Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

me say that the commencement excl
cises are utterly meaningless unless
every heart Of this graduating class is
throbbing with the old Caleb spirit
"We are able to overcome it, I"
I am profoundly impressed with your
opportunity Your door is the widest,
your realra the most imperial of all the
ages eve are living, we are dwelling
in grand and awful time. In an age
on ages telling to be living is sublime. /"
i Do you doubt this? / don't wonder.
The breathless pace of the times over
whelms us We are swept along in this
great train Of world movements, and
while we look the enchanting landscape
is gone. May God help us here in this
house to catch our breath for the future
race. When some of us were boys
these names were the talk of the hour
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Lee, Porter
and Farragut Rut they have dissolved.
! A new catalogue is here: Sampson,
| Dewey, Otis, Roosevelt and Lawton-
these are on our lips. No, even they
are ancient history. Roberts, Butler,
Dom Paul, Joubert pass before us, but
even these fade and tbs searchiight
brings to our notice Kitchener. Palma,
Morgan, Taft and Roosevelt, and tomor-
row new name will charm, new poll
icy will be launched, new kingdom
will come out of the darkness
The purpose Of education is primarily
to rightly develop powers and, secondly,
to impart ideas Education, said man
Of: experience and ability, means to
draw out, not to pour in. 1t develops
latent powers.
/ Notice botanical development. First,
the tender blade, then. the stalk, the
ear, the glorious flower, then, the full
corn in the ear. The tender blade,
stalk, flower and fruit-of. humanity sur
pass in beauty and worth all other
growths. It's Conservatives have soul
for soil, our noblest men for gardeners,
love for sunlight and eternal years for
growth. Everything we know has
latent powers. TLey wait development.
You are sailing tout of the harbor into
life's ocean" You are anxious TO know
what the future has in store for you,
what this wonderful century, just
begun, will reveal to you.
May give you word of hope and
cheer and advice? Let it be this: Stand,
if possible, at the very centers Of causa-
ton, and the future will be readable
The botanist can tell from seed and
bulbs the nature and quality of the COM
ing flowers and fruit. The naturalist
tell what birds are slumbering poten-
TALLY within their shells. The astrono-
mer can tell where the planets will be
at any given time. Even the comet is
no longer a fugitive flaming through
boundless fields of space, but moves in
obedience To law Its track and veloc-
ity of movements are now determined
The future grows ont of the present, as
man grows out of the child The
present is the seed Of the future. And,
if we know the character and quality of
the seed, we shall be able to foretell the
character and quality of that which
comes out of the seed. Each century
will have some Of the characteristics of
its predecessor, as children repeat ..the
bodily motion and facial expression of
their ancestors. But each century may
be distinguished for certain things as
radically new as the appearance of new
consultations in the heavens. Members
of the graduating class, you have walked
together and with your teachers over
ways that are pleasantness and paths
that are peace You have grown in
knowledge, You have learned to live in
some spheres of thought. Your intel
lectual house has become more spacious,
with windows that give outlook over
history, science and literature.
You have, trust, gained knowledge
and wisdom knowledge and wisdom
are not identical. One may know many
things and not be wise, he may lack
good Judgment, or he may not perceive
the best means of accomplishing good
results. No theory without practice,
no true knowledge without wisdom.
Combine them for your own benefit and
the benefit of your surroundings, and
then take an active interest in the whole
worlds redemption. Prove yourselves
worthy of the opportunities and the
trust imposed upon You. Generations
of the past would envy you what your
eyes will see of the twentieth century.
the church of Christ brought closer
together, great social problems solved,
nations drawn into brotherhood, and
peace the worlds law. They saw
through a glass, darkly, you will see