The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-02
| HOUSTON NORMAL.
!. y,,itus from All Parts Of The
= STATE at Huntsville.
ENRON BY DR.. h. NJ. WHALING
s..a,atinq Class Was the Feature
~ !, NJ second psy---Monday Is
Alumni Day.

..u,o Texas. June 1.-The second
M sam Houston Normal commence.
s.s heel, most successful one. Many
,,re gathered from over the State
s"' 80 audience filled Memorial hall
:. nstcn TO the commencement ser.
Il, II. VI. Whaling or this city.
IN. opened by an anthem, "Gaide Me.
~ arrat jehovah by Lippit, with
NJ A. Finch at the pipe organ to
~ ,hr choI' o. forts voices.
s,me prayer led by Rev. L. L.
~ No Baptist church. Anthem, 80
I Heat to Praise My Cod by Rubin
s,l,,ur, 10th Psalm, by Rev. BoSaton
4, Christian church
's.m "And Heard the Voice of
a Angels by Root,
- waiting took FOR his theme "Charac-
's.Ith Acts y, 10, for text. The shadow
Z j, uassing By night overshadows some
s's. lie drew picture OF the times
,.rsnlem ara OF now the people We're
f.ssi by the shadow oil refer, al uleoh
~. IN Him. SO all OF US cast SHADOWS
~ ,asy must affect others, either tor
I'll Dust as the shadow is n re-
S.son OF us so our lives are exact
14snc,lons OF our characters, and ali
~ rrrpd 10 strive inter the true Chris
y ,hrraeler which Is the most profitable
\ al Ways. =, ~. ,.. .,,,i
~ "a moi the nolslest--so with char
~ II Is not the noisiest force In the
ps5 but the mlghtiest. Napoleon had
E'',o sncak a word to move his soldiers;
E..t.on needed but to he seen on his old
CstsI horse with his old cape tapping be-
/ IA him 10 arouse almost fanatieal love
I'r,'ss hIs men---it NBs the bulk of the r
.;sssalIts which drew men TO thcm. Ma
M, tcrres have not only proven phys
M but greater power no.'aily. Pixies
Iy,s With It's looming granite pile and
kl,sara With its power TO turn the mills
N ma nations are not so powerful rs the
fttrr powers OF these wonderful sights
n arouse noble thoughts and passions IN
ma sbcls Of men. Passions Of men are cpl
1ut. From the time when some demon
aseAed the fuse that exploded the Maine
lAp passion OF war nos been ahroHd IN tho
ind and the cry is: 'skemcmbcr the
laBer' .the cry that sealed the fate OF
srsu. How important to cultivate the
Iigiaas than diseases What you are in
jsar inmost, deepest self shat you must
tsDct your pupils to become. Your char
.dff kn not be kept secret. II Will leak
ont. What you carry In your head | deem
Il vastly less Importance than what you
arrJ In your soul. The teachers heart
iss been compared to a sowef-ever throw
Ia the seed out, and out, and out. Just
a the cir is filled with fungus seed so
4 Is with man-he can not live without
lesing his seed, and what Is true of man
b general Is true OF the teacher In par
.tusr, II you would be called to fill
he htgh places In our best schools re-
member that che highest moral quality Is
lsstnal | would have this he n warning
y some do nothing Is TO do evil.
10 CHEERS IL Will ne encouragement show
As only a picture of beneficence and sweet
NJ, and love.
Among all the grandeurs of nature, Christ
ioped and plucked lily to teach His
esscn-" Consider the lilies" Let us learn
y Aison. II was not on stormed tossed
iaMey not among the struggles of his
IEarols life that Peter did the create st
Eod, but at home, where his shadow fell
lfon them, and all within its circumfer-
'aes were healed.
Nen followed an earnest prayer by DR..
Willing Anthem: IAN Power is Given
lite Me- by Root. Benediction.
slgncrrow, June ., win he alumni day.
wen the following program will be carried
y a, m.-Buslness meeting.
y a. m.-Alumni celebration.
t@ p, m.-Alumnl address. by Prof. SUIT
ln Of the State university
m.-Alumni banquet.