Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-26
The Closing Exercises At
That College.
A Pleasant Cele bratiOn At the
University Chapel.
Addresses of the Graduates and
Awarding of Degrees.
The Programme AS Carried Out Yester-
terday-The Features of the Mas
ters Address - C0ncIud-
ing Exercises.

The closing exercises OF the College of
Liberal Arts took place in the college
chapel at the University Yesterday
morning at 10 80. The music for the
occasion was furnished by a quintette
of the Ideal Guitar and Banjo company,
after the invocation by Rev. Will A.
Knighten of Simpson church.
Percy Butler Lloyd spoke on The
True Value of College Course. In his
remarks he said that many answers are
to be given to the question, what are
the benefits of a college education.
Some say it is the knowledge gained,
but unless the student continues his
studies after leaving college walls it will
amount to but little. A second answer
is based on training. True education
develops the powers and capabilities of
the mind. Ii he enters life outside col
lege walls with the object in view to
alleviate some of the woes of life, he has
attained the best result of his studies.
Miss Louise Evans Chapin's Grafton
was entitled The Growth of Philan-
thropy. In clear voice and with good
articulation she traced the growth of
the different philanthropic movements
from the small beginnings in ancient
times, to the present. And closed with
Paul's injunction to do good to all men
as we have opportunity.
After a violin solo by Prof. De Lano,
which was heartily encored, and to
which he responded, Thomas Nixon
n 4l0 1nl Nf -,
He opened his speech with the words of
Victor Hugo, 1.-The saddest thing, nay,
the one sad thing in the universe, is the
burial of human hope" The philoso-
ply, therefore, which robs us of our
deepest hope, the hope OF future life,
may well be called the Gospel of Despair.
for men to long close their ears against
rection and the life," to listen to the
one which walls, "Life is cold and
barren peak 'twixt two eternities."
Rev. w. S. Bovard, OF San Francisco,
then delivered the masters address, en-
titled, Self Expression, as follows:
MASTERS ADDRESS.
"Self-expression is the largest part of
social life. 1t gives significance to So
cial intercourse. 1t makes man of value
as an agency for transmitting truth to
his fellows. He by whom grace and
truth came into the world brought it III
the person of Himself. We are con-
stantiy giving to the world either an at
tractive or repulsive influence. We add
either to the worlds joy or its sor-
rows. -.
Though the inner life is marred by sin,
the spiritual resources meager, and the
faculties of the soul uncultured, yet sim
certy of expression will raise one higher
in the scale OF lasting success than the
most perfect yet false assumption of
purity, innocency and culture. The
real has within itself the power and
conditions for improvement, and may
add much to the world OF life. The
false, like the unsubstantial shadow,
disappears as the light approaches the
zenith. If we would be effective units
in society we need, first of all, to
make self the object OF most thorough
study. We must know the
strength of the governing powers OF the
soul. We must know the weak places
in our moral forti6cations, that we may
guard them against the attack. As in
JUEiltSS lltt VIC uCplOIC bildb COIlulJlOIl
in which the wild shrieks of the land
grabber and speculator drown the sweet
music of house building, so in intellec
tual life we are sorry to see that wide
spread tendency to neglect self-culture
in the eager rush after scientific discov-
cry. That tendency to seek knowledge for
the mere pleasure of seeking; the study
OF literature and fine arts simply for
+o1 ;Y,t iootiau. tho ofa
speciality without reference to the man
hood it needs to make it effective. The
specialist should remember that it is
possible for the world to applaud his ac-
complishment and at the same time
hold him in suspicion and disrespect.
Before we are called to be lawyers,
teachers, ministers or merchants, we
are called to be men, 1t is . mistaken
idea that either wealth, knowledge or
brlliancy will compensate for the lack
OF character.
When we have taken possession OF the
chambers of the soul and have flooded
them with the bright light of the sun
of righteousness when in this light we
have so explored their mysteries that
we can say with confidence, 81 know
myself," then and not till then are we
prepared to direct the growth of per-
sonality that shall stand the tests OF
this life and have place in the world
to come. What sublime vocation
Impressing upon this world the imagery
of an everlasting manhood. The uni
verse is ours. We may lay it under
tribute to enrich tine soil, give strength
to the fiber and add beauty to the foliage
of our tree of life. ..
We go with heart and mind
into literature, we study the biographies
of men that we may know how they ex-
pressed themselves to the world. The
biographer relates many little incidents,
with no Importance in themselves, but
as side lights they show US the man.
Why are we told that when Alexander the
Great said patronizngly to Diogenes
'Sir, can 1 do anything to help you
on?" Diogenes complacently replied
"Only please stand out OF my sunlight y
Why does the biogrspher of Lincoln in
sist on filling his pages with mere anec-
dotes? If, in the course
of our tolls, God should see fit to entrust
us with the great power of wealth, il
should be accepted as simply another
means of ofself-expresson. Through it the
world may see our generosity, philan-
throphy and munifcence, virtues of the
soul which poverty may obscure.
every man." says Holland, fought
to have a complete inventory of himself.
He ought to be able to lay his hand on
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