Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-06-20
COMMENCEMENT OVER.
Conclusion of the Anniversary and Com
mencement of S. j. /.


day afternoon, after we had gone to press,
the program being fully carried out.
Miss Wright's selection on the program
was from the oratorio of "The Creation,"
and was sung in her best manner, win
ming the applause of the audience.
Her accompanist was the leader of the
Orchestra, whose performance was very
graceful.
Addresses followed by J. f. Brown, D.
D., and Lemuel Moss, LII. D., and the
orchestra played "Trilby'' in a "Polka de
Concert"
J. w. Wilmarth, LII. D., made good
address in which he avowed himself
Jerseyman-by adoption. He was one OF
the earliest members of the Board of
thing of the struggles of those times. He
said he hoped that Mr.. and Mrs. Trask
might live to see the golden anniversary
of the Institute. He remarked that this
was the silver anniversary, but in the
allusion to silver, he didn't wish to be
understood as favoring free silver, for he
did not, not bit of it. This sentiment
was heartily applauded.
Rev. H. H. Beadle followed Mr.. Will
marth with an address full of life, vivac-
ity, anecdote, repartee and hope. He said
he was here at the cradleing of the Insti-
tute; he had watched over it's boyhood
and girlhood, and had rejoiced at its
phenominal success.
Prof. P. w. Lyon came next with the
greetings, of the West Jersey Academy
to this silver anniversary" He and DR..
Trask, he said, could not be divided by
the demon of ignorance, but they should
continue to work in harmony, in the field
of education, together.
DIR. j. r. Mace was greeted with ring
ing applause when he was introduced by
DIR. Smith. He threw Methodist vim,
spirit and fire in his address, and stirred
up an enthusiasm for the S. J. I. With
Messrs Beadle, Lyon and Mace, it began
to look as if the good wine was kept back
to the last of the feast.
DR.. Mace said he was glad there was
Jersey in the name of the Institute.
The Academy also had it, and that was
good. When he came to this country he
said he had all the states and territories
in which to choose location, and he had
located in Jersey; he liked Jersey;
thought it was grand, good State, and
had good name.
When we look for the handsomest
woman in the world, he said, we look for
the Jersey Lily; if we want to get a good
fitting coat for the woman we go into the
store and buy Jersey; if we want good
butter and milk, we buy Jersey cow; if
| we have been out in the mirky weather
too much and want preventive of chills,
we get Jersey lightning; and if a rogue
breaks into our house and steals our plate
we give him Jersey Justice.
He said the Institute and West Jersey
Academy ought to be crowded with
pupils of Bridgeton. The Institutions
should be always after the boys and girls,
| and this brought out this funny little
| anecdote, inimitably told. A good mother
| had bad little boy whom she essayed to
punish for some mischievous trick; she
procured the rod and started to do the
job then and there, but the boy lodged
away from her and out of the door and
around the house he went, the mother in
pursuit. The mother got out of breath
and lost the chase, while the boy crawled
| under the house, where he went to sleep.
When the woman's good man came in at
night she gave him the stick and told him
to go under the house and fog the boy;
his entrance under the house aroused the
boy, who looking up saw his father ap
preaching. Said the boy ''Hello, Pop, is
she after you, too?''
Rev. J. Eugene Dietterich followed DR..
Mace, with one of his eloquent and char
acteristic addresses.
Col. w. E. Potter closed this part of
the program with magnificent address
OF practical advice to the graduates. He
cautioned them, in choosing profession
or business, or career, to stick to it, stick
to that one thing. Continue the studies;
do not think that studies should end with
the school days; keep abreast of modern
thought; new results were constantly be
ing developed by the live men of the
day. Learn to read rapidly, and thus
train the perceptive and retentive facul-
ties. Be loyal to your own mind, think
for yourself and stick tenaciously to the
opinion formed; develop character: Rep
utation is what men think of you, char
acter is what you are. Cultivate patriot
ism, love for your country and its flag.
He cautioned watchfulness of the two
great enemies threatening our National
morals; the power of corporations, es-
pecially railroad corporations, whose
baleful influences controlled State Legis-
Iatures, and bribery at the ballot box.
In referring TO the Institute he said there
is no man in Bridgeton to-day but who is
proud OF the South Jersey Institute and
ne paid glowing tributes and compli-
ments to Professor and Mrs. Trask.
Rev. Raymond E. West made a few re-
marks, and then Prof. Trask distributed
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