Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-21

L. s. q There was the greyhaired man Of
four score years, and by his side his grandchild
of no more than 10 summers; the business
man, the college professor, the wife, the fair,
sweet typical Chautauqua girl, the high and
low, the aristocracy and the common, the
stately and the undignIfied, all marched side
by side in that procession with feeling OF
perfect fellowship and friendliness. engendered
by persevering, reading and study together.
To be a member of this circle is no idle mean
ing, as proved by the fact that only one-fourth
the original entrance of the class of 40 fol-
lowed up the course until graduation day,
Opened by n Pirtsburger.
At the hall in the grove the graduating class
gathered about the Golden Gate, and Mr.. A. NJ.
Martin, of Pittsburg, after reading responsive
service fit for the occasion, placed the key in
the lock. 1t rang with a merry cliuk, the
portals were pushed open, and the 100 members
filed up the broad walk through evergreen
arches. the little girls on either side strewing
the way with flowers as the procession passed
into the Hall Of Philosophy, where
Chancellor Vincent led the customary
services. From there they marched to the
Amphitheater, where seats had been reserved
for all graduates and undergraduates of the
circle. The platform and building were beauti-
fully adorned with evergreens. and in front of
the former large fountain Of water spurted
forth. DR.. Hurlbut presided again, and
grouped around him were many distinguished
Chautauquans He introduced Mrs. Alice
Freeman Palmer, ex-President of Wellesley
College, as the speaker OF the day.
Moment of Grent Joy.
UCRADUATEs of the class of 1890" she said,
''there could be no more joyous moment
in all my life than this. Such moment as this
is a moment Of Joy, of giving good wishes and
congratulations from all our hearts. There are
many in this and other lands who cannot be
here, and to them we give our blessings
Chautauqua waited until you had tested your
power, your patience, your bravery before she
welcomed you to her great family. She says to
you education is life, The college and Chau-
tauqua, the greater college than them all, have
brought you to appreciate education. You have
ana is never @ finished S7 % There sn sa'AtsW sTs few
here that have passed through cloudless
skies. When the humdrum of life and its
daily rounds have made You weary Chautau-
from this drudgery. You Pierans have come
at the end of four years to drink at a new
spring of life that is to be fresh and invigorat-
ing day by day. You cannot be true Chautau-
quans unless life to-day is purer and better be-
cause Of those quiet hours over your books.
There is not little girl who walked In the pro-
cession to-day but whose life will be sweeter
because she knew of the school of Plato and
the ideas of Socrates.
"Ah, we Americans are too practical; we
strive too often for riches. The greatest riches
are not those of the almighty dollar. We
life which is made better by ideals and ideas.
My friends. you have not gone through these
four years. course of reading without having a
wider world opened up to you. You mothers
the draping of our neighbors dresses since we
have Chautauqua course. venture to say
that you Will not lose the opportunities OF time
which you can use to bless yourselves and
friends. :
Looking for n Hard Task.
uT KNOW young girl who came to me out Of
her Chautauqua reading saying: DO you
know OF something in this land that is impos-
sible that 1 can do; my mother says that I can
not go to be missionary. think l will go to
the Mormons. Do you know of anything
harderT And so this girl is doing a grand
work now, the result of Chautauqua teach
ing. What. you say, have the Assyrian kings
to do with the draping of a dressf Ah, my
friends, it is the knowing that lends the en-
chantment.
II know of good farmer woman in Massa-
chusetts town who had for many years worked
hard, MIXED her COWS and taken care of her
poor old maiden aunts. Chautauqua came into
that woman's life when she was 40. She began
to study French, and the town was in rage
over her supposed folly that broke all the good
customs of the village. For two years she has
been studying this language alone in her bed
room, and her pronunciation would be sur
prising to you. She never talks it only when
alone, but new light has come into that
woman's eye. She wanders forth in the field
with a new feeling. She studies botany and
nature, and delights more than ever before in
the beauty of Gods handIwork.
''Great questions before the American people
are to be settled forever In the next few years.
Those citizens who educate themselves are the
ones who will decide them. The crown of
Cbautauqua's honor has been that she
has educated us and made us wiser,
You have seen men and women sitting in
beautiful homes angry because they had many
things to attend to, when the verv things they
cared for were under their feet. We know that
our life is part of the divine life, which is the
only life in the world. We have promised
ourselves to have only the highest ideal. We
have promised to give our best ana only our
best to the wide world. 1 do not think there is
a single woman but that will go home better
from this recognition day.
$50
Nothing Lasts but Love.
uTHERE is nothing that will last but love.
The story of Chautauqua's life Is the
life of love. In every part of our land, in the
islands of the sea, in every part of the world,
this great love has been carried. The day is
too serious and too sweet for me to tell you the
science of education. 1 leave here seeing the
girl of Is receive her diploma to go to tell q
gentleman OIL o. VI tAcoo oOOu0S, WuO JUST
beginning his course. The old idea that educa-
ton was alone for the gentleman's SON you have
struck deathblow in the face. At last you
have conquered the universities, and they only
ask you to be good to them. This is my word
to you, live and learn in the name of God.
Be what God would have you be and SO may
God bless you"
The diplomas were conferred at the amphl-
theater in the afternoon. Madame Darlington
sang, Mr.. Flagler played the organ, DIR. Hurl-
but and several others talked. Secretary Mar
tin, after long moments of patience and ardu-
GUS labor, succeeded in getting the ubiquitous
members of the class arranged in rows of ten,
from unit upward. and then passed out from
his great pile of diplomas the little folded
paper that was testimony of the receiver
having regularly pursued four years OF reading
scientific, literary and historical. This even
ing the platform meeting was held at which
there were music by the band and choir songs
by the Schubert Quartet, reading by Leland
Powers, and short addresses by the following
named gentlemen: DR.. ]. L. Hurlbut DR.. T. L.
Flood, DR.. A. e. Cumming. ORA. N. Fairb0rn,
DR.. E. ID. Ledyard, DR.. B. M. Adonis, Mrs.Alice
Freeman Palmer and others. 1t was regular
Z. L. 8. C. love meeting and Chautauqua rally.
Noticeable among the class of 80 to-day were
the members of the Schubert Quartet, Of Chi
cago, who Joined four years ago when they
were here, and have kept ND the readings.
Later in the evening the graduating class held
their farewell meeting in the hall, and all cot
tages and walks were Illuminated with Ian
terms.
SHERMAN BRIGADE REUNION.
A Large Gathering of Veterans Addressed