The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-18

life's swift current. Here where the
waves ripple and roll, he learns how
The skilled hand IS the tried hand.
streagth Of chsra9ter garnet oa f. y @fh e
hard beat of the minds wings That
marks the way of success and good for
tune. If human life is ever to be made
radiant, 1t must pass through the school
of hard knocks. Life should give no pen
sions. Responsibilities put the right kind
of iron iiq the blood apd the propes meta!
in the fiber. They driye us Inward upon
our own resources. where We dig wells
after long wrestling with opposing forces,
a vision is seen, then it is that the young
man. with uncovered head, stands be-
fore heaven and earth and lets the Dl-
vine One feed the souls flame until 1t
gloWs and sparkles and his little world
becomes a palace of the King. Response
bility teaches caution, prudence and cour-
age 1t brings to the surface the worth
of man and many times makes giants OF
feelings.
THE FARM NOT THE ONLY ROYAL
ROAD.
The farm is not the only royal road,
though it is one of them, we freely adj
nit There is a beautiful quiet about the
life of a farmer and the promise or a
serene old age which no other calling
offers We professional men look for
ward to that hour when the alarm clock
aside. Stronger sons are ready and
prancing to pass us in the race of life.
Not SO with the farmer; he is in partner
ship with truthful Nature. With him.
1.-The first shall be last, and the last shall
be first" He goes on living among the
trees and the flowers, breathing Gods
sweet air His days are without re-
straint, and his nights are nights of
watches the ffocks and the herds feed
upon the green of the carpeted valleys
and the sunny slopes; on the growing
crops he watches the slanting rainfall;
the rustling leaves make music about
him, as he stoops to plant the little ma
pie which in years to come will shade the
children yet to be. Yours will not be the
crusts and scraps of niggardly salaries,
opinion, sounding the temper of the pub
lie mind. Your very calling should nur-
ture and feed the deepest Well-sprlngs Of
your being. Better work for yourself,
ations or churches. You escape the envy
and the vanity Of a congested life.
Strive to make farm life tolerable by
robbing it of its awful monotony Do
not be a hermit; he is a mad man. DO
not be suspicious. Suspicion is the pror-
erty of the man of one idea. Beaut!fy
the simple home. Welcome the flowers
as we'll as the fruits. Give place to the
flower beds and the running vines; they
are ref1nerS and ciViliZerS. Want more
home and less land. The chief trouble
is that the reverse is true. Farmers
usually want moro land and less home.
Homes make citizens sustain society
and build mp the state I trust that yon
may be winners of loves chief sanctities
and builders of home. ! never heard of
man who was willing to shoulder his
gun to protect boarding house but
for his home, for his CWn Preside,
around which cluster those beautiful vir-
tues which were first taught on the far
away shores of Galilee, he would freely
open his veins,
THE BLESSING OF SOLITUDE.
If the hours of solitude are to be given
up, then long farewell to that genius
which makes for scholarship, religion and
all those virtues which make happiness
and contentment Solitude. after all.
is the very spring of the, young mans
character. When alone the soul comes
under the influence of its nobler impulses
and holier desires. 1t is the enc greet
opportunity for nourishing that manhood
which Is its own wealth and
Emersons words to Thoreau still
hold: Go apart and grow great
Indeed, the choicest natures have
society The special social
circle grows smaller and less fascinating
to the young man who is ever on the
outlook for the highest coed The one
great word in the unabridged dictionary
of human life is character, and it is not
made where the crowd passes by. The
gauge of character is measured by the
solemn hours one spends in solitude
Herein is the intellectual tread made
firmer, and his moral powers stronger.
Books. the tools of the mind and heart,
are taken up. The mental harvest thus
gathered from the fields of theosophy
fiction and song cleanse life's motives and
purify its purposes. refine passions, ex-
alt tastes and lead to victory. The
mere material pleasures no longer hold
sway. but the power of a grand purpose
determines the quality of life. In soli-
tude the highest worth of man
is wrought.
The worth Of man? Yes-man who for
ever stands at the summit OF Gods ere
alton. Remember, my dear students,
that man ever feels his better self when
he stands alone with God. To the farmer
can come those great hours of solitude
unmoleSted and undiSturbed, when with n
book he can journey over the pathway
of life with Some noble soul; or make a
tour of the world, passing through ca
thedrals, libraries, historic cities, travel
ing in many chimes with their broken
civilizations. or follow some sweet singer
into the realms of the heart, travel along
some pathway choked with some sweet
flowers, or listen to some actual heart
reciting a tale of personal experience
which thrills the blood to the finger tips
All
Goodbye to fattery's fawling face.
To grandeur with her proud grimace,
To upstart WealtEs diverted eye,
TO supple office low and high.
The graduating exercises will continue
through the week Wednesday evening
there will pe a meeting of the alumni:
afternoon the annual claSs-day
exercises will be held, and on Friday
afternoon the commencement day pro-
gramme will be given. Thursday night
the alumni banquet will be held with Gov.
Van SAINT as POSTMASTER. The pro-
gramme for class day and commence
ment day are as follows:
CLASS DAY.
CLASS Poem ..'''.- M;;s;c Ray Leach
Raising Apples ...:...:....... David Davis
Country School Grounds. Mary A. Denison
Music
The Science Of Feeding. Ralph Youns
Class Prophecy ....George NJ Emmans
HISS song ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Address by Godmuther .....
Mrs. Virginia c. Meredith
Music.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
Music
prayer Rev. E. S. Presley
Salutatory .........,... Elizabeth A. Biery
Agricultural Geology Herbert B. Ingalls,
Music
Practical Science in Agriculture.
,.............. Fred e. Cutting
A ran Tor the Home Farm.
.................. Blanche A Strunk
A Plan for the Home Grounds $50.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mabel Palmer
Music.