Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-12
AUGuSTANA NOTES.

Tie lec;nrc by DR.. Wilkinson on
Abraham Lincoln" Thursday after
noon was we'll attended aud proved
to be very interesting. The speaker
t-scei l.inccln's csreer from his
Oh ldhood up to tee time Of his sssas-
siLst'op. The speaker sale: "ln
locking over the history o. this g.ea,
;nsn We fad that i, is dili culs even
4, tbs day IN realty understand the
C! ara ;ter II Abraham Lioco!n. Liu-
ctlu's life was one Of diversity. His
parents We very poor; his mother
wa' Q lady Of g,ca. refinement. and
IL may be said thst from her he In
heri,6d bis greatness aud goodness.
His mother died when he was Q years |
old. and Lincoln never ceased to
me urn her death. At that time there |
was very little probability that he
would be the president OF the United
States. He attended school only II |
months, and that was not under the
best OF teachers, either. He never
stud ed geometry, and yet he was
one Of the best surveyors this state
ever had. The d fiji ,ulties hy which
he was surrounded and how he over
came those difficulties show the real
greatness OF Lincoln. He was born
Statesman. and the leader OF men.
In comparing the present generation
CT men in the south with the present
generation CT men in the north we
and tina. circumstances arc greatly
changed. At that time the south
tel. greatly superior to the north
The divisions Of sentiment were be-
tween the elements OF the north and
south. Many Of our presidents we c
from the south. All through his LIE
Lincoln had rival in thu person of
Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln never
truck Douglas back as Douglas
struck i'm. He was never know to
spesk evil OF any OF his competitors.
Lirooln and Dou las were bitter OPP
ponents politically. and yet Lincoln's
kindness won The friendship OF
Douglas in a tine Of trisl, and iu the
great struggle Douglas promised
him 10 do ali be could to save the
union. We all know that he was
struck down by the haod OF an
assassin; and yet. perhsp', i, was
mercy that he WAS called 20 his bet
Ter home above. His work was
yearly over, ard perhaps his kind.
sympstheUc heart could not havv
stood the t,isls in store for him"
The reSb lecture will be given by
at,orn.y b d Connolly Feb. - on
"Grorg, Washington"
The following program was carried
ont in The Adelphic society lss'
night, the subject for me evening b..
Ing. Turning Points IN the Worlds
History" Music. idelphic quar-
,ei; The First Bible" G a. Hem
b ~; music, Alma Larson; 1.-The
First Fovag. 81 Easco DE Cana" J
% kr5nh ,im: vocal duet. y. Wal en-
sud ID Brandelle; The Reforms.
tioS." y y. Nelson; "Intustriai
farming Paints," Il Swanson; music
Victor HsHdef; Religions Move
NESTS OF the Century" . n. Giim;
censor" $ s. Tellea. In the Phre.
n'knsm.an society the program We
carried out by the ladies.
The Juniors. who src very 9uiet,
| bfnae the silence lsst 1bursday
eseniDg by having "a iine party u, The
home ~ Mrs. Peterson. corner Of
See -nth avenye aud FOrty-iourth
street. The party comprised 20
"ersons. as usual the Sine w.s
nicely srent by playing games and
periaking Of fire r.freshments.
The ladies' chorus Is busy with re.
bea- sails for a fine concert t. be given
| IN March. The !afies chorus is "a
, uos organization snd promises 10
= give foil satisfaction to our music.
loving people.
Toe seniors are busy with many
! important meetings So much is 81
be arranged and decided that there
| isr's'cn 10 expects grand showing
D ~ h, end OF the tenn.
! The Mendelssohn male chorus so.
cia! occ3rs this evening in the dining
hall. a pleasant lime ard program
with refreshments will be given for
, 10 cents.
Q TIE total enrolment OF students
Q for this school year is 59I. the
largest enrolment that the school
has ever had.
: The sophomores are also quiet fc
Q the present. but lively times from
: them later on are looked for.
b DIR. Olsen attended the funeral o
: Rev. Osterberg in Swedona las
:, Wednesday.
= The executive board OF the colleg,