The Helena independent., 1893-06-15
THE CLOSE or THE YEAR.
Anniversary Exercises A. tho Mon
tana University Come to
an End.
AN Grafton on Learning and Law
Delivered by COL w. r.
Sanders.
"A Large Crowl Present ~ the Closlng
ecenss From All Parts of ths
state.

VI. -
The anniversary exercises AZ The Montana
university closed yesterday. Az II q. n.
Col. W. F. Sanders delivered the university
grafton. aftsr which came tho announcer
msnt OF prizes. vocal aud instrumsntal
music and 4 lunch. Col. HauderS' oyatton
was listened to By large audience from
Helena and other parts Of ths state and as
it, close was warmly Yspplaudsd. His abb
ject Was the relations Of scholarship to the
state or the insepersbls companionship OF
learning and Law. Tho opsniag ssatsuess
were a. follows: s'Mr. President, ladies
and gentlemen Of the board of trustees.
The faculty. and the pupils and pa
irons OF the Montana university:
All impulse end sense gather fo:cs and rs-
fnemsnt from inttospscsion, from hours
sst apart for contem pl tion. Tor patient r.
view Of tho past. for examination Of the
present and for projecting activities for ths
future. And from this truth are born
sacred and anniversary days. They are
marked with red letters In human history.
They recall us from the sotdid monotony
Of thought and action. they interrupt the
safety and lsssitude bsQotten Of the COM
monplaoe and familiar, and lift 10 into new
views and relations alike with the interior
and exterior world. We escape for time
from that Of which We are Z part and OK
pose al our surroundings upon some bill
top whore they may be bsholdsn Of all men,
and chiefly and most usefully beholden oh.
3ectively BY ourselves. It'll essential from
time to time that there shall be rstrospsc.
tion and review, shat there shall be enquiry
- to ouv relations with other activities and
impulses. that We may conform 10 the gem
>rnl movement Of which We are but part.
And 10 most wisely has tho university ap.
pointed ito annual anniysrsary. it, day OF
days whom II shalt intertupt its busy toll.
cease the patient and pertiuacious labor,
call momentsry halt upon individual
effort and trananRure the school into enc
struggle. one idea. and compais that unity
with all contemporary and coRnate themes.
We have. thersfore. a. permanent gift
TO our intellectual life, a. one OF the treas
ures Of this great institution to bs Of In
this festival anniversary, commencement
day. 1t 10 day sacred to lear ming. IL is .
day whom her dsvotees gather with delight
and devotion, to make from the augmented
and allied experiences son,o contribution 70
her veal. These are days which Is they
past will constitute milestonss In her his
tory, making beautiful and alluring the
atmosphere which surrounds the school.
giving pride to all those who by hor
equipped for manly duty shall from these
walls 20 forth TO fight the battles Of life In
her spirit and for the truth for which she
stands,
II is therefore itting that tho state In the
person Of her chiefest officers should here
salute The school, that civic power and
scholarship should hore Sit side BY side In
that inseparabls compAnionship, which
may not bs destroyed. In this affectiousts
embrace. learning and Law sh.!i hall forevs,
other. That in this intimate and wise rela-
tionship the state has some advantages
mono may deny. Exterior forces ordnin
and support her. bat shs would without
other nourishment wither and decay.
Selhshness and greed readily conceive need
pelled to her support even BY conrssness
itself. But like learning for her increase
and usefulness she must command the at
feotion and homage OF loyal sons. With
out this no babit or ordination could per-
petuate her bon eiicent reign. Nor can mere
devotion to ordained government pressrvs
her but by a wise perception and supply Of
her needs. For SO il 10 that in the svolu-
tions Of our indust, ial life. in The multipli-
cation Of the desires of men and nations, In
the ever widening theasers Of human indus
Try, In the iconoclasms OF sciencs, In the
disturbances consequent on our inventive
genius. we and ourselves day BY day CON
ever and anon new difficulties which no
precedent illumines. hedRed around with
disturbing doubts, which no proscience
wholly removes. No blind follower OF The
blind is adequate to point with confidence
our course in this untrodden way. And
thHR L 10 hat kt,0 kmkA
TO her aid and walks with her hand ia
hand. She cannot permit step forward
save % che ia guided by scholat ship. She
Is the eye of the mind. They are each es-
WHOLE"
He then traced the influences which
make the past an insecure and inadequate
guide for the future finding in our form Of
government and the astonishing develop
ment of our material TesOurces and in the
consequences OF our inventive genius ap-
Piled to the industrial aud economic de-
velopment Of the country. reasons why the
problems were different and dificult. He
ship to qualify the people TO solve the COM
plex problems of state. and dwelt upon the
functions of the school to qualify the peo-
pie for so great a task. The views of Lord
Macauley, % expressed In his letter to The
author Of tho lifs of Jefferson, were stated,
suV 0Vuoso anu pSOpuobIcB OK C0AIl00
Fourier and the fears and arguments OF
Edmund Burke. born of his abhorrsnce of
tho French revolution. were refatsd or al
lsyed. Tho infinite variety Of questions
pressing for solution were spoken OF and
some of them suggested. He traced to
schools and scholarship the creation OF Z
large per cont Of the augmented values Of
property created by the inventive genius 81
the people, aud to them with equal certain
ty tho amelioration OF human conditions
in tho multitude Of creations OF utility.
comfort and benuty. OF the school he
spoke in his closing az follows:
III ! have not overatated tho mission Of
this school in the growth Of the state. its
claim upon the citizens 10 certainly an
preme. Their sympathy with 1t, their care
Of II. their contributions to IL OF personal
sympathy and material aid 10 a oo,n 10 and
ing duty. Nor 10 there any reason to doubt
in the midst of some discour aRments. but
that tho citizens of this mon wealth fesl
in this institution an abiding pride and
have IL in their heart of hearts to maintain
IL in their midst as part and parcel OF the
civilization which they have hero founded.
II there has been apparent indifference to
its welfare. IL is seeming rather than real.
In guiding new community In an uncrys.
tall:zed condition in the earlier stages Of
ita Cvaa t{on and aakklanank main fnl aclf~l