The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-06
INST OF HIS RACE.
r.,v.rd's Colored Orator the
fnmmencement Sensation.
3 ADDRESS 4 STRIKING ONE,
-, c~.atsr Than Disregard for the
dignity OF Human Sature-New
Field for Missionaries
r.~yo,k world spec;al.

-.tp Harvard'S class Jay quite iheinot-
4. ,ne Probably the largest audience
~ - -, attended q Harvard commence
- assembled today 10 hear Clement
c.-..,t Morgan. Ninety's colored orator,
- ~ frat of his race TO be SO honored in
Z. h,storv OF the university. In the great
.s..nbIaee Of nearly fifteen thousand per-
-. there we're many eolored people.
s..,d.v's theaier echoed with hearty APP
.isuse q Morgan stepped upon the plat
IN. Only one thing marked the fact
- the color line Is still drawn at Har-
"a Tha. was the absence OF Charles l..
r-.bore ssmember OF the class day COM
s.;,,se TIE grafton, which was delivered
!, ! clear deep'ton was the literary event
= ,be day. and was frequently interrupted
= suulsuse. he spoke as follows:
rssn ioy or grief we must often bear
.,.re whether we will or not. So, on this
rs Class Day we. knowing joys which
sbery may not share, come yet with sor-
ms which they can scarcely be expected
q feel or even understand. Stiil we can
spsnd but moment in signing. since alma
nsser knows, as every mother VIII tell you
sSst the strength or tenderness of fiiiai
action. is measured, not by signs and
sssrs At parting, but by strictness In keep
~ precepts. So IN these days We live in
skonrht az those teachings which have for
= heef, the same as for all Harvard men,
shsther expressed in .'piety. morality and
aiming y in knowledge and godliness,"
8 fruIh for Christ and the church." o. in
SpspIe truth, embracing all; for it is by
tutb which as an active living principle
hse,mes our s'ought' and our must"
al We answer the questions which each
z rs puts to himself today, What is my
eaton to the world about me?" and
sWnere can help?" Every son of Har-
va imbued with this principle, going
krth with freedom to think, with pa
6enn 70 bear, !" and for. right ever oravely
buve.n has been aptly described Iii the
words OF Browning:
N , Who never turned his back. but marched
yeyer doubted clouds would break.
NM dreamed though right were worsted,
red rs fall to rise are batfied, to fight better,
Esp to wake.
And is not the example of every one of
hem acting upon US. as 1t has acted upon
a class before? Let two instances at the
kknning Of our university life assure US
&asitis:
First-You rememhOr that to rs entering
ullese there was intrusted the keeping OF
&at which Is ever held dearest here of
vmship. II was because the strength of
AaYacter of those preceding US warranted
- belief that voluntary devotion, "a thing
unique in university training in the world"
would not suffer at our hands; that there
nisht be written over our chapel doors,
Not compulsion. but invitation"
How glad we were last fall to hear that
H. 1>~- l..x .
fonsl And yet let us not forget its con-
ne-the first ripe fruits OF it; for our new
gskm is after all an old one. We saw its
somplete foreshadowing in the thought
ont Of the "Upanishads, which today in
tie midst OF our questioning seems to say,
Worship and despair not; If not on high
plane, give lower service, seek to reach
nsn; II thou canst not worship meaningly,
bI: 10 work is the blessing of man."
The second instance: We had had about
emonth to set up our ideals, when the day
q qusrter-millennial celebration came.
What an impressive sight was the line of
procession past the buildings, through the
yard, here into the theaterl And then the
meaning Of it all! You will recall how in
The evening We. with an enthusiasm which
nodesty could not check. did not forbear
tWO-AuHuI6u-QlLY
ysafs are for Ninety" You doubtless see
he transparency now. A Jest do you say?
an sure 1t was, but that Jest today be-
comes our earnest. Those years were for
Is and bringing with them great privileges,
pH upon Us like obligations and RESPONSE
hlties.
There occurs to me q case from history,
where memorable victory was won under
zoe inhsenee OF the spell of mere antiquity.
wen Napoleon. on the plains of Egypt,
polnpng TO these monuments of human
enaeavor and OF human achievement. said
MS soldiers: Remember that from the
npof those pyramids forty centuries look
eoSn upon you" Those few simple words
ofed With them the inspiration which
Won the Battle of the Pyramids.
10 the years which we claimed, and
winch now in their turn claim us, there is
10 such charm, but holding you and me
mere Is greater power-she spirit of plain,
taious, singie-minded men, who, prefer.
ing me hardships of the wilderness to
go OF ease under tyranny, among their
AIss acts set up In this place, on the basis
@soune learning. civil and religious lib
sg; OF men who in the hour of their coun-
sysneed, leaving home. friends, social
pslscn, worldly honor. all that would
~aae NE worth living, gave themselves a
slnng sacn1ce. il only they might make
- rsy iof liberty, truth and for humanity.
s ss tne power holding you and me,
elrs
he example OF these men shows clearlv
.as tne true road to success, to any ex-
Ms.s1ee, Is that OF plain, genuine simple
~, sincerity and unselfshness, for this,
~ LOT THIS alone, leads to the culture, the
- seer ana the civilization which stands
&c Jest OF time. Their example shows.
~, 1nas the man for any great work in
-! sse must be earnest. faithful. patient.
=. man VINO can wait If need be-not, bear
/. llhd, he VINO stands idly waiting, but
ss., VIC, Whiie waiting, works with the
;rsaes'hess OF life. with the faithfulness OF
=. and with the patience of hero
enss =. .al-sightedness and the mistaken
snAuenee IN that force ALWAYS at work
make TIE best better, the worst good. -
snlm hiding his time the bitteres, tear
TSaies as sweet spring water.
mb.sn example shows also, in the words
- Nno once child us for indifference
49,. snss power, ability, influence. char
~ anu virtue are only trusts with which
1--we our time" The purposes of an
sss1uon are but two first. adding bv
Sossnee, discovery and invention. TO the
a. ana TO the material DEVELOPMENT
hp a,1, ana second. informing moy-
As,. Ihlrectng, uplifting men. Both of
hnS Asse one end. the well-being of man.
nrvss h.' men ne serves his time best who
s,ss We humanity best; and who does so
nat, Jest his country and his alma
str,.hu me Grafton OF the two hundred and
pert.s anniversary you will, am sure. re-
sbirh TN .nis thought: 1.-The only way in
srn :, out civilization can be maintained.
ssv in s ae ievei II has reached, the only
rns,a, .nlen that level can be made more
S L. "a and De raised higher. is by bringine
si,h . nee of the more cultivated To bear
kss rrs v.e energy and directness on the
d tho.s asa'ed, and by opening more inIets
3, indirect influences which make
e,scv nasl OF mind and brain. Demo-
hs no 1as' SHOW its capacity in introduc-
highest ras nigner average man, but the
nsnifnlss ossioie types of manhood in their
Il varieties. T..