Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
LARGE CLASS GRADUATED.

The Fourteenth Annual Commencement of
the Goldey Commercial and shorthand
Collcge--Onc Hundred Diplomas.
The 18th annual commencement exer-
cises of the Goidey Commercial and
Shorthand College attracted a large
audience to the Grand Opeia House
| Thursday. The class was the largest
ever graduated from the college, 40
receiving the diploma OF the com
mercial department and 81 that of the
| shorthand and typewriting department.
On the stage were Prof. IL s. Goldey
and his oorIs of instructors, Mayor
John Q. Fahey, Bishop Coleman, the
Rev.. S. Parkes Cadman of New York,
the Revs. William W. King, w. L. s.
Murray, John Shape, Robert Watt,
| II. TrnlI, James Grove, Il. ". Long,
4 Van P. Northrup, O. A. Grise, and
INV. il. Avery, Chief Justice Char les b.
Lore, City Solicitor Henry q. Conrad,
Deputy Attorney General Peter L.
1 Uoorer. Jr., Sheriff John f. Taylor,
Coroner A.. ID. Vandever, Mrs. G. A.
GIise, Stansbury j. Wiley, Henry @.
/ Robinson. George W. Todd, j. jackson
| Pierce, Job H. jackson, A. d. Warner,
4 Prof. W. A. Reynolds, Clawson 5.
i Hamu,itt and others. Music was fur
A nished by the Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mayor John q. Fahey presided and
was cordially received by the large
audience. Bishop Coleman made the
invocation. The salutatory was de-
| livered by Miss Martha A. Taylor,
who spoke of the kindness of the in
structors and greeted the audience.
\ The Rev. s. Parkes Cadman, ID. D.,
| of New York. delivered the annual
4 address.
a my first wcrds," he said, "are Of
hearty and honest congratulation to
the young ladies and gentlemen in the
front seats. / sympathize with you for
having crossed the Rubicon and come
to what has justly been called the COM
menoement. ] congratulate you upon
the fact of achieving your present con-
ditlon, which is proud moment to all
of you and to Prof. Goldey and his
staff of instructors, who have made
the institution from which you are
graduating second to none And con-
graduate the people of this city upon
having such m institution, which
, maintains those principles by which
mercantile capacity is formed. In this
busy, practical age the principal
knowledge needed is how to earn your
: own living. If you have achieved this
you have done much, not only for your,
selves but for those you support.
The speaker dwelt strongly upon the
power Of individualsm. zone of the
? tendencies of the college, no said,
7 lis to breed individuality. The
tendency today is toward conventional.
!, ties, but little or nothing is DONE
! would have every one of you stand fol
9 your own individuality. Environment
, may temper your circumstances, may
= affect your dispositions, but every ont
\ should stand for that which is best fol
i your own soul, morally, mentally anc
Z physically. The power of individualit,
9 will assert itself as long as it is tenn
persd by wisdom and prudence. 1t !:
Gods great gift to you. So here W,
i proclaim that in this great age o
, American enterprise you must be free
/ The college stands also for the en-
d oouragementsof men and women, and j
j, is the duty of instructors to bring GU
d unsupported powers which are poten
y in all Of you. The college stands t,
y make point of contact with un
10 suspected powers. These words of en-
l. couragement speak out of the depth
OF my own experience. l know what |
u is to struggle with hard times and dis
b couI raging conditions. DO not leave thi
10 building supposing you are to fail. Tn
IN great fundamental note of life is hope
Ig Joy 1t is the function of this colleg
to enforce these principles, not b
IL force, but by the persuasion OF reason
" And the greatest persuasion of reaso
10 is the dignity of labor. This is pc
culiarly American. The great gospt
az of the age is work. 1t has been sal
4 that progress is hindered by discomfort
al Discomfort, | tell you, is Divine Dil
A trh &c hnt, 30, ,,e
ut 1T, Is the master stop on the organ {
~ life. If you want to find life worth
Id be worthy. Life will be what 70
,st make 1t. Human progress and CON
Vs. meI oial progress is regulated /
morality. Morality is the purrcs
IN which fingers behind everything, colo
H. 1t, influences it. These maxims for Ii
IA give to you: Be true to God, be tr,
al to yourself, be true to your fellowmal
iii My best wish to you is that with yol
I'D last breath of life you may say; Thar
of God, I've done my duty
of Prof Goldey presented the diplom,
,la to the graduates.
nj The class was addressed by the Re
nd William W. King, ID. D., of Grace
mn e. Church, who congratulated I'll
ire graduates upon their oprortunitie
I'M Business men want those who q
I'D interested in their work, not me
III hirelings. The secret of success is
III love your work and be determined
w do it better than anybody else If pc
~ sibls.
~ The valediotory was given by Per
me r. Roberts of Washington Boro, Pr
liz who said wide field opens for t
Nh honest. industrious aud upright mi
nc whose ambition is to succeed in life.
ma The bsnediction was pronounced
nr the Rev. W. l.. S. Murray, D. D.,
ow ST. Paul's M. E. Church.
is THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.