Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-25
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.
commencement Week-sOeiety ceiebra-
tion-Hop Last NIght-AlumnI Day.
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SOCIETY CELEBRATION.
Last night Mcdowell Hall, was filed
with q large and intelligent audience.
composed Of citizens and strangers. TO
witness the twenty fret anniversary OF the
Philomathesu Literary Society The adj
dress OF welcome was made by j. T.
Truitt, OF Piftsville, Nd. J.. A Nydeg-
ger read an essay on Our Country" @.
g. Marbury delivered the Grafton and
Rev G. T.. Wyett, OF Delaware. deliver
ed the annual address before the Society.
His subject was The Elements That In
sure Success" After referring to the
adyancemen4 that the College had made,
and plimentiDg the faculty upon the
success they had achieved, addressing
the society he said 1T is not well for
US 10 close our eyes 20 the hard facts
which frequently confront Us How Of
ten We hear II said, theregoes Q man who
has been literally educated but bis life is
q miserable failure I'm the
frat place. | should say every young man
ahould live for q noble purpose. There
Is inspiration 10 the purpose Of genuine
manhood. A young man with
a right purpose and developed intellect
Is In fair way 10 succeed. But the pos
session Of noble purpose IL not sufficient
| for all who pass through the door TO
success will find It labeled push. APP
pllcation Is the condition of ell honora-
bic achievement Nothing but patient
persistency and self-denyIng toll will win
In the race of life"
THE HOP.
A hop followed the celebration of the
PhIlomathean Society, as II also did the
anniversary of the Philokallan Society on
the previous evening. These dance were
attended by large number OF strangers.
Al d the dancing ball was handsomely de-
corated on both occasions. Among those
present were; Miss Owens. OF Washing
ton; Misses Thompson, Miss s )uthgate.
Miss Mccoy, Miss Marchand Miss Hyde,
OF Baltimore, Miss Johnston, OF Easton,
Miss Dilihunt, Miss Brewer, Miss Sher-
wood, Ensign and Mrs. Tisdale, Miss
Murray and Messrs. Tilton, Johnston.
Marbury, Duvsll. @. Brewer. Hicks,
Cane, Newman, Hyde, Payne, Noble,
Schley. McGraw, Hiss. Iglehart, d. r
and w. Randall RIdgely, NydegRer,
Claude, Adams, Yellott, Magruder. Nun
roe and Chew.
ALUMNI DAY.
The Alumni Association OF st. Johns
College met this morning, j. Schaaff
Stocketi, presiding, j. NJ. Munroe, sec
rotary. State Senator ]. &. Writ made
an address, the subject OF which was the
relation of the alumni OF st. Johns as
men of liberal education TO the civil ser
vice movement. In the address he said
W hat shall be the attitude of the Alumni
of st. Johns to movement which APP
peals especially to educated men for sup
port BE assured that no more impor-
tant question will be presented to you
| than your decision of what shall be your
4 - l. Al.
| who stand for honest and decent methods
more distinctly 10 the people of this
country, and of this State the perpetual
Issue between the higher and lower ele-
ments of political hfe Can you afford
| to cast In your lot with those who seek
to prejudice the country against ell edu-
/ cational tests, even that OF common school
education 7 Ought any Thoughtful man
to set bis face blindly against movement
| which confers new honors upon learning
and higher dignity upon simple, man
hood. II In the present as In the past the
| graduates Of st, Johns would bear aloft
the torch OF knowledge Of the State, they
will be found on the right side OF this
important question. We live In time OF
| loud disputes and weak convictions Are
we fully discharging our responsibility to
1
men to shape the opinions Of our respec
tive communities3 That responsibility
rests not alone upon the few who may
rise to eminence but upon all alike. The
old notion of hefo-worship 30 eloquently
preached by Carlyle, contained after all
| but half truth. The world will never
| be able to spare Its heroes or refuse to
crown them with the laureIs. but the per
manent we'll being of society must always
depend largely upon the opinions and
conduct OF the men of average informa
ton and capacity. To quote the fine
| lines of Morley We cannot, like the
great saints of the churches and the great
sages of the schools, add to those acqui-
sitions of spiritual beauty and intellectual
mastery which have, one by one, and III
| tie by little, raised man from being no
higher than the brute to be only q little
lower than the angels" But what we
can do, the humblest Of US In this Hall,
is by diligently using our own minds
and diligently seeking TO extend our
own opportunities to others, to help TO
swell that common tide. on the force and
the set of whose current depends the
prosperous voyaging OF humanity. The
Alumni OF ST. Johns, imbued with this
spirit. would be everywhere throughout
| the State potent factors Ia the formation
OF right opinions on questions of public
interest. and prove to the people OF the
State that ST. Johns is we'll worthy of
their foster aid and care.
| At4 o'clock this afternoon q business
meeting OF the Alumni Association was
held. To-nightuthe banquet win take
place at Nc Hall. Tomorrow
| will be como ent day which will
close the exercl the week.