The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1888-06-14
llLR. cox

mr.. cox
spoke IN fluent and easy manner,
| and we append 4 synopsis Of his ex-
cellent GRAFTON:
To form an opinion, to Investigate,
to think and Ito reach conclusions
lareEthe personal erogativesof every
man. just as the tides rise and fall,
| with marked regularity, and their
waves, confined to no continent, TO
no climate. heat against every shore,
so, but perhaps with less regularity,
act the yacillations of the human
mind as the waves are confined to
no shore, SO thought is confined to
no sex, no language. or no race.
The history Of the world exhibits
the different stages of thought ia
politics, religion and science, and
how, by the combined powers Of
prejudice, envy, malice, and bigotry.
it has been resisted.
When we peruse the pages Of an
Gent history we find that a low tide
of thought seemed to fill the minds
Of the people. Politically, they were
contented to trust their own lives,
that of their families and the welfare
Of their nation to a Nero or a Clau-
dius. About the beginning of the
fifth century B. G. the people beheld
| for the first time the silvery rays of
thought piercing the dark cloud
which had SO long held them in ig-
| norance. 1"
Now for the first time, in the his
tory Of the human race, were the
| doctrines of professionalism promul-
gated. It was Martin Luther who
first applied the torch that lit up the
| minds ofthe European people. They
were permitted to see the truth as it
is, and to commence the study of
christian theology in its true light.
| But once more the upward gaze of
man has been changed from zenith
toward the nadar. The keen intel
lect of the Geologist' has penetrated
the crust and is now reading upon
the rock bound earth her story Of
one constant change. They are
studying rocks instead of books, and
find written upon them in indelible
characters the history of the. earth.
Thought is ever fuctuating but al
ways progressing. The poet has
said IN beautiful words:
The wise converse ~ day and night
With skose Ul1o hs1 ~ ont -
sight
With men who from this world have
+ gone, 81 ,1E", -
But left name that still lives on.
To progress then in future years
Without dark doubts or trembling
fears, ~.
Devote that young ambitious life,
With plans and purposes SO rife,
In such a cause your soul then
throw, * .":-
Go forth and conquer every foe.
l.. MR.. EMMERT's :
essay was of decidedly metaphys-
ical character. He defined hypno-
tism, explained how it differed from
somnambulism, and pointed out
many remarkable, phases of the
minds activity while in this peculiar
and abnormal condition. His dis
course showed him to be a student
of both 'psychical and physical sci
ence. He concluded by saying that
| it was favorite aphorism of Sir
VIM. Hamilton's that "In the world
there is nothing great but man. In
man there's nothing great but mind."
This truth has always been recog
nized, and from the dawn of intelli-
gence until the present day, philoso4
pliers have discussed and theorized
on the operations Of the mind in it's
normal actions; until comparative
" recent period, however, no scien-
tific attention has been vouehsafed
to its abnormal phenomena. tt is a
field rich in opportunity and he who
solves the many problems connected
with this realm will weave for him
self a crown whose SURPRISING beau
ty and grandeur shall out-riyal those
which cast a halo around the heads
! of Newton, HerscheI and Edison.
o, Nature! thou who dost conceal
| in thy deepest recesses secrets pre-
cious to men, reveal to the earnest
student such of thy laws and facts
as shall advance man in this life
and prepare him to deserve the in
effable happiness in that beyond.
| MIR. HARTMEYER
had an Grafton on Conservatism.
It was a good produetio thorough
| ly prepared, and rendered so that
every W ,rd could be distinctly heard
in every part Of the hall. An un-
timely interruption prevented our
reporters taking down any of it. and
| I'VE have been unable to procure the
manuscript, hence this brief no
ltice.
MIR. JAMISONS
lappearanc and voice were good, his
gestures were apt and forcible, and