The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-19
FINALE AT ATHENS
GRAND CLIMAX CLOSES SPLENDID
COMMENCEMENT.
HON. M. SHEPARD'S ADDRESS.
MANY PRIZES, MEDALS AND DIPLo-
MAS AWARDED.

First Session i'm the History of the
Universtty-"Democr Liberty
the Theme of an Able and ElO-
quent Address by Hon. Edward VI
shepard of New YOrk-Our Wealth
and splcndor of To-day Due 10 the
Generations Now Past.
Athens. Ga, June 1S.-The closing
exercises of the University of Geor-
gia were a fitting climax to the
splendid commencement which marked
the end of the northumberland
session of the University of Georgia.
The chapel was packed to the doors
this morning when Gov. Allen ID.
Gambler introduced the orator of the
day, Hon. Edward Shepard of New
York. Mr.. Shepard made an address
of great force and the large audience
was loud in its praise of his magnifi-
cent grafton.
DIR. Shepnrd's Address.
Mr. Shepard's theme was Demo
cratic Liberty" He said that in that
ideal could be found the true cause OF
the present prosperity and power of
the American nation and people. Such
a topic is fit for the sober considera-
ton of educated men. and perhaps,
most of all, of men who. like your
selves, have come into the ranks of
intellectual discipline at the very out
set OF active life, and whose careers.
therefore, not yet set in grooves, are
still to be determined or ispired by
ideals"
During the last years of the nine
teenth and the first of the twentieth
century American wealth and power
have had an amazing and seemingly
a sudden increase. All of US seem to
be agreed, not only that the Increase
has in fact brought popular delight,
but that it deserves fame and celeb
rity from philosophers and bust
ness men alike, no less IN
the cloisters of learning or piety than
amidst the noise OF the exchanges. Nor
do ! deny or doubt or deprecate the
glory of 1t all My question is TO what,
under God, shall we escribe the glory,
to what altar, under God, shall we
bring our gratitude. My answer Is
that in truth we may not glory over
the magnitude of the business and
treasure of Americans or the splendor
of their life in the opening years of our
century, but rather over the intellee-
tual and moral energy OF American
generations now past which In fact has
produced our business, our treasures
and our splendor The glory belongs
to the ideals of life and human con-
duct which have produced that energy
And it belongs to one even more domi-
nant and fruitful, than any other
mean the love the jealous
love of freedom, a love
of industrial and orderly liberty, the
dominant and parochial belief in essen
tial democracy. That ideal has been
the most productive, as 1t has been the
characteristic energy of American life.
Whatever other men may preach or
do, you are through life 10 stand for
the practical power of ideals high and
true as far outranking the practical
power of organized institutes of wealth
and business. You are never to con-
cede that such ideals are too precious
for real life. l know, therefore, that
your ears are open and friendly to the
speech of anyone who clearly asserts
the living power in the world of a true
idea"
Mr.. Shepard in illustration of his
theme, said: II am far from admiring
all the qualities of Andrew Jackson,
but one will best understand the asser-
tive self-will of the people of the new
republic and their courageous inde-
pendence in dealing with new condi-
tons, II he familiarize himself with
the olreer of the great Tennesseean,
made up of humanities In greater
things and of crudities in lesser things.
They all belonged to the powerful and
evangelical nature of his character
The American has learned to say, and
he loves to say, Whoever you may be,
l am your equal in right. You may
know more or have done more or pos
,. ,r4ex o..I
primeval dignity of labor and charac-
ter, ! am your equal" The true glory
Of the wealth and power of America
to-day belongs of absolute right, to
the Democratic ideal of the nineteenth
century
winners of the Honors.
AT it's conclusion Mr.. Frank H. d.
Barrett of Augusta valedictorian of the
graduating class, delivered the farewell
address. Then Chancellor Hill award
ed the prizes as follows: The c. p.
Wilcox prizes in French and German.
$50 each, to o. l.. Keith of Athens:
the Horace Russell prizes, of $50 in
ethics, to L. P. Goodrich. and $50 in
psychology to r. P. Brooks. The VIII
liam J. Bryan prize, form the best
essay on government. to Wilson M.
Hardy The medal awarded by the
class of 1875 form the best work in the
freshman class to w. r. Hanson. The
Edward Thompson Company prize of
% volumes of American pleading and
practice to II. M. Fletcher.
The diplomas were then awarded as
follows: Master of arts, William Os-
car Payne, Fort Lamar. Ga; bachelor
of arts, first honor. Oscar Lowell Keith,
Athens, Ga: William p. Aiken, Mon
roe, Ca. Frank Harvey Barrett Au-
gusta, Ca Sterling Hamilton Black
shear, Athens, Sidney Smith Dean.
Rome: Joseph George Faust Lexing
ton; George Fletcher Fober, Jr., Mari
eta: Lucien Prichard Goodrich, Grit
fin; Russell Gould. San Antonio. Texas;
Boutwell, Graham, Jr., Athens. Ga;
Pinkus Happ. Macon; Wilson Moore
Hardy, Rome: Fred Carlton Jacks,
Athens Mitchell King. Atlanta; Thorn
as Richard King, Athens: Junius Pou-
lain Lewis, Greensboro: Miles Walker
Lewis. Greensboro, Ga; Robert Lyon
McWhorter, Woodville; Morris Michael,
Athens; Sidney Johnston Nix, Harmony
Grove; Edgar Oliver. Kissimmee, Fla;
Norwood Oxford, Monticello, Ga;
Noel Poultain Park, Greensboro; Eu-
gene Wofford Ragsdale, Dallas, Ga;
Marion Sims Richardson. Atlanta; Rob
ert Grier Stephens. Atlanta: Ira Well
Ilngton Williams, Villa Rica.
Bachelor of Science General-James
Kollock Jordan. Sandersville; John
David Mccartney. Thomasville; VIII
liam Irwin Mcintyre, Thomasyille;
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