.
eering Class, presided. and introduced
the orator whohpoke substantially as
The Ladies have had their say, and 4
most able and Instructive say it was too
the gentlemen Of the legal profession
have had Their say-one of the most elo.
quent efforts he eyer listened to, an effort
which he hoped would become one of the
historical eventsof this Commencement;
and now, Gentlemen of the Literary
Societies, we will have our little talk.
The ladies had hearo about women
from a woman-eloquent words of ad-
vice and wisdom. He would take for
his subject The TYPICAL MAN, whence
should he come from. and how should
he be made up. : A Sunday School
boy once being asked what he was
good for replied, Good to make man
Of" Every boy will not make the
typical man. The Latins had prov
erb E.c uthilo mill tit. From nothing,
nothing comes.H And the Greeks had
a proverb, which runs in English IAN
Eagle is never hatche from a goose s
egg"
America is proverbially large coun-
try, We all know this, we hear it often
enough. 1t is made up Of several sec
tions, each with distinctivcly marked
intellectual as well as physical features.
There are men born east of the Appa-
lachian range, those Of the Mississippi
valley. and those again Of the Pacific
slope. They are coming to be three
distinct types. From a blending of all
these we must form our typical man.
aNe d Specimen VI eacn' anu as 'ht
poy y i"'iler % 'ie man. let Us take
\ Boston boy is standing in front o.
book store ON Washington street
MS cool''ehahce Is seuaVe anu paie
MS lcS7' "'o a1sciiu4'oo' anu MS iioS.ili:
80 'hih '''ao Ohe ll?h' almost silih e
,"loo:h mem vi course nc mas
doom III MS manu- 1t may pe the las'
hahoer OF the Af'0Mtc. or volume
oi h,nerSon' perhaps ms "hepfcsehta'
i've Wan, ian; ASK MN whence ne came
ana "iil'her ne IS gong, ana he repiles'
came from tile lhuennite' anu aul
Going to the unattainaoie.
lake a CnlcaSo BOY a sunday
Schooi superintendent, one not day,
"hlle on MS way 70 ms school' overlook
two boys and glrl. One OF the boys
had jack knife III a somewhat adVan-
ced state OF dllapldaton. The boy
offered HIM the kn'ie, saying, ''wIll you
please take care OF tins tor me during
school just before prayer ne heard
the patterlng OF feet up the aisle, and
turning he saw the little girl, who hur-
ridly broke out with MIR, Mr.. give
give me that knife, Jack 5 got a chance
to trade.
In California he once saw a group of
men at the street corner. \ large, tall
man, with bronzed countenance. long
hair under a slouched hat, with his
pantaloon legs tucked into his boots,
had opened a'regular faro bank. As
he watched the operations little boy
struttcd up, saying. "Mr. lend me a
dollar aud III bust that fellow 5
bank. .
Now we need, Boston thought, Chi
cago energy and California bseadth.
Our typical man must have the culture
OF the east, the push and energy OF
the west, and the tallness and breadth
OF the far west.
An English Lord once sad that an
acquaintance with Lady biessn9son
was as good as 4 liberal education.
An acquaintance with Our country-lts
physicai as "eh as It's human types.
was III user an EDUCATION: Inc grand
eur OF 'he ose'nl'e' WIN us peIfeh-
oleoiar masses o1 rock i''lhs 'hSh-