St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-02
END and BEGINNING.
The Baccalaureate Sermon at
the University by Bishop
Whippie.
The Programme Of Exercises
for the Coming Four
Days.
The Typographical Union Not
Eager to Order a
Strike.
A Row in a Newspaper Office
Sunday Sermons and
Addresses.

The first of the exercises connected
with the commencement festivities OF
the University of Minnesota took place
yesterday afternoon at the Coliseum.
There was large attendance, probably
5000 people being seated when the
First Congregational church choir
opened the programme with a TIE
Deum, during which the graduating
class. the largest in number that has
ever passed at the university, filed in
and remained standing until its compile
ton. After the invocation and prayer
President Cyrus w. Northrop intro
duced Bishop H. B. Whipple,
who delivered the baccalaureate
sermon. He took his text from
Chronicles xii. 80: "Then that had un-
Outstanding of the times to know what
men ought to do" Said he: / meet
you to-day to speak for your alma mater,
to those at the threshold of life. You
enter upon life at one of the most event
full moments in the worlds history.
The schoolboy of to-day knows more
about the secrets of the world than men
whose fame was once the Inheritance of
the world. Great changes have passed
over human society. Walls of separa-
ton have been broken down, and fast
closed doors have been opened. and
hermit nations have taken their places
in the worlds Brotherhood. In
this upheaval the English-speaking
front of the worlds progress.
Since man has dwelt on the earth, no
nation has been clothed with greater
responsibility than our own beloved
country; none will be so powerful for
good or so terrible tor evil. There are
grave problems to be solved-the rela-
lions Of capital and labor. the elevation
of the poor, the reform of the down.
trOdden and the future of the black
race.
In speaking to-day in the hope of
emphasizing the necessity for a
fixed faith, | shall take two
things for granted: first, that sin,
sorrow and death are facts; second,
that there is a God. Without God
there can be no standard of righteous
ness. no human accountability. This is
the reason why no nation has been able
to survive the loss of its religion.
Heather teachers proclaimed a God
whose right was his infinite might.
Christ taught the Fatherhood of a God
whose might is His infinite right.
Intellectual development does not
necessarily secure moral development.
You can have educated devils as well
as educated saints. There has never
been nation which has witnessed such
an outpouring of treasure in the work
of education as in our own. He closed
by giving strong plea in favor of the
Bible in the public schools and asked
that the graduates use their influence
in future life to such an end. when
| lie in my narrow bed," said he,
II would rather have one poor soul drop
tears OH my grave and say, He who
sleep here would have helped me here
if he could than to have the grandest
monument which told how / had died of
the worlds surfeit."
After more music by the choir the
class arose, and President Cyrus North
rop delivered his address to the grad
uating class, which, though simple in
construction. had a ring about it that
went straight to the hearts of
the listeners. He said: Four years
may make but little difference in
mans life. At the end of that per-
iod he may be little older perhaps,
but practically the same as at the be-
ginning, little richer, or little poorer
perhaps than at the beginning, but
there is no radical change. But no one
can pass through four years of college
life, passed in ceaseless study, without
vast change in mental and physical
development. In most respects cnange
for the better if all the chances have
been rightly used.
AS | look at this class | can recall my
first acquaintance with it, and can see
hat great changes have taken place. l
| am glad, ineXpreSSably GLAD, that | can
not see in any one of you change for the
worse. You have been factors in the
prosperity of the university. and have
that just pride which loyal son al.
ways feels in his alma mater. Your eX-
perience has been practical one. You
! have dwelt together for four years, with
peace to govern al, land you have grown
| to be self-reliant. You have tended
faithfully to your work, and have also
found that only part OF what one
needs can be secured in college, and
that what you have there learned has
only served to open the gates of learn
ing, yet | am sure that you are glad that
you have been through college, and ]
hope that all of you will never cease tC
remember its teachings and its influ-
| enceS.
Remember in your future plans that
nothing contributes so much to success
as doing to others as you would have
| the same freedom of thought that you
wish for yourself. This is one of the
most fortunate things, that you have
not all thought alike. You have all
sprung from different nationalIties, you
differ in politics, yet you have been one
| in the love OF country and loyalty to the
| stars and stripes. The blessing con-
ferred upon you by the state, without
| regard to sect or creed, finds you loyal
| in all things to your country. You have
| learned that lesson. important for you
| in your life, that the earth is the Lords
having learned this you will be the more
anxious that the world should be filled
with happiness.
You will be the better prepared to
meet the battle of life from the fact
that you are not the pampered children
OF wealthy parents. For the most part,
| the battle of life has begun with you,
and you have found it hard to meet the
needs of nature while attending college.
Still, you have met them nobly, and in
| the same manner you are sure to sue
coed. / rejoice with you in your sue
cess, though with it all must come the
sorrow for having an unusually bright
class. | will close by wishing you a
| cheerful and hearty God speed.
This closed the exercises for the day
and after benediction by Bishop Whip
pie, the vast audience dispersed.
The Weeks Programme.
The field sports occur to-day. In the