The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
Commencement Exercises Held
in a San Rafael House
Of Worship.
JUDGE MoRRow's ADDRESS
Tells the Retiring Class How tc
Overcome Obstacles in Life'S
Pathway.

| SAN RAFAEL CAL, June 5-The COM
mencement exercises of the Mount Tam
alpais Military Academy were held in the
First Presbyterian Church to-day. Diplo.
mas were awarded to the following gradu-
ates: Douglas Cornell, San Francisco;
Paul Dinsmore, San Jose; William Foster,
San Rafael; George Guerraz, Marysvllle;
Tokichi Murakami, Japan; Harry Pen
hallow, San Francisco; William Riley,
Santa Rosa; Walter Rohlffs, San Fran
cisco; John Sims, San Rafael; Charles
Treadwell, Oakland; Samuel Wilson, San
Francisco; W. Wilberforce Williams, San
Rafael.
The diplomas were awarded by Head
Master Arthur CIosky. Besides m music and
assays by the graduating class an eloquent
address was delivered by Judge W. w.
Morrow on elements of Greatness" He
said in part:
The completion of a course of studies by
class of intelligent, ambitious young men is
an important affair. 1t is important to the
studen because, il the language OF DR..
Paley, they are about TO take "ho.ding turn"
on the knowledge they have acquired. Itts
an important occasion to teachers and parents,
who see or hope to see in it promise that
those for whose welfare they have been con-
cerned will make ample return for all the care
and anxiety bestowed upon them. 1t is also
matter of interest to the state that the public
should see here evidences that the institutions
OF the country, passing daily from the charge
! OF older to younger men, and, possibly, to new
! women, will be received by those who are fully
! equipped and competent to discharge the re-
! sponsible duties of public as well as private
| life.
| These public exercises are, therefore, appro-
| pirate to the occasion, where not only those
! Immediately interested in the intellectual ana
moral welfare OF the students may learn OF
! their advancement but where the public gen.
orally, taking measurements for future possi-
bilities, may also enjoy the spirit of emulation
and enthusiasm that always prevails where
| young people display their natural and culti-
waited capacities in an entertaining ana IN
structive manner.
The interest of the day and the significance
OF these exercises are not limited by he de-
| gree excellence of scholarship we find here
The question arises, What benefit will be de-
| rived by these young men from the eXcellent
| training they have mad in the way of prepara-
| ton for the active duties of lie? What use
| will they make of their talents? Scholarshlp
| is capital, but 1t is capital that should be made
efficient and useful for good purpose in some
| legitimate calling.
Twenty years from now the school anu col
| lege graduates of to-day will be managing the
| business affairs of the country and have the
control of its social and political institutions
| They ought TO be, and probably will be, better
! qualified for such demands than the present
! generation, for they have had, as rule, bet
ter opportunities for preparation than we nave
! had; but will they be able to meet and sue
cessully resolve the still more complleated
! conditions that will necessarily arise as the
| deeper and more subtle elements OF physical
and social laws are being revealed? 1t is only
necessary to read the history OF our own times
| to discover that with every step OF advancing
| civilization we are brought into contact with
| new and untried relations of the most embar-
RAISING social, economical and political char
Not all of these relations-perhaps only q
! few OF them-have really been mastered and
! adjusted, and it may be that we Will be COM
| PEELED TO leave to those who shall come alter
| US the soluion of some OF the most serious and
| difficult problems we have encountered
| There is to-day an accumulation OF unsolved
| questions in every department OF human
| activity. 1t appears to us sometimes, as
matter of deep regret, that lite is so short
| Even so sage philosopher as Herbert Spencer
| INDUCES in the sad refrain OF the OLD song
Could man be secure
That his days would endure
I AS of old, for thousand long years,
What things he might know!
What things he might do!
And all without hurry or care
But with our few years of competent work
| ing capacity we individually accomplish but
| little 1t is true that the aggregate mass of
civilized community, appropriating to itself
the umulated portions of all its parts ap-
pears to be moving somewhere with tre-
| menuOuS Dub iOL Nhhb puIP POoS dAu III
what direction? Will the line of march ever
/ come in this direction?
] Be not discouraged, young man. These i'm
| posing divisions of men engaged in labor,
| trades, business operations and professions
are not all marching in one direction, and If
! you will but have patience the opportunity
| will come for you to "fall in" and then the
question will be, Can you keep step to. the
music? win you be able to keep up with the
/ column7 Will you push to the front? The
| answers to those questions will depend largely
/ q pn
and determination. "Give youth resolution
and the alphabet says DR.. Marden, land who
shall place limits to his career?'
| The speaker dwelt eloquently upon the
value of an education in fitting young men
for their proper place in life, and in con-
| clusion said:
Resolve to make your life useful and accom-