, 1899-12-20
UNIVERSITY NOTES
TERM CREATIONS DELIVERED IN
CHAPEL LAST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
Nine Members of the Graduating Glass,
College of Liberal Arts, Speak
Many Visitors and Students Pres
ent in the Auditorium on This Oc-
casion-Other Notes.

The orations of the college seniors
were delivered last Friday afternoon in
the university auditorium in the pres
ence of the students and a large num-
Der of visitors. An enjoyable selection
was given by the Mandolin club, after
which the first speaker was announced,
Miss Alice Holiday, who spoke on THE
Keystone of Character" She said:
There is in the Life-building Of each
of us an arch upon which the whole
superstructure rests. That arch is
character and the keystone is Purpose.
AS certainly as our aim must be sure,
that aim must be high. Napoleon and
Frances E Willard are conspicuous ex-
amples of purpose in life,yet how diff
ferent the purpose of each. Each might
have adopted as a motto This one thing
l do Let us all concentrate upon the
one thing whatever is in us of talent.
Our purpose can be determined by no
one save ourselves, so we must carve
and fit into position the enduring key
stone of the arch"
Mr.. Ross Moudy then delivered his
Grafton OF THE Good and Evil of War
He first gave the bad effects Of war,
such as the loss of life, the destruction
of property, the excessive expenditure
of money and the great suffering of the
soldiers and their.friends. On the 9TH
er hand, wal calls forth noble senti-
ment, rouses a nation from lethergy,
counteracts luxury, weakness and in
dolence, and best OF all brings about a
high development of art. "All the pure
and noble arts of peace are founded on
war. No great art ever yet rose on
earth but among a nation of soldiers.
There is no art among a shepard people
if it remains at peace" War, by being
the foundation of all the arts, is the
foundation of all the high virtues and
faculties of men.
"The Need of Mining Engineering in
the West was the subject of Mr..
Houston's Grafton. He said every cor
poration, to be successful, must have
at its head a man who thoroughly I'M
derstands his business. This is espe-
cially true as regards a mining en-
gineer, as often many lives rest on his
ability to form judgments correctly.
The profession of the mining engineer
is often made light of, when it really
should be considered of the utmost i'm
%portance. There are many instances
where lives have been lost because a
competent mining engineer was not
employed to see to the fixings of the
mine. Laws should be made to prevent
men from practicing this profession
unless they are fitted to do 50. 1t
would be ridiculous to place a cowboy
as judge on the supreme bench, but not
more SO than for a mining company to
intrust its interests to a man who
knows nothing of running engineer
ing"
Miss Shedden spoke on "The Social
Condition of the Working Girl" She
said "the French revolution marks the
Vi IA VI lhS huS pei
iods in the worlds history. In it the
most important industrial changes have
taken place, chief among these being
the change as regards the position held
vancement of women has been great,
nonetheless the condition of the work
ing girl has not improved. Formerly
women worked only at home; they are
now busy in shops, factories, offices and
the home. The factory girl Of today
often works from ten to twelve hours,
with no rest and little food. 1t is Just
SO with the sewing girl. The terrible
condition Of the working girl is becom-
ing a great social question and If
Americas name is to be %unspotted the
laboring classes must be uplifted and
the best place to begin this reform is
among the home-makers of the future
the working girls Of the present"
Mr.. Sudduth took as the subject of
his grafton, "Signs of the Times" In
treating this he said hat "the future
VI d udllOu Cdu AWAY De lOItlOlu ny
studying the character of its people.
They show signs of strength or weak
ness long before the nation has risen to
prominence or fallen to decay. In the
United States we may see many signs
of coming greatness. We have recog-
nized that all important fact that mans
progress must be accompanied by the
progress of women. We are not a ma
ton whose chief aim is the amassing
Of wealth and the gain of glory. We
entered upon the war with Spain with a
feeling that by so doing VIZ were aiding
the downtrodden. Because our nation
is founded on the principles Of broth
erly love our flag will still be held on
high when the flags Of other nations
have long ceased to wave"
Mr.. Paulson spoke OF 1.-THE Prowess
of England" telling how such prowess
Is not due to her mode OF government,
nor to the great guns carried by her
navy, nor to the splendid equipment Of
her army, nor to her proud nobility.
statesmen or common people, MOI yet to
her splendid system of education, but
to the character Of her people, their
determination, loyalty to their flag and
the dominating spirit as shown by the