The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-04
BAOoALAUREArE ADDRESS.
The Bachelors of 'S3 Addressed by Presi-
dent Everest, of Butler University.

President H ". Everest, of Butler University,
yesterday afternoon delivered the baccalaureate
sermon In the college chapel at Irwin gton before
the class of 'S3 and its friends. There are nine
bachelors" in the present class-T. NJ. IdeD, c.
E. Morgan. Miss Cora Smith. NJ. o. Naramore,
| NJ. A. Morrison, R. p. Haldeman, Miss Maggie
Hustled, j. II. Everest and R. L. Dorsey.
The Introductory services were conducted by
| DIR. A. R. Benton, who found suitable scriptural
lesson in Ecclesiastes XII Prayer was made by
the Rev. L. G. Hay, of this city.
| President Everest spoke without manuscript.
1t was an eloquent talk full of truths and a
complement Of advice well adapted TO round off
the four years teaching given the graduates. DIR.
| Everest read scripture from Luke XVI, g. Among
other things he said: "The student who gradu-
ates must abandon the college halls and the re-
straints Of student life and do for himself Like
the steward, the student may say; Il cannot beg,
and may not dig, therefore must stealr The
| question What shall dor asked OF himself
by the graduate, is one which comprises all of
fes work. 1t means, what shall I do that is
worthy of me and my preparation Graduates
are small but favored class. Millions of the ris-
ing generation ask only the question, What shall
| eat and what shall wear2 Statistics gath
| cred from $50 colleges show that there are 30
| 600 students in this country, and OF this number
about 5000 will graduate this year. If anything
stlrs up the moral loathiDg of this generation 1t
| Is young man who spurns the opportunities
| question you asking yourselves must depend
| upon the character of the age. How narrow was
Athens! Bat how stupendous is the age Of
| Gladstone! The world ia morally better, too.
rhev tell us that the world is going to the bad;
| that Catholicism is increasng and Professionalism
| failure; that morality Is collaps-
Ing. Those who indulge in these reflections
are themselves collapsing. Bad men increase
|
men multiply even In greater proportion. In
revolutionary times the learned were followers,
been progress. Men were never so pure ana Just
as in this age To-day 10000 men are mission
\ aries among heather people.
"This is an age OF brotherhood for the acc0mp-
| lishment of great and good things. Men unite
to accomplish things which were not possible
| years ago. 1t is an age of union, and il man
desires TO achieve noble and great ends. he need
| not stand alone. We live longer now than men
did in the past measuring life by deeds aud not
| years.
ain the three score years and ten man lives a
period that is equivalent to thousands of years,
| measured by the scale of the past. The reward.
too, is greater. The man who wrote received
| pituance. The man who writes receives, per-
chance, thousands. Measure the men in fame,
| and where will you find the equals OF the intel
| lectual giants OF this tlmei Sometimes we feel
that the opportunities have all been seized; hut
| as civilization pushes further onto the horizon,
| possibilities develop and may be grasped on
| every hand. In answering the question. what
| shall dot you must be prudent; make friends;
make friends OF your parents. knew young
man who graduated but who would not speak to
his honest Old mother, poor and homely. wished
that the Mosaic,law were in force that tEat young
man might be righteOusy stoned to DEATH
| Have high ideal OF the Christian gentleman;
work to deserve success; do not trust
| to the talismanic luck-stone. One
| should try to meet the worlds demand for men.
| There Ia no demand for wooden plOws, and so
| the world does not want wooden men. Consider
| the demand and try to I'LL the bill. Do not be
content to labor without contributing something
10 thought and power. The man who smites
down wrong, who raises up some fair thought,
is adding value to the worlds worth.
| '"The members of this class will soon go ont
into the great world. SO live that when you
| fail on earth you go to the habItatiOn which the
| Divine Architect is building and identifying for
you"