Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-05
GRADUATING EXERCISES
OF the Sacramento Business College in
College Hall Last NIGHT.

College Hall Last Night.
The anniversary exercises of the Sacra-
mento Business College packed the hall of
the school last night. Mayor Gregory,
presiding, said that many prominent bust
| ness and professional men had graduated
from this institution during the sixteen
years of its existence and it was fitting
that its merits should be recognized as they
| were by the meeting of so large an assem-
bly,. He urged the graduates to realize
that the world is what they individually
make it, and to perform their part with
the aim OF elsvatiDg not only themselves
but those around them.
The quartet, by Messrs. Milliken, Camp
bell, Crocger and Cohn, sustained the high
reputation of those gentlemen.
In the absence of Hon. NJ. NJ Estee,
Elwood Bruner delivered the leading ad-
dress of the first half of the programme.
Mr.. Bruner was in his usual happy vein
Three things he urged upon the young
graduates
l. To be active. In these stirring times
the turtle stood no show IN the race of
life. Initiate the Cat which, however or
whenever thrown, lights upon its feet and
escapes disaster.
3 To be courageous. Only the highest
bravery reaches to the great prizes of life.
The speaker quoted many examples of
brilliant honors won by courage.
). To be self-rel1ant. Take advice but
try ii fearlessiy in the court of your own
conscience and abide by the verdict.
The Old Sexton" in E. S. Campbell's
magnificent bass voice, called out pro-
longed encore, which, however, was not re-
sponded to.
Miss Jeanette Burke's recitation of IAN
Angels Voice" proved not to be the senti-
mental composition implied by its title
Miss Burkes reading is pleasingly free from
the agonizlng struggle TO rival every
strained tone in nature or in art, which
makes painful the performances of the av-
erage elocutionist.
The song by Mr.. Graham gave hearty APP
plause.
Grove L. Johnson delivered the closing
address. He said that men nigh. be di-
vided into to-day men and tomorrow
men," He undertook to describe these two
classes. The man of to-day is happy in
what of honor and success he finds as he
goes along. He is pleased if, at The end of
life, the gains he can count up are satisfac-
tory. The to morrow man is illustrated by
the aged man, who, nearing the grave, was
discovered planting young trees. When
asked why at his age he was so engaged, he
replied:
Il plant these trees for the world, not
for myself" The tomorrow man is not
always successful in the achievements he
can count at tie end of life. His achieve
ments can often be counted only by includ-
ing the years that follow him. The young
man must choose for himself. Three
things, however, the speaker would ven
ture to advise:
Hold vo1r fOpura Mora
ruined by talking too much than in any
other way.
If you your lips
Would keep from slips.
Five things observe with care:
To whom you speak,
OF whom you speak,
And how and when and where.
2. Be successful. Success is patriotism;
failure is treason. If Jeff Davis had sue
ceeded he would have been patriot
Therefore, whatever you undertake to do
do it to win.
3. Be what you seem to be. Fear God
and do the right" and your success is as
sured whether you are to-day man or
tomorrow man.
After delightful song and encore by S.
D. Mayer of San Francisco, President At
kinson presented the diplomas In doing
so he urged the class in their relations to
lneIi employers, 10 themselves, 10 their
God to be true. Truth is the cornerstone
of all the virtues. Build on that if you
would have your structure reach the skies
He asked them 10 be cheerful.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone"
The world is the mirror which reflects
yourself. Offer it a pleasant face, and q
pleasant face will be reflected. A frown-
ing face will see only frowns See to it,
also, that you so keep the accounts of your
daily life, that across the great red ledger
above in which your debts are recorded
shall be written at the last settled in fall.n
The names of the graduating class are as
follows: John R. LsRue, Isador Nathan
Joseph Cannon, Albert ]. Newman. Thos
McKinstry, Lorenzo Kennedy, George H.
Smith, Henry f. Darlington, William
O'Neil, Charles Z. Reese, Ferdinand W
Carlson, Edmund NJ. Atkinson, Noah c.
Nelson Joseph Nusbaum, George L. Feran
Charles Dietrich, Elisha a Plat. John W
Greenlaw, Albert Dillon and Miss Irene r.
Leonard.