The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-06-05

nesota is great power with her uni
versity with POO instructors and 3,4OO
students: $50 high schools with $4,000
pupils; st instructors in normals and
5000 students, and it's army of teach
ers IN the graded schools and 400. 900
scholars. Against such mighty force
the hosts OF ignorance can never hope
to prevail Schwab, the great steel
magnate, who had belittled higher edu-
cation. was censured by the speaker.
because OF the position Schwab took
on the matter of education. '.Schwab
was not the first man who had mistaken
himself for large part of the uni
verse, said Mr.. Stevens. The char
acters of Nero and St. Paul were con-
trasted. Nero was the SYNONYM of
1cslme and all that was evil,while Paul
fell martyr to the dark and deadly
doctrine of the Roman emperor. But
Paul, the great logician of the ages,
before his death, left for all time the
proud and noble exclamation, II have
fought great fight, l have finished
my-course, and have kept the faith"
Paul left the world an eternal inheri-
lance of great riches, and a faith and
hope that has comforted many man
when he comes TO his last resting place.
Nero left the world nothing but death
and decay and dark blot on the his
tory of the world, The living and en-
during principles are the ones that 90
down deep like the roots of great tree.
Mans ideals are not all in the stars.
1t is enough to take the words of the
master, blessed are the pure in
heart" For as much as We
did it unto the least of these
ye did it unto me- 1t is enough
for US to perform the tasks that are
ours to perform in a manner that will
make US better members of society and
an aid to good government. We should
consecrate our lives to such a service
as will teach valua BILE lessons and leave
behind US lasting impressions.
In the fields of investigation and re-
search the world moves slowly. God
sent the lighting shafts from the clouds
for thousands OF years before Franklin
discovered electricity. Newton dis
covered the attraction of gravitation
after thousands of years had rolled by,
and steam and many other discoveries
were made long after Nature had given
men the signs. It was possible for any
members of the graduating class to
| achieve the highest success, and it
even might be posi- bic for members of
the class to discover other laws of
nature.
The forces of education are powerful
and will meet and vanquish anarchy.
Education is worth more than all the
products of the roller mills and steel
mills OF the country. It is the drawing
out process. From the pig iron is
drawn out the rails and iron for COM
MERGE. From it is made the steel sword
OF Dasmascus, and the many fine but
very useful tools used in the arts and
manufacture. But from education is
drawn out things more valuable
thousand fold than all these Educa-
ton fits men and women for noble
service in life, and in the performance
OF which money is not considered the
chief thing in life. The address closed
by a quotation from the old poem in
which life was likened to a game of
chess.
The address closed the exercises for
the evening. Mr.. Stevens spoke for
about half an hour. He delivered an
address at Red Wing the night before.
put in good hard days work in his
Office at st. Paul Tuesday, and left
Princeton Tuesday night for Elk River
to-. catch morning train out of St.
Paul for Faribault where he was to
attend an Episcopal convention.
The members of the class were the
recipients of many. floral offerings and
at the conclusion of the exercises thew
held reception on the stage during
which they received many warm and
hearty congratulations.
The baccalaureate sermon which
was preached by Rev. Gratz Sunday
morning is printed in part on the sec
ond page of this issue.