St. Paul daily globe., 1885-06-12
TIE EXERCIsEs ENDED.
COmmeHceznent---A EsaRque1
and E,resiacnt,s lseceptiOn.

The exercises and festivities of COM
meHcement week at the Minnesota unIver-
sity ended last night with the formal recep-
ton rendered President Cyrus Northrop.
The program of the day began with the
commencement proper, which crownng
event took place in the Coliseum, beginning
at 9 O'Clock in the morning. The huge
auditorium was nearly filed. estimates OF the
crowd i'll attendance running as high as
5000, which probably nearly doubled the
actual number. Many ladies' We're included
IN the number and their light colored sum-
meraprarel aid sea Of waving fans, with
the tower hedecked stage and the white
dresses Of the lady graduates made up a
particularly attractive scene. The breezy
amphitheatre was the more delightful. too,
in view of the sultry air outside. The Danz
orchestra occupied = position III front OF the
platform. and the delightful music it fur
nisned was one OF the pleasing features of
the day.
TIE GRADUATING CLASS
was composed of fifteen members, five
ladies and ter gentlemen. of whom nine
represented the class III the exercises. The
graduates. with their respective residences
and the college course taken, are as follows:
Howard 5. Abbott. Minneapolis. modern
D. T.. modern course: Mary L. Benton.
Minneapolis. classical course; Bertha W.
Brown. Richfeld. scientific course; Albert
E Bushnell. Minneapolis. mechanical en-
gineering: Patrick [. Fitzgerald. Donnelly,
Mimi. civil engineering: James Gray,
Minneapolis, scientific: Curtis Il. Green
wood. Rochester. scientific; Mary Z. Irving,
OWatonna, modern course; Samuel s.
Langland, CedaTville. classical course; Ida
'. Mann. Minneapolis. modern course;
Charles W. M0ulton. Cleveland. O.. scien-
tine course; Albert !. Reed. Hastings. civil
engineering: Mabel L. Smith, LIE Seuer,
mOderu course; Thomas Z. TruSScll, Cham
plain. agricultural course. 1t Is little re-
matkable that not a member of the class
comes from st. Paul These fifteen gradll-
ates sat in a semi-circle on the platform.
surrounded By the regents, the faculty and
tie alumni.
TIE GRADUATING EXERCISES
were preludcd by music and prayer and Oc-
cupied three hours. The salutatory was
delivered by Miss Mary E. Irving and was
the same prettiiy worded, gracefully deliv-
cred welcome. SO familiar to the modern
commencement scene. The essay portion
of her paper was devoted to the work done
III the university and the fruit it was to
manifest i'll the years to come. Howard S.
A hbOtt spoke Of the UnWritten Element, by
which title he defined that innate sense OF
right Justice and sef-g0verIment that per-
vadeS great people 4 force that is inviS-
ible and inSensible. S. S. Langland, in his
oration, took 4 very optioniStic view of the
world in discussing the question, Is Man
Advancing? He maintained that We are
advancing more surely and rapidly than we
know. because there is so little by which to
Judge our progress. As evidence Of the
advancement he cited the Improvement Of
.he relations of man TO man and especially
Of man to woman. the advancing state of
mans mental condition and the elevation
and dignity of labor. Altogether it was
thoughtful. pleasing effort Miss Ida V.
Nouns essay asked another question: Does
1t Pay? She referred to education and es
pecially to higher education, and then. by
an exposition of the honOrS, cOntentment
and happiness that follow in its train,
abundantly proved the affirmative Of the
question.
THE LET-AL0NE POLICY.
Charles W. MOulton took for the subject
Of his Grafton LaisseZ Faire. The subject
matter went to show that the policy OF let
alone, or Of letting affairs take their own
course. was neither reputable nor profitable,
and was calculated to be hurtful to the
higher forms of government. Express
Companies formed the Illustrative theme of
Miss Mabel L. Smiths essay. She showed
how such companies had progressed and
improved, and then applied the siInile TO
education. Thomas L. TruSSell took an
exceedingly incomplete view OF Our IN
complete Liberty. Our free institutions
were Il farce. ne said, when we see III every
direction scheming demagogues and avari-
ments OF tyranny and corruption. IgnoT-
ance is rampant and exercises absolute con-
trol over many who exercise the right of
franchise, while demGgOgueS and charla-
tans poison their minds at the same time.
Our school system is inadequate to dispel
this ignorance and set the people free
Liberty is only half complete. and never
can reach its fullness until vice, supersti-
ton and ignorance are completely Coz,
quered. Albert VI. Baldwin appeared a.
prOhibiti0nist. His Grafton was entitled -
Living Issue and he went TO great leHgtl.
to show that the fate OF the nation huEg
trembling in the balance while the liquor
curse was upon it. tie maintained that 10
longer could the question be pushed aside.
and that the parry must live which cham
pioned the temperance cause.
THE VALEDICToRY.
James tray. the EaIeQIctGrial, IS eXc6ea
ingly popular with the students and his az
pearance was the signal for loud applause
His Grafton, entitled the Student and the
State was rather short and was devoted to
the duties of the former to the latter. The
valedictory address was beautifully worded,
and the customary farewellS were manly.
get touching. After acknowledging the
obligation of the class to the regents, he
said addressing the president and faculty:
''In your relation to the state at large you
sljoy great honors, but it IS in your relation to
the student body and the college that your
true glory must always be. To US you are
the alche,nists of the ages, turning the baser
metals of our own crude conception into tlc
gold of systematic knowledge. To you the
university owes that reputation for high
scholarship which it has demanded and re-
eeived. To you it owes also all those tenderer
graccs which cling about the portals of the
true college. making it, while broad and lib
sral as a world, as safe and as pure as a
home. The class of IS can no longer enjoy
your instruction and guidance. The world
nails US and we can scarcely stay to render
you tardy and inadequate thanks for the
benefits already received. but wherever we go
and whatever our lot III life, we remember you
With gratitude and affection.
He then babe farewell to the class and
closed. The diplomas were presented to the
graduates in accordance with the several
collegiate courses, as given above, and the
exercises ended.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET.
A Feast Of Reason and a Flow Oniv
OF Soul.
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