The herald., 1893-06-23
pied a prominent position in the midst

pied prominent position in the midst
OF the decorations.
The ezarcises bsgan with music by tho
orchestra. while the following took seats
OH the platform: The faculty, the board
OF directors and the senior class. s 81
Rev. Dr. Williams, pastor of Univer,
city NJ. e. church, offered prayer, safter
which the orchestra played another
selection. =
GRADUATEs' ADDRESSES.
TIE salutatory was given by Charles
Ii sinsor. His subject was review
OF the lie Of the great Italian reformer,
GiroIamo Savonarola. lie received his
education in monastery, and when he
entered the clerical life he was amazed
at the corruption OF the church in that
day. He boldly preached the true doc
trne, denouncing the actions of his own
church officers. lie took his principles
from the Bible. Savonarola raised a
storm which nearly overthrow the popish
power; but ne claimed his mission to be
divine, and the pope represented brib-
cry, he said. The state quieted him,
arrested him and hung him, burning his
body in 1893. He was fit forerunner
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Europe.
F. N. T.apham spoke on The Sover-
eighty OF Public opinion. At the foun-
dation OF our government the leaders
like Washington and Jefferson recogniz-
ed that the good sense of the people
would preserve the nation and as re-
suit the union of the colonies resulted,
for when the people demand thing
their power is well-nigh omnipotent.
The people demanded the abolition of
slavery and so II was done. Today ev-
erything is settled ut the bar of public
opinion, by the aid OF the newspa perH,
and by the people public errors are cor-
rected. The people are being educated
on tho temperance question and it will
yet be answered right. Public opinion
Sissolves monopolies, settles all issues.
We may not be presidents and senators
bat we must all take the responsibility
of sitting in the court OF public opinion
and settling the issues OF the day.
Inspiriting strains of music were then
rendered by the orchestra.
Miss Ellen Emery treated on Greek
Womanbood +" The influence of the
woman of ancient Graece was great, and
she Was looked upon as beautiful in
strument of the fates. The two great
poems OF the Greek language were
founded on the affection for woman.
her position was simple and she was 8
power in aiding her brother. Sappho
was the poetess of Greece. almost equal
with Homer. She was called the tenth
muse, The woman of that period was
in the midst OF increasing culture. She
took into her character some OF this
intellectually and such names as Helen,
Penelope, and Antigone, with her deci-
sion of character grace the pages OF the
history of Greece. With q little inn
provement on this Greek womanhood
made possible to us by later history. this
womanhood would be model one for
the present day.
r. T. Hall talked on the sPower of
Imagination" Thought in itself is the
grandest occupation of man, but when
acceutuated by feeling, it is grander
still. Imagination is the instrument
which breaks the shell of fact and gives
freedom to the mind. 1t supplies the
miesing links of the facts which we do
not know. II is imagination which
brings man into the presence of the
Creator. 1t is being realized more and
more that the imagination is the win
dow OF the soul which opens upon the
divine things.
After more more music, Self Express