St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-04
LAUNCHED INTO LIFE.
The Fourteenth Annual Commencement
Exercises of the University of
Minnesota.
Twenty-Five Graduates Are Declared
Fitted for the Stern Duties of
Life.
The Coliseum Thunders With the
Echoes of Their EIoquence and
Rhetoric.
Annual commencement Dinner and
Last Nights Levee of the
President.

Annual commencement Dinner and
Last Nights Levee of the
President.
State University Commencement.
Twenty-Five students We're successfully
launched from the state university yester-
day, as having absorbed all the erudition
the Institution is capable of imparting, and
htted for the battle of life so frequently and
feelingly alluded to in the commencement
day grafton. Of these twenty-five eight
were young ladies and fourteen men. the
proportion of the fair sex being much
larger than is ordinarily the case at the uni
VerSity. The commencement exercises
were held yesterday morning in the coli
scum, which spacious and handsome struc-
ture was as pretty sight, in its interior,
as the eye would care to rest upon. Nearly
filled with gaily-clad people, dressed taste
fully with flowers. and vocal with the
sweet strains of the Danz orchestra, the
fine auditorium was the fitting scene of the
graduating exercises of the chief institution
OF learning in the state. The candi-
dates for graduation were seated in
Semi-circle upon the stage,
surrounded by the faculty and most of the
members of the board of regents and
brought into relief by the backing of alumni
in the rear. State Superintendent
Kiehle. Senator Gillian, EX-Superinten-
dent Wilson and other prominent gentle
men also occupied seats on the stage.
President Cyrus Northup officiated. Not
the least pleasant feature of the morning
was the exquisite music by Danz, which
had been prepared especially for this &C.
casion.
A BATCH OF ORATORY.
Eleven addresses were made, Of which
four were by lady graduates and it is safe
to say that if the young men eXcelled in
oratory, the ladies were not far behind in
the solidity of their ideas and the grace
OF their expressions. The orations were,
as rule, entirely free from empty flights
OF sophomore rhetoric and were remark
able for live. practical thoughts. The sal
utatory and valedictory, however, were
hackneyed and will ever be so long as the
present style prevails.
Rev. Joseph Anderson of Connecticut in
yoked the divine grace upon the institution
and its graduates and the exercises began
with Latin salutatory, delivered in choice
Ciceronian accents by Miss Ada Kiehle
Miss Amy spoke upon Physical Culture,
urging the necessity of maintaining sound
body, as the suitable habitation of a clear,
healthy brain. MI. Bennett gave the re-
suits OF his reading and thoughts of the
British house of lords. He took decidedly
pessimistic view of that noble and ancient
body OF peers and thought the country
would be better Off without them; other
qualities are requisite in legislative bodies
than those inherited with a corOnet. Mr..
Crafts chose The Governing Purpose for his
theme and devoted his Grafton to showing
rather what should not be the life motive
than what should be. He urged the setting
of work and the dauntlesS pursuit of it.
Miss Elwell spoke on The State and it's re-
lations to the individual, holding it to be
higher and greater than its integral parts
She carefully avoided the doctrine of states
rights.
LABOR QUESTIONS.
Two of the most interesting orations of
the day, though they were not conscien-
tiously delivered, were upon labor topics;
one upon Days of Labor, and the other,
Knights of Labor. Mr. johnson had the
first named, and his paper was supposed
address to employers, in behalf of labor.
Its ideas were good, though some were
scarcely practical. He urged the eight
hour plan forcibly, as the result of increas-
ing intelligence Oh the part Of labor, and
maintained that shorter hours would tend
to elevate the laboring people Grinding
competition and monopoly were denounced
and capital was urged to victory in which
labor should participate. Mr.. King, who
had the Knights of Labor, evidently con-
founded the order with trades unions,
though his thoughts were all well meaning.
He held the order great power for either
good or evil, but his idea of the socialistic
element in the organization arose from con-
founding two distinct organizations. Lib
erty. equality, fraternity. he held to be the
good objects of the best part of the order.
and in this all encouragement should be
held out. The Knights may become a
power in the state and a bulwark to our
principles of freedom and equality, i'm
pregnable forever.
MIR. Kennedy's Grafton on whence,
Where, Whittier, though Astounding in
pretty language, was inclined to be sophie
moric in that 1t INDUCED in the graduates
day dream OF that utopian future we are to
have, strong in the promise of better men
and better things. Still it was one of the
most enjoyable of the orations.
BY TWO LADIES.
Miss Lyall's essay showed the results of
practical thought. What Society Owes the
Poor, was her theme. She showed the
mistaken idea of rendering the helpless still
more helpless by injudicious aid: the correct
idea. the real philanthropy is to teach them
to help themselves and provide for the flu
ture. Miss Sewall had very thoughtful
Grafton OH American Art. She believed in
the refining, elevating influence of the
beautiful, and thought the money-makng
a mn n 70
to cultivate the love of art, The
valedictory was delivered by Mr..
Webster and was as far from the old style
as it is possible to 60, which is not very
far. He babe the customary farewells in
new language, but on the verge of the
beaten track. His advice to the class was
timely, and his compliments to the faculty
true and in good taste.
GRABBING THE sHEEPsKINs.
With the customary address in Latin. and
the announcement of the several degrees,
President Northrup presented the diplomas.
The graduates and the degrees are as fol-
lows:
Bachelors Of Arts-John William Adams
Lake City; Henry James Grannis, High For
est; James Charles Elliot King Otsago: Ida
Victoria Mann, B. L. 'S5, Minneapolis: Eliza-
beth Quincy Sewall, st. Peter; William Frank
lin Webster, Clearwater.
Bachelors of Science-John William Ben
nett, Montrose; Fremont Grams, Mapletou:
Mary Whitmore Elwell. Minneapolis; Frank
Ames johnson, Marshall; Joseph Kennedy.
Oshawa; Lillian Lincoln Ware, Brownsville
Bachelors of observation-disclosures May Amy.
Leo Melville Crafts, Ada May Kiehle, Maud
Julia Lyall Josephine Florence Mars, Mary
Alden Powell, all of Minneapolis.
Bachelor of Architecture-Charles Com
stock WoodmanSee Minneapolis
Bachelors of Medicine-William C. F. Van
Damn and A. w. Brunette, Minneapolis:
James ]. O'Reiley, Olga, Oak.
This ended the exercises and the assem-
blage adjourned with benediction by DR..
Anderson.
THE ANNUAL DINNER
was spread in Chapel hall, and several hum
dred guests seated themselves about 80