Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-19
COMM ENCEME NT.
[continued from / DIG.

Miss Caldwell and Mr.. Beckner sang
"Trip. Trip, Trip" (Marzials) very
pleasingly, and 9. f. Scott's fine bass
voice was well shown in the selection OF
"Patria' (Mateti).
The annual lecture before the Chris
tian Associations was given 10y Rev. DIR.
John Reid of Detroit. DIR. Reid was IN
PRODUCED by Miss Frances Adams, presl-
dent of the y. w. q. A., and after bl1ei
kut exceedingly happy Introductory re-
marks, said that his text was taken trom
that exquisite production OF Iennysoh >
"Oenone," -
"Sef-reverence, acknowledge, self
control
These three alone lead to sovereign
power.
lf-reverence, said DR.. Reid, Is the
recognition of the individual by hllhseu'
There must be inherent worth III order
that there may be sterling value. Cen
ius is the gift of God, but inside OF eVe-y
man there Is an ideal man, INSIDE ol
every woman, no matter What heI
environments, there is an ideal woman.
Self knowledge Is the element OF power
in our efforts 10 do others good. The
value of education is not 50 much III
what it teaches rs in the power 1t gives
self. Work is the true patent Of nobllll-
ty. and work done for the sake Of others
is true life. Self-control Is selt-conSe-
grafton. There is no power III the world
80 domineering as knowledge; hence
the need of proper well-directed efforts
IN the right direction
The music for the evening consisted
Of two numbers by the male quartet
Messrs. Beckner, Ewing, Marsh ana
Scott, and a solo by Mr.. Scott.
Never before has there been such
gathering III the chapel as was there
Thursday morning for the graduating
exercises of the Collegiate department.
On the platform, which was beautifully
trimmed with ferns, palms, and daisies,
were seated the trustees, members OF the
f.,ealty, distinguished guests, ana the
class of SO. The exercises opened win
Q Eantasie in f. Minor (Mendelssohn)
By Miss Maxwell, principal OF the Mu-
40 department. Prayer was offered by
Rev. William SIdebotham OF Spring
Lake, after which the essays and ora
Hons OF the class followed:
CIarissa Stafford Booth spoke OF "Eyo-
,rtion in Aesthetics" ana traced the
evolution of the Aesthetic taste. nom
In first awakening IN our primitive
ancestry to the high cnnOO.lng, pleasu rc-
snylug sense which raises Us above inc
brate and the savage, and enables us 10
appreciate to some extent the beauty ol
tao world which God has gwen us. She
raid ia closing: I'VE can 1--we fully; We
ean enjoy the beauty of the unch1nEluE
cioad, the sea, the sky; We cam consider
tho heavens, the work OF lbs myers,
tho moon and the stals winch lie mas
ordained we can cultivate the higher
natures through the aeethsuc TASTE
until We become uOblcr. kinder, purer
end more like Him, our great example.
Leafs =. Brooks spoke OF The Uni
vcrsel Religion lie said: The pres
cat is al age of union, of fraternity.
erike this key note and sympathetic
vibrations echo from all the earth-thc
brotherhood of man. the slstcrhOod Oh
NATIONS, the FatherhOud OF God,
However widely men may uiIcr IN thelr
conceptions of God, they all have ideas
Of Him and seek III various ways 10 ful-
al their obligations TO HIM. lms We
call religion, the distinctive phenomenon
OF humanity. From the mcanCst savage,
with his crude notions % The most
enlighted European, with ms finished
Christian faith, we may trace the ucNcl-
perstition idolatry ana myth JumbIcu
together in the name OF rchglon; later
We hear of philosophy as Buddhism
and MohammcdamSm proclaimed IN the
same name, and when the iulIncss OF
time had arrived Jesus Christ came ana
announced the true religion, revealing
God ms He is. And 50 VIII al
religions. each eager TO serve "a wander
ing mankind, tind they are but parts 81
sac one great rock OF ChristlauuE, on
which humanity. dreaming of COD VII
rect isc weary head, beholdIng the laducl
which joins earth with heaven.
Fred Fullerton ; Grafton, "Blttcrnc
rrTween Germany and France Wa,
~ excellent I,xagar of the history OF the
TSSeucO- PruSslau war. Tie SAID; "Iht
ccSnAns hew TO arms at the ilrs
caarIn, impelIed 10y their uat urdl hatred
ck the French. In France 1t was dIder
o2t. 1t was Louis Napoleon 5 war, anc
tsss French people shared IN no way the
hit,erness which was 50 universal OF
ste okher side OF the border. The fact
I. nbown in various ways First, bN
tAe spirit which the people manifested
when the war broke out. which ha
been termed by some a lack OF the IN
i,elling force which the Germans had
an intense hatred. After reviewing th'
history OF these two nations from tn,
close of the Franco russian war TO TN,
present, Mr. Fullerton said: Tn,
countries of Europe are approaching Z
limit of endurance. = Let Us lahO
and pray that the United States may
never enter upon such "a career that he
treasures shall be turned into engines O
destruction, and her young men with
drawn from the labors OF peace anC
compelled to practice the arts of war
Roselyn May Messenger, graduate
from the Music department, RENDERED
Gypsy Life (FausigJ, rs only finished
musician can.
Miss Anna Girmus, III her essay
"Some American Antiquities, an
swered the question, HAS America M
Antiquities in these words: Not /
by antiquities we mean ruins of ole
castles and cathcdrals with their wall
covered with moss. But If by autlquue
we mean relics of times long past, thei
America is truly rich in those reminder
of an age so far back that the ruined
castles of EurODe are COmDardtlVcH