The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17

the name that does not ma lls express
sion in helpfulness to others The
Greatest Life that was ever lived was
born in manger, reared in obscurity !
lived in poverty and died on the cross.
The son of man came not be ministered |
unto but to minister. There is no lire
that is worthy of the name which is not
characterised by this idea. There may
be great difference between good
man and good citizen. A man OF
negative qualities without the positive
uses is failure The privileges we
now enjoy are due the efforts of Others
who have labored in the past.
Life does not consist of eating SO
many meals, wearing out so many suits
of clothes, working so many years and
finally dying. The object of business is
not to make living but to build life.
At one time men used to try to trans
form the baser metals into gold. They
failed but we have learned that we can
convert the baser metals, our gold and
silver into something higher, the gold
into character and the silver into life
and manhood. The man who does this
builds for himself an enduring monu-
ment.
Helpfulness is the height of
success and is the object of life. The
building of railroads. the development
of our resources, and the other material
things are but the stepping stones to
noble destiny. we must help humani-
ty to work out her destiny. Your mis-
sion is to help lift the burdens from the
back of the world. You are living
about the day when humanity shall
have attained her highest ideals.
Commencement Exercises
Commencement exercises OF the
Denison Normal and Business College
we're held Thursday evening at the
Methodist church. The weather was
favorable. the attendance large. The
building had been nicely decorated
and everything contributed to make
the event . pleasant and memorable
one.
The invocation was pronounced by
the Rev. DR.. Miller. In introducing
the speaker of the evening Prot. Van
Ness stated that the graduates had
secured lecture instead of making up
the program themselves, but that their
; literary work had been done ON other
occasions.
: DR.. Loveland's subject was, "The
Follies of Fogyism." Although it i:
y one of his regular lectures he did MOI
. tie himself down to any set form anc
= for time spoke entertainingly of hi
experiences as his son had graduated
the evening before,
y Speaking to his subject DR.. Love
- land said, "There is nothing 80 small
\ in this world as big things that ar
:, little. There is nothing so big as ma
~ and nothing that can be so little. Ma
:, is the best work of the Almighty an
- he expects US to approximate to hi
- design. People who declare that the
- themselves are nothing, mere worms
~ are not praising God. The sin of th+
" age is littleness. Nothing that we ca
: do is as great as we ourselves. III
20 singer is greater than his song. tt
IN painter is greater than his painting.
ra "Our country is not in danger fro
-. the man with the red flag, or from ar
of those who have some end to a
complish, but from those who are co
" tented to do nothing and be nothin
~ when man reaches such point
" W ought to go to his grave. Our drear
y are the dearest hope of the race. 1t
w. the young man with dreams and Ion
oy ings who will win. Our civilization
- but the garnered longing OF 80
' years. do not mean the longing OF
-. child for new top, or of boy for
w new tie, woman for new hat b
n0 the longing in heart and brain to
~ something.
a's "Iuactivity and the lack of desi
~ to excel is the curse of our life. I
W.
'no think it crime to take step in I
noo vance. Fogyism is that selfimpos
:, juror that presumes to sit in JUG
10 ment on every good man and meas,
and condemn them without heari
NJ Cne the evidence. The old fogy says tt
~ all the good men have died, that II
~ worlds best harvests have be
80 garnered.
~, The best things are ones ahead.
80 is for you to strive after them and
M to mind the sneers. All discover
~ ~ have had to brave these My mess;
49,. ~ to you is, Somebody will win or
~ ~ victories tomorrow and yesterday. .
49,, M greatest things are yet to come.
=. : world will welcome you if you des
.;.s better things. Anyone who looks
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