Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-16
COMMENCEMENT.
AND MARSHALL COLLEGE.

FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE.
The Afternoon Session-The vsledictory and
Other Honors-Some Fraternity Re
unions.
The exercises Of the afternoon session
were opened promptly at $50 p. m., yes
terday with a Review March" by the
band, played in excellent style. At its
conclusion, DR.. Apple announced the first
speaker.
Oration-" The Mission of Great Men !"
w. H. Rauch, Derry Church, Pa. The
peace Of people and war of ideas is wag.
ing with all their attendant evils when
truth for a season seems to suffer dishonOr,
when from out this gloom a figure rises
above the plane of common men, then
pointing toward him, men call out and
say, Behold, great man - Thus it
will ever be. When noble nature has a
fixed purpose in view and with unflagging
zeal directs his energies to achieve it, he
never fails. And everywhere men will
bow and say, Behold, great man We
need but point to history to show that a
single mind has colored the whole stream
of nations life. A powerful intellect
when inspired by such will
need but speak the word and thou
sands feel its power. H. the liv-
ing presence of a truly great man We
feel his power. Like Il phantom of mys
terry it comes upon us without word or
gesture. There is secret, silent some
thing which, when in their presence, raises,
exalts and ennobles. Like fragments of
music that comes up through all tho years
of childhood, or like the echoes of the
summers of long ago; so comes tho mys-
terious influence of lofty minds and the
boldcst, prOudest man must bow in recog-
milton Of their power. Such is tho in
tluence Of intellect, energy and will. They
have given us the fiery eloquencc of Pat
rick Henry, rs we'll as the blood-stained
laurels of Marathon. To-day there are
questions, social an'l ethical, that await So
luton. Then let great men come to the
rescue ; not as C;cscr was great, but great
in honor, srea: in mind and in heart. Men
who shall forget themselves in their love
for humanity. Men who shall recognize
that truth and right are tho everlasting
hills that never crumble.
Oration-" Damosthenes, as an Orator.
IL. G. Appenzellcr, Souderton, Pa.
The Periclean era was the golden age of
Athens. The arts and sciences then
fioIrished and no efforts wero spared to
give her that commanding position sho
held and worthily sought to maintain.
But tho sunny days Of her prosperity and
glory arc past the fires of patriotism are
almost cxt,nguished Marathon and Sala-
mis- are forgotten, and Philip il making
steady advances. To rescue Athens from
ingloriouS defeat and ruin she needed q
man with strong character, culture and
ardent lOvo Of his native city. Such q
man was Demosthenes. By his zeal, devO-
tion, eloquence and patriotism he revived
the public spirit and re established her
Hellenic influence. The spirits which
wrought in the statuary of Phidias, in the
buildings OF Ictinus and Muesicles, in the
creations of Sophocles or Plato, all would
have passed away sooner had they not
been recalled by the passionate breath of
Demosthenes. Competent judges place him
among the first statesmen Of antiquity,
Philip recognized him as a great leader
and statesman. But it is as an orator
that VIC wish to study him. Here he is \
model for all time. Tho first requisite Of
the orator is. he must be man. lie must
have strong convictions of truth and duty,
the courage to follow them, regardless of
consequences. In the face of the bitterest
opposition and persecution, actuated by the
purest motives, Demosthencs constituted
himself the champion of Athens and en-
ployetl his god like powers for her good.
AS the cause makes the martyr, so truth
makes the orator The second requisite
Of the other is his earnestness. Demos
themes was brief and to the point positive
and practical. Like rushing stream he
carried every thing with him, so that
when he finished his Piilippics
the people cried ont, "Let us arise and so
against Philip Eschines becomes his
rival and bitter enemy. Ctesiphon pro
poses that Demosthencs receive a crown
from tho state. 1Eschines fiercely op-
poses it. In that most finished. most
splendid and most pathetic work Of an
cient eloquencc-The Grafton of the Crown
-Demosthenes gained an overwhelming
victoryfOr himself and the honor OF Athens.
Eschnes was convicted and banished.
The grafton concluded with the glowing
words of Lord Brousham, "At the head
of all the mighty masters Of speech, the
alteration of ages has cOnsccrated his
place and tho loss Of the noblcr iDstru-
ment with which he forged and launched
his thunders, will be sure to maintain it
unapproachablc forever
Power "A. P. Shirk, Lancaster, Pa.
to tho character of individuals, for the
place of all things is determined by OBJ
jective measurement. Goodness only
seems really apparent when reflected from
back ground of dark and skulking evil.
In the mighty fabric of creation extremes
of character stand side by side, eac.l i'll
tensified by contrast with its surroundings.
In the gloom of incipient revolution Oliver
Cromwell sat silent. biding his time. The
cup that had intoxicated others sobered
him, but when the storm came his was the
god like voice that stilled the tempest.
In distractions such as these intelligence
becomes an executive restoring power.
Then it is that intelligence shows that
tranquil herOism whose sublimity is never
shaded by nobler form. Though the
fOrbearance Of moral herOism may reach
the hight of the sublime. that of intelli-
gent hcrOism is not less elevated. The
essential difference between the two kinds
exists between the martyrs courage and
the courage of the Spartan. And when
the storm of revolution sweeps tine world
trembling humanity seeks for the heroes
Of the hour among those whose intelli-
gence bids them wait.
Music" Novelties Walston.
Tho German Grafton.
Oration--"Des Menschen Wahre
Crosse" d. A. Souders, Reading, Pa.
Vie verschiedenartig die Umstenden des
Menschen sein moegen. SO hat doch sein
Herr INNER ctwas Zu lieben, zu verlangea
etwas worauf cr sich vcrlaesst; und das-