The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-15
TWO DEGREES CONFERRED
Sixth Annual Commencement of
the College at Bozeman.
Mr.. ALBRlTTON'S ADDRESS
His Theme Was Life" and He Spoke OF
Its Object, Duties and Responsible
ties-Frank Williams and T. Q.
Caldwell the Graduates.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Bozeman, June 1.-THE sixth annual
commencement exercises of the State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts took place before a large and APP
preciative audience in the assembly
room of the college building on Capitol
hill at 1890 this morning. There We're
two graduates to receive degrees this
year. On Frank Williams was confer
red the degree of bachelor of mechan-
ical engineering, and on Thomas o.
Caldwell the degree of bachelor of an
,aiytic chemistry. these gentlemen being
the first to receive these degrees in the
history of the institution. Counting Che
two of this year there Dire now eight
graduates from the regular collegiate
courses offered by the state college. The
address of the day was delivered by
Rev. j. l.. Albritton of Mountain View
Methodist church of Butte. He said:
Life is a fact for our most serious
consideration Nothing is of as much
importance as living. Everything de-
ponds upon it Animate existence is
life. l live, i. e. l exist, l move, l think,
l am. There are different forms of life,
as the vegetable, the animal, the moral,
the spiritual. 1t is of the high
est idea of living I would endeavor to
direct your attention this morning. I
would have you join me in thinking of
life, its object, work, duties, RESPONSE
bilities, influence, termination What
is the mission of my life? How can |
make the most of the life God has given
me? He surely did not intend US to
life purposeless here, but to have SOME
object in view, some definite goal to at
tain. l believe we ought to allow mn
aginatio to have full play, ana then
endeavor to reach the highest ideal that
our minds can picture.
"A good start in life is of great inl-
portance. There are epochs along lift's
highway that prove important stepping
stones toward the successful end.
You, young ladies and gentlemen,
have reached an important milestone.
You have broken the home ties, you
have formed new friendships. you have
been under the friendly restraint of
teachers, you have passed through the
college, you are now to go out upon
your own responsibilities to do the
work you have been prepared for here.
1T is we'll to havea definite aim in
life. l think much of the thriftlessness
in life is caused by men who have not
considered their calling wisely. There
is an adaptability of work to every
man and woman, and this cannot be
considered too seriously. Solomon
meant more than training the child in
the moral law when he said: fTrain
up the child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart
from it," There are certain things you
can do, and you can do them well, while
there are many other things you may
do, but you will never be a success in
doing them. The careful parent will
watch the child to see what by his I'M
conscious acts he is called to be, and
the teacher in the school will do the
same. Many man is a failure and
will continue so to be, as a store or
shopkeeper or banker. while he might
have been eminently successful as d
mechanic. Many are the men and Wo-
men who are barely gaining a livelihood
by stenography and typewriting, who
might have a home, that an angel
would be proud Of, out on the farm
where the vegetation is turning, the
flowers are blossoming and the pure
and invigorating atmosphere of the
farm gives joy and happiness and free
dom that no other life under the sun
gives. The profession is all right, but
every one cannot have a profession.
Banking is all right, but every one
cannot be a banker. Having a good
start, and having settled the question,
What shall l do? there are certain ele-
nents of character to be attained in
order to successfully accomplish the
true aim or mission of life. Among
these I would mention first, Integrity
Money cannot buy the true man.
Party, simply because it is a party,
cannot hold him. Is it right? is the
question raised by the one who con-
siders life from the proper standpoint,
and like Clay of Kentucky, they would
rather be right than president or have
any other position that can be Of
fered.
The cultivation of the intellect is