The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-11
4.
TOPICS OF CURRENT TIMES
ARE TREATED BY THE ORATORS
OF THE CLASS OF
1897.
.MEDICS
les IN SCARLET CAPEs
Add a. PactritesGue Effect to the
Scenes of the Final Day at
the Methodist College.

VI the senior CLASS Oh f1dIHIlIle uulVeF-
sity took place yesterday afternoon
at o'clock in the university chapel.
The graduates of the medical depart
ment came in body from Minneapolis,
and as they marched from the car
with their black gowns and caps, dis
| tinguished from those of the academic
| school by a crimson band, they made
| a picturesque effect. At the hour ap-
| pointed, graduates from both schools
| marched in and occupied seats re-
served for them.
The floral decorations were numerous
and beautiful. Around the platform
Whereon stood the orators, were many
| large palms, and festcons of smilax in
termingled with sweet peas had been
lavishly hung over the entire building.
The flowers were selected and arranged
by Misses Jessie Evans, Mary Fluke,
Leona Lewis, Dolly Adams and Wini-
fred Bloomfield; Messrs Atha, Arthur
Olsen, Leo Merritt, F. H. Taylor, Knox
d. Caldwell, w. H. Young, Arthur
Martin and c. A Lawson.
On the platform were seated the fol-
lowing trustees and members of the
faculty: DIR. G. B. Mitchell, DR.. J.
+. Chaffee, Dr.. -Jabez Brooks, DR..
Crafts, Prof. J. T. Moore, Prof. Column
bus Slagle, Prof. C. M. Ferro, Prof. G..
c. Barton, DR.. w. H. Hallowell, DR..
w. J. Byrnes, DR.. ]. H. Stuart, DR..
David o. Thomas, Prof. E. F. Mearkle,
| of Minneapolis, ard Prof. w. E. Thomp-
son, L. H Batcheldor. F. B. Cowgirl,
| w. H. Shannon, DR.. Innis, Rev. DR.. r.
MI
Ward, Dr. Bridgman, of st. Paul.
The degree of doctor of divinity was
| conferred upon Rev. Frank B. Cowgirl,
| Hamline, and Rev. Matt S. Hughes,
! pastor OF Wesley Methodist church in
Minneapolis. Responses were briefly
made by Messrs. Cowgirl and Hughes.
| DR.. Bridgman at the close of the ex-
| crcises handed the graduates one by
! their diplomas.
| The Twin City Mandolin club was
present and rendered many charming
| selections between the orationS.
! This year is the first in the history
! of the institution that the senior class
has been clad in gowns.
| Chartered cars conveyed several hun
dred people from Minneapolis and st.
! Paul to witness the exercises, and; at
2 O'Clock every seat in the& house was
| filled so that those coming slate could
only find room to stand at the DOORS
| The progFamme~.Mas opened by an
4 invocation offered by Dr.. c. B. Mitchell,
4 Of Minneapolis -afs err krieh -fhe man
| dolin club played.
I given by Francis 81 c. Barnes, who
| chose for his topic Modern Educa-
| ton He said:
In no branch of human progress during
/ the present century: has there been greater
| development than in educational theories and
methods Hitherto information and culture
! have been considered the ultimate ends of
! education This theory las undergone rad
! ical change. To-day education means more
| than mental culture. It seeks the training
| of ones inherent powers, the leading out of
all that is III he'individual and the devel-
! opment of right character. It is a prepara-
| ton for life and it's work, that life may not
| be mere struggle for existence. but be filled
| with noble achievement. The new theory
| admits that there can be complete edu-
| cation without abundant knowledge and cul-
| Generalization is more than these terms
| imply. Man is: in possession OF mind of
/ lirnitless power of development. He can be
/ lifted out of his environment. can make his
| home among the stars as did Heschel. and
there live in a new world and search out
the infinite treasures of divine thought. The
mind possessing such capacity OF growth
| and development must be trained and its
| faculties drawn QUIT The age when the
teacher and thestext book were regarded as
| the only resources Of education has passed
/ away. Now the student must be trained to
| think as well as to know.
1t is very essential to the scholar that he
| have revealed, to. him his natural endowment
! of talents and be taught their uses. In
| addition to this education is under obligation
! to develop in@each individual a definite pur
| pose. Men need more concentration, great
err ability to persistently follow purpose to
! its realization Genius is hard work con-
centrated.: While the man with general
| education is neutrality-suspicious. TO the unedu-
| Gated, yet he must stand aside for the spe-
! cial;st: it is suspicious recommendation of
| a man to say: that y:ke is thouoghIy educated
/ in all branches. The field. of knowledge is
| so vast that no one man is capable of gath
ering all the golden grain. The name of
| Agassiz is foremost among the naturalists of
| the. present. century, and his influence has
! been far-reaching
/ The great need Of the world today is men
! Of character who dare to think for them
i selves and to. ,act upon their convictions.
| The heart must me educated as we'll as the
| brain. To lead man to the realization of his
! highest aspirations to lift him from the world
! of sense to the werld of spirit. to develop in
| him the very character of God, is the great
| work of education.
After another musical selection Miss
! Ruth r. Fais spoke on "The Spirit of
| Poetry" Her Grafton showed much
| thought and was well prepared She
| said: = 4ei!t !: S5.4 4-. :t
+ What is nabler or grander than the ut
revelations of nature, who is more worthy
! of praise than the, poet? Who with the
heart filled to oYerfowing with the beauties
and wonders of life gives them expression
! and leaves to the world a priceless legack?
Cod, the perfect poet gave expression to
| His emotion and We have the inexhaustible
| poem Of the ages--the. beautiful. rythmical
| universe of nature: knit together in one
! external bond of harmony and compan ION
ship.
| We are passing through period obviously
unfavorabie to the development Of the art of
| poetry. This, it is often said is an age of
scientific methods. But it is the duty of
science to search for order beneath seeming
| confusion, and its happiness to find it every
wherein order more vast. various.
more intimate. and minute than uninstructed
man ever dreamed Of
As long as Vie is, poetry must be. The
and end in poetry. History, language and
religion rest on a. foundation of poetry. The
| poet realized this in all its truth and beauty
! when he said y HThis sea of happy magin-
| ings, rich with the rose and gold of the rising
| sun stretching bet@ixt us and the cd shores
of the unknown-this sea is poetry BY the
sound of its waters and in the shine of its
waking brightfIIffs sSbe record Of life began.
was heard. ahdIIthe '#f4off music fingers still,
and it shall trsmble IN forever" 800
Adolphus p NILSSON. was the next
orator. ChoTing for his topic "The
Banks are the outgrowth of legitimate
trade, and have become necessities of COM
merce The ;sound principles of banking
mean the sound principles of our commerce.
| industrial and; civil activities. From small
| and insignificant concerns in our primitiva
| civilizations, they have developed until TO-DAY
they the most powerful factors in ali in
dustrial progress.s and the true exponents of
| the worlds wealth. 1From mere places of
custody or storage. banks have become the
greatest. reservoirs 0f idle raDitoI-tbo ,,o;n