The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-18
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
THE CLASS OF 's5 GRADUATED BE.
FORE A LARGE AUDIENCE.
Brief synopses of the Commencement
Orations.
Proceedings of Last Nights Alumni
Meeting.

AC 4NOAkSA0A A4eA0 "a 4AaS9044I D4tkk1b
appearance Thursday morning. The
floors had been newly washed, and the
rooms decorated with flowers until the
air was filed with their delightful odor.
The audience began TO arrive early and
by O'Clock the assembly room was 30
crowded that standing room within the
chapel could scarcely be found. Theeor.
ridors were also full and the stairway
leading to the Literati hall accommoda-
ted many. The platform was occupied
by the board Of regents and graduating
class which complicated the courses of
study as follows:
Latin course-B G. Hastings, EN-
poria; Rosetta Haworth. Varck; T. q.
Reynolds, Great Bend.
English course-A. Fl. Newton, Neo-
sho Falls.
Elementary course-C. A. Bishop,
Emporla: Nellie Cunningham. Enporia:
A. Docking, Clay Center; Hattie Dennis.
Muncie; Nellie a. Edwards, Emporia;
Alice Hadley. Harveyville; w. D. Js-
cobs, Grand View; E. Kaufman, Abb
lene; Ella s. Kelly. Winfield; ]. l.. Mi
nor, Emporia; Alice A. Reynolds, Great
Bend; C. K. Sortor, Quindaro; e. A.
SimerweIl, Auburn; Flora a. Stewart,
Seneca.
The invocation delivered by Rev. W.
C.Suodgrass, and the literary exercises be-
gan by singing "JoyI JoyI Freedom To
H., % b., SE,o Nornal oI0as The ar7df
ence was once favored with an instru-
mental duet by MissesDent and Eskridge,
and piano quartette by Misses Shell.
don, Eskrldge, Dent and Smith. Miss
Mamie Caldwell sang "Along the Shore"
and gracefully responded to an encore,
and the Normal octette did well on "a
Soldier Bold"
The orations were all we'll delivered.
and contained evidence of hard work
and thoughtful preparation. We give q
synopsis of each Grafton In its order.
OBEDIENCE TO LAW
was the subject OF Mr.. Charles Sortor's
Grafton including the salutatory.
Friends" said he, I'VE bid you 9 COZ
| 0td1 WCACOASs 4OA AoNO 6hAINCA W
make our stay among you pleasant and
profitable. You have thrown open your
churches and invited US to your houses.
aud now you kindly join Us in our an
nual celebration. We appreciate your
interest in our welfare, We thank you
for your hospitality, and we bid you,
generous residents of Emporia, a hearty
welcome.
One duty of the teacher is to instill Q
respect for authority in the minds Of the
pupil. There are signs that indicate q
state of lawlessness among Us which is
not OF recent origin. There are many
causes for this Emigration and exist
ing codes are two. Home and school
life also often have a tendency to
disregard authority. Again, this is an
age of gigantic enterprises, and there is
q long list OF money kings whose influ-
eRces are felt. This all-prevailing law.
lessness Is not q new danger. It mani
tests itself in the Pennsylvania whisky
rebellion in 1894, and again in 1891 un-
der the delusive cOgnomens of estate
rights" and ''squatter sovereignty" II
is not possible to change the present
state of affairs by any physical
force. The causes must be destroyed.
We must modify our educa
tlonal policy. The votes of the people
must be the votes of educated aad prin
cipled men. Parents must educate theiI
children in perfect harmony with truth
and justice. Teachers and parents mus
check the abnormal development of am
billion. Training is as much q part o
the school curriculum as scholastic
knowledge. believe that the people o
Kansas are in sympathy with US in thu
attempt to secure, not more, but bette
laws and a more thorough appreciation
of that which already exists, and q NOR
perfect obedience To duly constituted an
, thoritY. Because of all this We vel
: come you the heartier.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CIvILIzA
TON
| was the title of an interesting Grafton b.
Miss Flora Sewart:
"Have you ever stood by the cradl
and, as you watched the little one IN 1t
: childish glee, thought of the future bt
fore il. Trained by example and guard
ed by q mothers care, the infant be
! comes the sturdy boy. Years Of boy
hood pass only too quickly, and befor
: we are aware OF it youth has begun an
the man meets our astonished gaze. Lii
passes rapidly and manhood gives plaC
J. to old age.
: AS with man, SO with individual nj
b tions and races Along the fertile va
f leys of the Nile are to be seen the II
i mains of buried civilization. Will
Egypt was on the dechne other nation
:, were growing up to take its place. B
t conquest Persia reached Its height. II
t deed Greece had been growing for hue
T dreds of years, developing that idea c
D beauty which has made It famou
= throughout the centuries. Rome, haN
r ing no special idea OF its own to wor
: accepted and combined the best idea
: and thoughts OF its predecessors. Ther
: have, however, been two distinct era
e when religion has made itself felt in th
: constant progress of nations. In th
sixth century Mohamedanism rises l
j power, apparently destined to becom
} the accepted faith of the world. Ii
, progress was checked at Tours by Cha
I Martel. Long before the rise of NOLAN
idanism the Jews gave the world q sYs
I tenn of morals the most perfect eve
known. all the ideas then prevaler
were IN direct opposition to christianity
! Even against such odds Christianity cor
, tinued TO spread until it became the r
>. cognized religion of empires; but whe
, raised to power it became corrupt an
became the tool of unprincipled men
r Yet 1t continued tI increase IN politIca
power until all the world was startle
because Martin Luther and others dare
to take q stand against the authority Q
the pope. Then began u reform which
, shall continue to bring forth glorious re
suits to the end of time. Who can dout
but that Christianity will shape the civi
lization of the future: Already by il
influence the dark cloud of ignorance ha
been riven by the sunbeam of education
Ancient civilization produced the ma
5 of one-sided development, while moder
civilization, by the aid Of sacred liters
! ture and Christianity, has produced me
a of full and rOuaded development. L
: the VedIc hymns and rites of Indis
t the warlike history of Persia, and Ih
tombs of Egypt, we see the cast-of gar
!; ments of the infancy Of civilization
: MohamedanIsm formed mantle Whicl
{ has since been laid aside Tor the roys
! robe OF manhood, complete and gloryIn
i in the Christian civilization. When a
: nations of the earth shall be clothed !
Q the garments of perfect manhood, the
l. vvilI Ia ful6IIed the iniunction oF Chr;s