Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-17
COMlE:NC CEMENT.

CoM1HNCEMENT.
rkRMrNArIvN OF THE EXERCISES
Tho Graduating 0ras'ons IN sa. OPer'
fraternity Bs.ans's Last
The audience assembled in the Oper:
house yesterday afternoon to hea
the termination Of tho commence
ment exercises of Franklin and Marshal
college, partially reported in our issue o
yesterday, was considerable larger thar
at the morning session, the auditorium
being well filled by cultured audience
At halfpast two the orchestra played q.
overture, "San S6uci (Kanla), afte
which the salatatory orator, Albert D
Elliot, York, Pa, was introduced. Th,
subject of his address was "COn
tinuOus Development as an Element il
Human Nature" He prefaced his re
marks by cordial welcome to all inviting
their kind by criticism Mm's very ma
ture, declared the speaker, calls for i'm.
provement. His development has beer
certain and progressive. Christianity ant
intelligence are the most potent factors O
mans development. Prejudice and fals<
conservatism retard his development. Blu,
it is not mans destiny to become perfect
As he develops, the goal seems ever to I'D
vance. One generation profits from thu
exertiOns of tho last, and thus is the de-
velOpment of man continuous. With this
l~G, a. ~R =
dent that innumerable triumphs await
him /; triumphs not only over nature. but
over himself. In the development of hu.
manity the time will como when man will
shun all vices and meet the requirements
of duty and religion time when man
will remember that humanity is brother
hood.
Grafton" The Relation between Crime
and Education B. Reber, Read.
ing, Pa. Nine-tenths of the degradation
that exists in this world can be ascribcd
to the ignorance in which the multitude
is shrouded. 1t therefore follows that
every advance made toward the removal
of illiteracy must have . tendency also to
reduce the number of crimes Here VIC
see the sublime purpose of a true educa.
tion-tO soften, and mOllify, and purify
these wicked tendencies, to cultivate the
mind and infuse into the human soul prin-
ciplcs of honor and justice. There is moth.
ing SO beneficial in alleviating the evils Of
society as liberal and extended moral
culture that will elevate the tone Of the
character.
Music-Highland Echocs-Waltzcs( (Da-
marre).
Grafton" Genius, Ideal and Rear'-A.
NJ. Schmidt, Hanover, Pa. Genius is the
expression of life, not borrowed from ma
ture, but inspired by God himself. When
this life is properly directed it becomes
noble, sublime but when it is mis-
used, it causes men to shudder,
tremble and turn from it with feel
ing of mingled fear and pity. As examples
Of this the orator cited the careers of Ces-
ar and BOnaparte, and in the paths of lit
erature held up the lives and works of
Lord Byron and George Eliot as in strik-
ing contrast with those of Wordsworth,
Milton and Dante.
Society as Factor in Cul-
ture''-W. II. Bridenbaugh, Martinsburg,
Pa. Mans social nature in every phase of
the worlds history stands out as one of
the most significant as we'll as the most
sublime factors in human culture. In So
ciety man becomes n0bler and better. But
when kept in bondage and from free COM
municatiOn with lis fellow men his mind
weakens, becomes narrow and incapable of
grasping high and noblo thought. Human
nature is governed by the same beautiful
law that causes the plant to depend upon
certain conditions for growth and expan-
sion into the stately tree. When nations
learn to appreciate fully tho advantages of
social relations, and are bound together by
a universal bond of sympathy and love,
then will the conviction be forced upon
all men that the whole of social culture is
embraced in the beautiful words of the
great Founder of Christianity "DO unto
others as you would that others should do
unto yOu."
Music-Selection from Boccaccio Sup
pe).
Franklin Grafton (second honor. PRO
gress" s"-Francis E. Bucher, Sunbury,
Pa. The relation of the great factors in
human society, radicalism and c0nverva
tism, was discussed at length. The many
theories of progress have envelOped it in
greater darkness, but even in the darkest
days of history, society has never suffered
a retrogression. It has always tended to-
wards perfection never before attained.
Its strides are seen in the direction
Of science, philosophy and religion.
Now man revels in a wider theatre
of art and invention than ever be-
fore The Bible is our charter of free
dom. The morning star of mhlennial
dawn is now above the horizon. The glo-
rious day will soon appear when all will
be virture and truth, and Equality Of
rights shall be the first of rights
Marshall Grafton (irst hOn0r)-s'MiltOn
ais Dichter" Milton as Poet)-ElIwood
L. Kemp, Hamburg, Pa. This was do
livered in the German tongue, and the
following abstract is given:
Drci Namen stehen unzertrcnnlich nit
verbunden ais die hGchsten in
der epischen Dichtkunst, Homer, Virgil,
und Milton. Milton istder Repraescntant
der neuen epischen Dichkunst, und steht
durch wesentliche Characterization Won
den ersten sogenannten classischen Dich-
tern deutlich abges0noert. Die uiade und
die Aeneide enstanden aus dem mytischen
und den Heldenthaten der
Gretchen und Trojaner; das Verlorne
Paradies aus der hoeheren christlichen Cul-
tur und den Thaten des wahren Gortes
selbst und der himmlischen Helden.
Diescs betrifft das game Mcnschen-
geschlecht fur ale Zeit, jene nur zwei
Nationen die schon vor Jahrhunderten
Ais Kapitel in den Geschichten der
und Remer sine die zwei alte
Gedichte NIT dem Ganzen verbunden und
NIGHT vGllig und kaestlich abgesondert.
Das VerlOrne Paradies ALIEN ist elm wahrcs
denn dieses allein hat cine
einen Hauptbestandtheil, und
einen Schluss.
Die Iliade lief Won elmer Naturquclle der