St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-03

Grafton. But for no one of his many
noble deeds will he be longer remem-
bered than for his munificent gift of
$l5O,OOO to the state and the uni
verSity at a time when the fnan-
cial condition of the state made it
impossible for the legislature, however
we'll disposed, to grant the university
the money it needed to carry forward
its eulogizing work. He has shown
himself wise in making this gift while
he lived. and might justly hope to wit
ness in the increasing prosperity OF the
the university the fruits of his benevO-
lence. He has shown himself wise in
estimating money at it's just yalue-nOt
for what it is, bnt for what
it can dO-nOt as something to
be held aud loved and gloated over, or
to be expended in personal aggrandize-
ment or luxury, but as something which
can work nightly for humanity, which
can reinforce even the educational
power of sovereign state, which can
enrich human minds, and can thus lift
up into the fine greatness OF a whole
citizenship the sons and daughters OF
this whole Northwest.
The balance of the address was an
argument to show that education and
religion working side by side were the
great powers for raising humanity and
no better use of wealth could be found
that to turn the surplus into the chan
nelS that promised to germinate in the
whole people the spirit of wisdom.
In conclusion President NOrthrOp
ADDRESSED THE GRADUATING CLASS
in this language: Ladies and Gentle
men of the Graduating Class-YOu have
finished your work as students in the
~ nrd is
pleted. The impress of four years of
with one another and your instructors,
is on you: and 1 cannot by the few
words | address to you at this closing
hour change that impress in the
slightest degree. am glad, therefore,
that as look into your faces to-day
l can feel that the influences to
which you have been subjected
during these years of training have
been good, and that the results have
been good; that you have been in
large degree transformed from what
you were when you came here; that
you are much better fitted to meet the
trials and the duties of active life than
you would be without these years of
training; that the change in you is not
wholly intellectual. but that you have
developed in the right direction in re-
spect to your characters, in spiritual
natures, and that you are stronger and
truer, kinder and sweeter. more
orous and forceful than you were
when you came here. 1t has been de-
light to me to watch the development
of these characteristics in you, and to
know that your thinking, your expert
ences, your associations were all tend
ing to make you better and nObler. You
have won from all your instructors high
praise for your fidelity as students and
for your attainments as scholars. You
have been an aid and comfort to me in
the duties of administration by your
uniform kindness, your loyal regard
for the best interests of the uni
versity, and by your example as
seniors, always a powerful factor
in college life and conduct. For all
OF you l have very sincere respect ana
affection. shall follow your future ca
reer with the deepest interest, and it
able to do anything to assist you in
fighting successfully the battle of life.
l cannot
Look into the seeds of time
And say which grain will grow and which
will not.
But shall be greatly disappointed if,
when the results of your lives shall be
gathered, the harvest shall not be both
abundant and good. Always, in your
future life, so number your days as to
apply your hearts unto wisdom" Esti-
mate all things at their true value, ana
show yourselves wise by doing what is
best. You will then never neglect the
highest of all, but will remember that
1.-THE fear of the Lord is the beginning
of WISDOM" and s. to depart from evil,
that is understanding"
After the address the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. William Kincaid,
of San Francisco.