The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-13
MECHANIC ARTS SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD
AT RAUDENBUSH HALL
LAST NIGHT
ADDRESS BY DR.. MELDRUM
1t Took the Place of the Old Style
Programme of OratiOns
by the Gradu-
ntes.

The graduating exercises Of the class Of
1900 of the Mechanic Arts high school
took place last night at Raudenbush hall.
There are seven young women and thir-
teen young men in the class. The follow
ing are the graduates:
Margaret Birnberg, Carl Frederic B hn,
Fred Pabst Bowen, Walter Gordon Dibbie,
Gerald Huntly Downs, Howard HOllister
Flagg, Florence Farnsworth, Arthur Kari
CRUDE, Sophia Johannah Johnson, Henry
Craddock Jones, Elsa Mannheimer, Rob-
ert Lincoln MacKnight, Mary Agnes
Jameson Pauline, William Fred Porten,
John Garfield Friedman, Alice Rhines,
Charles Roy Sharood, William Walter
Starkey. Sarah Shedorsky, Gustave
Adolph Zachrison.
tacle as they sat on the stage. On the
stage besides the members of the class
Were Prof George Weitbrecht, principle
of the Mechanic Arts high school; Rev.
DR.. A. B. Meldrum, DR.. Christian Fry,
vice president of the board Of school in
spectors, and City superintendent Of
Schools A. j. Smith.
The programme opened with piano
solo, by Miss Edith Helen Mcmillan, who
played a prelude from Chopin, and
poem by Mcdowell, which she rendered
in an excellent manner Prof. Welt
brecht next introduced Rev. Dr. A. b,
Meldrum as the orator Of the evening.
DR.. Meldrum said in part:
Il esteem 1t a privilege always to have
the opportunity to say few words 10
those who have come to a turning point
in the road of life. Graduation day marks
an epoch in the career of every young
man and woman. One part or section Of
life has been comp eted. Life henl eforth
has new aspects A new door has opened
through which the youth must pass into
the field of larger opportunities and
gTaVer duties Surely it is a time when
we may properly consider the spirit in
"
portunltes should be met-thoSe qua it es
of heart and of head-Which are III them
selves the guarantee of success. And if
can say anything tonight that shall be
an encouragement to these young gIadu-
ateS to go forward braVely and meet the
issue Of life in way that will do cred t
to themselves and to their friends, 1 shall
be g ad indeed.
THE Almighty rs endowed every man
with the potency ! a useful and success
full life. Every nTSn is born to a fortune
Of some kind. There are other and better
fortunes than those Of money. We are all
heirs and heiresses. We are variously
endowed, but no man lives who lacks
sufficient power to make his life a sue
cess. The secret of failure is not lack of
power, but lack of aim, lack of purpose
Power is lost by diffusion No man can
be so much of a man in any one direction
as when he is a whole man in that direc-
ton. He who concentrates all his en-
ergieS-aL his capabilities-for the COM
passing of the one thing in which his
mind is fixed, is obviously more potent
in behalf of that object than would be
possible were his energies divided and
only d portion of himself given up to that
for which he is striving The man who
succeeds is the man who has pro-
gramme fixes his course, adEeres to it,
lays mis- plans and executes them, keeps
his eye on the goal and steers straight
for it. Power and Purpose. These
make success. A definite purpose is like
the sides of a cannon which give direc-
ton to the projectile.
"a mans influence in this world de-
pends in reality upon himself. The great
est Of all powers is that subtle something
we call individuality. The man whom We
respect is the man who can do some one
thing well, and who knows some one
thing well. A true man would rather be
his own self, than be an angel and lose
his identity. The man of settled conVic-
tionS has a distinct ring about him and
is something. Long ago, we learned that
the two halves were equal to a whole, but
since then we have learned that two half
men are not equal to one whole man by
a great deal God has made you for some
thing BE it. No life is lived well that
is lived by spasms. Success is not a mat
ter of swelling cataclysmic enthusiasm. 1t
is a matter of having purpose. Stick to
your purpose until you will achieve 1t.
The race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong. That which
costs little is worth little. Ours is an age
of fads. Human ingenuity is taxed to it's
utmost TO supply the demand for things
is worth doing well. Here then, in these
three things you have the secret of sue
cess in any honest lines of life. Believe
that you have the power to be something
noble and worthy-it is in you-realize it.
To this power give direction, aim. Let
there be cOnsecrated concentration. Then
stick to 1t. Hang on, never be discour-
aged. Battle is the price Of character,
battle is the price of every victory"
Mrs. w. b. Dixon sang a solo after
which Prof. Weitbrecht presented the
class to DR.. Christian Fry, vice president
of the school board. DR.. Fry then pre-.
sented the members of the class with
their coveted diplomas, and after the
singing of a duet by Mrs. Dixon and J.
c. Myron, the graduating exercises of the