The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
The NNUALLECTURE
Dr.. Nicholson. Of II. Vernon. Iowa, De-
liYaed Annual Lecture and BaCca-
laureate Address.
Dr.. BigoloX Preached the Annual Scr
mon to the University Graduates i
Sunday Evening.
President Graham Entertained the
Graduates at Annual Reception
Last Thursday EYening.
THREE GRAND DISCoURsES
DR.. Nicholson and DR.. Bigelow Lee
tured and Preached at the
Corn Palace.

The second event in the omm c
ment exercises Of Dakota University
was the annual lecture and the bac-
calaureate sermons to the graduating
classes Of the University.
The annual lecture was given by
DR.. Thomas Nicholson, of Cornell COL
lege, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, at the corn
palace Saturday evening, there being
a good audience present to hear the
learned gentleman. His subject was
"The Symmetrical Man." In OPEN
ing DIR. Nicholson said that in the
past five years be had delivered at
least Is addresses at various points
in South Dakota, and he wanted to
say to the credit of the state and her
people that nowhere had he found n
more intelligent, orderly or appreci-
ative class Of people than in this
state, and that he was very glad in
deed to be in the state again.
In the symmetrical man DR.. Mich
olson found an agreeable subject for
discussion and n whom he exalted
to a higher plane than is occupied
today. He said that to keep pace
with the progress of civilization and
science a higher type of manhood
must and viii, be developed. It is so
today as so or 100 years ago. II the
men Of today had not reached a high
er stage than those of the day of u
forefathers we would be no farther
along than they were at that time.
The man Of the twentieth century
period must rise an inch higher and
accomplish more than the men of the
past. Dr.. Nicholson said he did not
want to hold up an ideal man that
was unattainable, but he declared
with right living, with right morals,
with right religious training, that
the ideal manhood could not be
placed too high to be reached by the
followers of these principles.
The speaker paid much attention
to the physical nature of the ideal
man, but he did not want it to 90
to extremes. While he believed in
physical culture he desired to raise
his voice in protest against the undue
proportion that is accorded athletics
in the colleges Of today. There should
be no more than is enough to balance
the individual to equip him for the
mental struggle that goes along with
the strenuous existence. He held
that the coming man must be pos
sessed of good judgment-be able to
see things as they are and do things
as they should be done. He believed
that he should have some sentiment,
some emotion in his makeup, and
that a little Of the aesthetic and the
beautiful should be mixed with his
nature to some extent as a softening
influence. In closing he made prom
inent the feature Of the religious
phase That should enter into the life
of The sy numerical man. He declared
that the Individual could not attain
his best in life and leave out relig-
ion. 1t was the solid basis on which
to stand firmly, and with it as his
foundation no man could go astray.
The lecture was highly interesting
and Dr.. Nicholson proved himself an
interesting talker and the ideas he
presented concerning the man OF the
future denoted an insight into the
future greatness Of the country that
is acquired by a thorough study into
conditions Of the present and past.