The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
ma SESSION AT AN END.
ri,,omas Presented TO Graduates Of
Sam Houston Normal.
m PROGRAM WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT
o,,ouet in Memorial Hall at Which
~ Speaker Prince Delivered a
WeILPhrased Speech.

.,sr,,le. Texas, May 2s.-Thls morn
nv. "a n m. commencement day pro.
'ps ,,ss rendered as follows:
tla~ .sntatlyes Of the undergraduates.
i'p'ss ',.nomascus Triumphal March,
oro,orio No. 2....,.-.,...a...;. IT,. fiesta
ora.o,.sThe influence OF Early I'M
Ofallvnians ...............
press'JJp ames j.. Brown. Karnes County
t,;;,Texns and Her People ...,.
hssa lille Bradley McCrcery' Navarro
, sosnls Hand in Hand We Hasten;"
lnV1u ~Thc Rosy Morn is Breaking
i..,...,,..:.....;...;.;.. Franz Ant
Rrpreseh'aanuaE Essay Relation Of
Salau!a a.or Artlylty 10 EXPRESS on
NsS oyOI ne Winklcr Meiedlth. Van
5andt County ,,.
,..,ion-- "problems Awaiting the Iweh-
te'A ee Horace duncan, Wilson Comfy
Teaching OF hng lay werts, Ellis county
AL 'nuartette-"Night Has Thous-
ana lon. Eye Growth Of Pence ideas
oraslonT John \. Hall, Bunct County
| psrliiatIon--"Rest Thee, NJ L lr One
s'" " Thomas racer
bssAhn srtha Anna Horton. Jackson County
n..,Ion--@A Retrospect and Proph-
V''sr. ....,......,.,. '...'.'.....'
eIGCs,n6 &. Cochrum, Freestone County
fhorns-"A 1--we symphony '' r,...,.',.,
y.edctory and Essny-"Farewell 10
u kiouih Evans, McLenl an County
ebcrus-aThe Last Rose of summer
......... Arranged by i. H. ~ use
.,yepnor who will deliver the diplomas.
ma ,yprf lses closed with reunion OF
hi students till II p. IN.
Memorial hall of the Sam Normal, and
Mis- han Is worthy of mention, being the
mod in the State, is lo5 feet long by Od
~, wide and 81 feet high in the center,
y. an ordinary conversational tone of
rolee fills IT. so perfect are its acoustic
nronertIes This hall was filed last night
men,nty at $3.50 O'Clock by an audience
81 nearly 2o00 people, gathered together
10 listen TO the annual address by Hon.
n Z. Prince, speaker of the house OF
Representatives
after an opening chorus DR.. ii. e.
prtchett introduced the speaker. and he
held his audience throughout his address
without effort.
His subject, DUTY 20 Self was nj
ting one. lie first drew the attention OF
bis hearers 10 two great murders in Bible
history, that Of Hazel prompted by love
Of power, and that of Ahab, by love OF
possession These two motives arc ever
menace to the happiness aud prosperity Of
man aud are directly opposed 10 the great
plneiple on which the American govern
ment is founde. Equality of man is the
bed rock. the foundation truth on when
Ibis government must stand. We fought
for Il ID the revolution. again in 1877 ana
again Ia 1861 our land was drenched IN
brothers. blood shed for this cause. one
scene from the bloody annals of that dread
time will suffice 10 show the love for his
fellow .men. the se.f-sacriicc which are at
tributes OF the Americans, which make
me proud that am one. The son OF Cas-
bus Clay was reported missing. In the
search for him II Is said that at one end
fta,lcng corn row In the field where the
battle was fought lay Il Yankee soldier
pafaEzed by shot in the spine; AT the
siAer Lay @an in gray his legs shot on
thc Northern man IN his agony, 81 have
eme, replied the Southeruer, but you
VII have TO come for It," but am par
wed cane. the pltlful reply. Then oc
ured deed that caused the angels TO
irasping the trodden corn stalks In MS
ards the hero In gray slowly and pam
WY dragged himself down that long roW
y us enemy was reached, raised his caps
es3 70 the ,paralyzed lips Of his foe ana
ed Such heroic self-sacrliice makes$me
~ ! am an American. ~.
again IN the war of our own generatlon.
y proven the principle thalsfso long as
u are free ourselves we msssf help others
round us TO be free. While there Is no
OF In,
uuths our lives, perhaps never, yet
aagef threatens us. An overwhelming. eX
sssra'ed, unreasonable desire for wealth
ne cahGer that Is corro1ing the very
2, our nation. Especially Is this no
FABLE in our legislative halls. where the
~, Oh commercial greed Is ever being
usned 70 the front In the effort to secure
s M legislation for the few over the
s as' since Bible days there Is never Il
", lowering. over the heads of his fell
w but with equal chances all men are
I'M N, egual. None of the great fortunes
w. na, w IN these days are Individual. but
NJ yp'ra ,, Special legislation IA
djsc, 'Isse conspirators and their
bssa own y. price aud then when manufac'
evrto dictate prices to the consumer.
49, t " the legislature is of vast i'm.
u .'s =, because they are the chief max.
rrrs y A ,nese laws and it is the duty of
N. american citizen TO consider careful.
II fp n, spn)eet Of special legislation.
NJ X .n's Is danger there is the remedy.
Ses wv sre looO0 teachers in Texas, and
ua.e The greatest possible rsponsibil.
"a ia N, raining of our citizeas. rhav
M ~ nIigaen power, as the engine though
y p,,,Meht i the power that produced
fnnira,,uant electric light 30 man ~
Iapsnna but there can bc traced the
sreer i, 9l 4 mother and teacher In mis-
afk ~ mere were only routine book
sehs,s would be drudgery and the
bul mere slave hut there is the
arhsr. lstge per cent of this great body of
eoust, are Christians. Duty 10 self. duty
|ila NJ. nuty 70 God demands that they
(st Tansss Young souls In such manner
he nnn nlay he proud of them
III vn une great thought | would leave
ke s,ly,ts ms Individual responsibility.
In6Ir,Snn,rh, Il Is each for himself, ench
b self. u ivy responsible for his own life
"a uuty demands Your standard he
sss. srs.,i re who fashioned you in His
thel, slesled the stars and holds them
ba tjll W guard over, watch and keep
ia moi se ail meet In the land where we
!, Then an gooaby. Good night
Entd ~ sunni and invited guests nd
y read sys W. banquet hall. where dainty
Z ---ssled them. and the following