The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-15
CLASS OF TEN IS STARTED
ON IT'S VOYAGE WITH AN INTER-
ESTING CLASS DAY AND COM
ENCEMENT.
The Embryo TheOIOSians Are Now
Ready for the Course at the Full
college.

last night in the college auditorium.
President Wallace presented ten grad
yates with diplomas, eight young men
and two young women. There was u
large attendance of students and their
friends. On the platform was Presi-
dent Wallace and the class of '97. DR..
Wallace looked proud of the class of
'97, and well he might be, for ten more
bright looking students could not be
seen every day. Four of the young
men seated on each side of the ladies
made them look like two punches Of
hollyhock among a lot of sunfiowers.
The stage was decorated with ferns,
the class sitting in a half-circle with
DR.. Wallace, who conducted the ex-
ercises, in front. The graduates are
A. H. Brush, P. p Brush, Lewis
Hughes, r. U. Jones, r. Smits, w. D.
Mcmillan. w. D. Oakley. /. D. Roach
and Miss Anna Lutz and Miss Louise
PETERSON. The annual commencement
is always welcomed by the preparatory
students, as they look forward to the
time when they cease to be "preps"
and enter the college. The pleasure of
the exercises was added to by the
chestra, who played number of pieces
during the evening.
DR.. Davis opened the exercises with
prayer
l.. d. Roach, of Browns Valley, a
young man Of scholarly bearing, deliv-
cred the saultatory, his subject, '"The
Concert of the Powers" being handled
in manner which showed him thor
oughly conversant with the Eastern
question. Mr. Roach's delivery was
smooth, his gestures good, he occa-
siOnally soaring into the higher realms
Of Oratory.
For centuries Europe has been the
great battlefield Of the world" he
said, 'Since the day in which our
mother earth drank the blood of the
heroes of Marathon, to our present
year in which Greece has again poured
out the life blood of some of her best
sons as a sacrifice to the greed and the
fiendish brutality of the Turk, who has
been the scoErge Of all European ma
tons.
If all the fears shed for the slain
in battle and all the blood poured out
in European battle fields were gath
oceanward, the sea would blush Grim
son at the receiving Of this direful
flood. If all those who were slain in
battle were gathered in one mighty
heap it would be a monument to the
greed Of mOnarchies, larger than the
great pyramid and more CHASTITY than
the tower OF skulls. Representative
bodies from the great powers have
made agreement to cooperate along
certain lines, but their scope was so
limited that in a majority of cases lit
tie has been done. What would France
not do to redress her grievance with
Germany and once more DosSe&s AL
SAGE and Lorraine? How Russia chafes
at the restrairst put on her by the
noWers. Is it possible that harmony
and union should exist in country
where such feelings are rife. Of all
nations England has been watched the
most closely to see what course would
be pursued; her position in Europe is
of great responsibility and privilege.
She has the power and occasion to be
the champion Of a just cause. We
have looked up to her as a truly CHI is
tan nation. one which would in all
cases stand for the right and, if nee
essary, use force to keep back oppreS-
SIGN. Her attitude might be as a knight
Grant of old, to SuccOr the weak ma
tions, to redress the wrongs OF those
oppressed. Yet she has hung back,
and has not used the opportunities
which have presented themselves to
preserve the general welfare. The
question then shows still another as
pect. Might England antagonize the
powers by going ahead without their
approval and adjust standing differ
ences. Would she not be subjecting
herself to the cenSure of the WCTld,
by assuming maternal care over the
smaller nations of the world? No, the
world has ever admired a champion Of
the right. DR.. Parkhurst and TheO.
Roosevelt have won the worlds APP
prevail because they were men who be-
lieved and dared to assert their be-
liefs. The same moral codes are bind
ing to men as to nations. How may
a nation then expect to prosper and
extend it's borders when it's plans are
based On principles which have ever
proved disastrous to men?
If two men in New York can by their
efforts purify it's government. why
could not England interpose her hand
in the Eastern question? The car is
busted with the building up Of great
Eastern empire, and at the same time
keeps the western part Of his domain
intact. AS her standing armies are
enlarged and her navieS increased the
poorer classes are made poorer.
Germany is an enlightened Christian
nation, but as long as its ultTa-cOn-
servative policy remains the world will
profit little by her example. England
and Germany together could reform all
Europe. The move which these two
nations should make would be to dis
hand the great army which prey upon
the poor for their maintenance. With
the armies of England and Germany
quietly mustered out with the eXcep-
ton of national guard such as we
have in this state, France would fol-
low the example too gladly, and Rus
STA would dispense with the greater
part of her million and a half of SOL
diery.
These two nations cause all the conten-
ton in Europe. If both should seadfaStly
exalt the banner of peace on high. the light
of their example would shine until every
dark and threatening cloud of war would be
scattered under the beams of the rising sun
of peace.
Miss Maud Wendell rendered Venice on
the Waters
P. P. Brush gave the class history in
pleasing and persuasive manner. He al
luded to all the events in the history of the
school life of the class of 81 not leaving
out the various students who were padded
the least provocation. He said the class
weighed 1851 pounds, and that the oldest
was the lightest, and the youngest was the
heaviest.
Miss Louise Peterson vas the class poet.
Although Miss Peterson's voice not
strong. she rendered the class poem writ
ten by herself with a Clear, sweet voice.
The rythm excellent and the sentiment
good.
The ladies' orchestra played two numbers
during the short inteTmiss:on. w. d. Nc
MILAN gave the class propheSy. Mr. McMil-
lan's address was very interesting, especially
to the students Of the school. His prCnunc:a-
ton was clear. with somewhat rapid delivery,
his address full of wit and humor He
prophes:ed that Manchester would in 1916 be
of the leading colleges of the country