The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-06

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in the very nature of the case the carry
ing out of this principle can never be a
finished achinveneift. While 1t has been
the work of the past, 1T must also be the
goal Of the future. "a The lives by Which
the truthsSto be appropriated are always
new. And each one OF these must hnd N
his own Individual way what is the truth
for him. Each must come to know the
lleaping of the heart as he receives the
special insight that he, and he alone, can
live by.
But the whole body Of truth is also
constantly increasing. And here is a par
ticularly pressing obligation 1t is not In
harmony with. the creed Of the college
the synthesis of truth with life-for 1t to
saw. only that truth which accords with
! my life is to be spoken taught or read.
1t must rather say, My life must be large,
strong and many. sided enough TO WHY
all the truth This should be the Pc
! culiar anxiety Of the college. With its
limited force and equipment, it has the
4 difficult but not impossible task Of recelv-
ling all the modes and types of truth that
the age offers and OF. imparting to them
4 q, principle of life. It is not by selecting
|certain kinds Of truthEand drawing pouh-
Diary lines that the college fulfis its ms
sion, but rather by undertaking TO raise
J the whole body of truth to the level OF
life
Ito be the synthesis of truth and life, en-
i tiers into a kind of Immortality. It pc
comes a laboratory ssof GOD. ne ei1 -
! for which it works are eternal ends. IL
finds a permanent place In the divine plan
lMr. President believe it was because
this college appeared tor you IN 1ilafhe -
degree to stand for such a course tnat :,
has been able to enlist your services ailu
II also believe that latin IN *yo ' % oite
I whose whole life and work will promote
this cause is the ground for the Weicone
tof our presidency which the faculty ex-
tends to you to-day.
For the Alumni.
} Albert J. Mason of the class OF lsol
r spoke as follows on behalf OF CaIleto1i
alumni:
1T is indeed privilege highly esteemed
2 which has been accorded the alunh! "
I Joining with the trustees ana the rae
2 ulty on this OCCASION It is a pleasure te
: ns who have in times past been among
7 YOU as students to be permitted TO re.
e turn to these familiar scenes which recall
. the eyentful days Of our college life, bu
:. greater still is the joy which comes TO u
at this time in participating with yo'
: in these ceremonies which marx {ne pe
! ! ginning of a new epoahSin the growth ans
9 Sdeyelopment.o Of Carleton college.
9 sss..The years which we have spent her
: in preparation for the broader duties Q
: life enjoying the companionship OF ou
!, fellow students, enlightened by the init
;, mate association with. our instructor
: which is here permitted, surrounded b,
. the refining influences Of a Christian com
q munity, have endeared Carleton to j
: with a tender affection and we take tn
+ deepest interest in her welfare and pros
It perity.
- "There are those Of our number VIII
n reach back to the time when all that wa
l. material Of Carleton college, or Northt1el
- college, as it was then called, was on
I'd frame building which provided at one
N dormitory, chapel, classrooms, librar.
d. gymnasium-indeed. here were centere
id all the activities of the institution. It
s, a long step from that time to this, wit
i'd our spacious campus and substanti'
in buildings for %the various department
Mt The intervening period was one of strer
SIS uous effort fraught with a multitude
ep discouragements, but attended with Ell
in couraging successes. None watched tn
steady growth, the gradual unfolding
this new educational force with a4deep'
interest and concern than did tt
alumni.
at Tribute to President Strong.
'And as we stand to-day and look bat
ng over the quarter of "a century and NOR
we marvel that in SO short time, fro
ne so humble beginning in this new con
ne monwealth which but a few years a,
= ~ Was OH the western tIrOuLleT, the IeSul
y p have been attained which see about I
le': And as we think Of this. our though
II naturally turn to the one thru whose 10
" ing labors all this has been made possib
)n, PRESIDENT l,aa,, l,,,i,5;n.
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Az this institution Of learning which he
- built will perpetuates itself in an ey
broadening sphere of inf1uencesss
,,,r While we regret that President Stro
ts must lay aside the duties Of this off
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