The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-24
GOV. ROGERS ADDRESS.
Synopsis OF His Remarks to Gradu-
atins Class at Pullman.

PULLMAN. June Coy. Rogers de-
hyered the commencement day address az
the agricultural college today. Among
ether points made N the address were the
following:
The profoundest fact which can be
brought 10 the attention OF the student and
the scholar is the Law OF advance tmma-
nent In man. Man has risen from me cave
dweller. the savage and the barbarian to
ta, plane of the present. To the future
progress OF the race. assured by ms ld";
no limit appears. Mans wagon Is hitched
The first written law Of nature. or OF
God. - The law OF labor. The n;st COM
snandment Is not: Thou shalt have no
other gods before me Twenty-Five hun.
dred years before Moses AMI MS tab.ss OF
stone. according 20 The chronology OF me
H.bie, ii was said: In the sweat 81 my my
unto the ground; for dust thou art and
unto dust shalt thou return.
The most important fact TO him VINO
would know the reason OF Things Is the law
peratiye duty imposed upon all mer every
where = the law OF labor. II 5 o. this fact
and this duty tina, | shall speak.
Advance has constantly been made. ana
yet 50 far as We can see the masses or
men Rave done what they could TO arevent
abbss and condemned the Christ "a they
always have done whenever llke oppor-
tun!ty presented itself The iittest NOR.
ally has never survived. The strongest
battalcns held the field And man have
always indorsed this brutal verdict.
The truth IS that man is totally igno-
rant OF the hidden springs ana sources
from whence come the impulses MAJ I'M
pei him to the course he pursncs These
impulses make the man; they control him;
they are the man himself. Long after
man is able 10 bring himself into .he world
Ing Ing. he - viii s,iu pc powsress 20 construct
created Man make himself" Every man
his own creator" What nonsense, He
comes into the world protesting with all
mis- puny mlghs aeatns, the tate which
thus thrusts Efe upon him. and he leaves
il agaius; has Will, and only because ne
must,
in the mass 10 GO forward Is the most stu
psndouS fact that can occupy the atten-
ton Of thoughtful men. individuals may
perish. ray fan. may become mere aust
go forward. is finally. In the FAR aeons or
TN. future. 10 become the arbiter OF IL
own destiny But all this is not YET plain
sailing
'Edncation Is well. prepare tion X much.
hl.t much more important still is the
f0tceful viii which without regard 10 OBJ
stacies. pushes straight towards the goal
The law OF advances compeiS men 70
improve. TO acquire. or 10 shn>f NV
vent that sorrow and suffering which lack
81 advance is sure to bring. Thus J. SUM
med up the true business o: lfc. But work
must H.. properly directed Stfong man,
torceful men. are needed, mus, h" had.
That goes without saving. Given the OPP
portunity, however the man MIST not
only he prepared - do the work 10 h1
done must not only have the requisite
force hut he must NJ properly directed
Men are wanted who when given t1e gun.
can MT The mark Some men couldn't hit
tire ground II they fell out OF a tTse.
in directing our work We must a { last
depend upon ourselves. Each must select
for himself the particular fell n which
he Will labor or possibly. this has been
selected for him hy the peculiar Consti-
tuition Of his mind Be what nature In
tended YOU IN b. Ssif noted mar. aud
You vii succeed BE anything else and
YOU are 1900 tifuyS worse than 1 failure.
And I siN ada. happy above al the sons
81 men - ne who i bIe through he -
natural heut ~ she staGGp ot tac Gre
a.or which should show him his work
let aim De-, wise IN his choice
You have here only begun ne work az
the woylt True education can u, var stop
short or the great white lhrore itSalf
Every truly intelliRt M mar regards him
self as a student and Il 3ear0er 70 the end
- existence heFOud this. Improvement VIII
there continue For myself 1 believe
there - and / believe also that future ex-
isteuce proves exlSfence. We are III
'0e middle - Things sud all % ~ upon
ascending scale. Advance is tn iaw
- he universe Some may have, atVAncei
further tfAG others Iiut for every sou
ana daughter ~ mortality there ls room
la ghe Father house
Fer IS tuere 3 but one iaw sud ore
Gutx. The law j. Sac law q advance. and
s1s aGfy q % work Will. e.. - aas. for
ne night t3mcth, 81 which 10 man IAN
work.