Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-06-12

ing years of this new century's thrilling
ME. And just here, might remark thai
YOU are to be congratulated in that your
hVes are TO be part, and l trust, no
hslgnincant part. OF century fraughl
with larger possibilities than any previous
age OF human history. The twentieth
century Is the child and heir OF all the
centuries, and the vast heritage of the
ages, thus bequealhed, is placed AT Your
disposal. to appropriate and apply ac-
cording to your capacity and ability.
Surely profound gratitude should stir
the heart OF every young man in being
privileged to come upon the stage OF
human action In an age OF such unparal-
lelled opportunities and resources Such
being the case, and realizing that Just in
proportion TO the privileges. so are the
responsibilities, should not each OF you
DC moved by an intensity OF desire and a
strength OF purpose to make worthy use
OF these resources and opportunities
Now, as was intimated a moment ago,
the accumulated wisdom and knowledge
OF the centuries and the vast heritage OF
human achievement which comes to YOU
at the beginning of this new century, is
yours according to your capacity and
aptlty 10 appropriate It.
"Hence, the larger your capacity and
the greater your ability, SO much the
more abundant will be your possessions.
and the more thoroughly furnished will
you be for lives OF worthy achievement.
Ii is TO the attainment OF this end that
the wisely selected college curriculum,
upon which you are about 10 enter, is
designed and adapted, viz :-under the
guidance OF skilled instructors OF broad
culture, who are moreover specialists in
their respective departments, to develop
and enlarge your capacities by wise dis
ciplIne and exercise, and to store your
minds with facts and principles. the
practical application OF which will be
productive OF most gratifying results
when LIES sterner activities and re-
sponsibilities engage you.
Towards each phase OF this two-fold
work OF development and Punishment, a
college course contributes in about equal
measure each Of the studies and REQUIRE
ments, being valuable aid toward one
or the other, or both, of these importan,
results. This being true, no item of study
in the required curriculum is to be re-
garded as superfiuous, but is to receive
earnest thought and diligent application.
And how favorable the conditions and
facilities here afforded you for thoug htful
inquiry and studious diligence
"Here in this me-honored institution
OF learning, admirably located where
ample quiet and seclusion, so necessary
10 study, may be enloyed-yet, where
you may also be sufficiently in touch
with the throbbing pulse OF the world s
activities, and so near to the great heart
oi our national life. Privileged 10 be in
daily contact with the men OF mettle and
OF merit, who are here 10 imna.; 10 Won
freely from their f-sasuies of learning
and experience to arouse your interest
and enthusiasm IN more eagerly explor-
ing the several fields OF investigation, to
which they introduce you. and. in a large
measure, moulding and fashioning your
minds and Characters in accordance with
the aims and ideals which their respec-
tive personalities suggest.
1Then, too, your student friendships
and associations, your good natured rival.
Tles and literary competitions, are, by no
means, to be regarded as insignificant,
features of college life, but contribute
largely, according TO the use made OF
them, towards the success or failure OF
future years. And so in classroom and
Laboratory, In lecture hall, library and
literary society-on parade ground and
In gymnasium, yea, In word, in all the
manifold features, facilities and expert
ences OF student life in an up-to-date
college. will be found a remarkable CO.
operation and adaptation Of all these
means to one great end, viz the de-
velopment and equipment of a we'll
rounded man, physically. intellectually
and morally.
"Now may we not cherish the pleasing
hope that each one of you will be anima-
ted by the noble purpose to so use the
advantages and improve the opportuni-
ties which your stay in this worthIly hon.
ored seat OF learning will afford that you
may secure that breadth of culture.
strength OF character and iar-reaching
intellectual vision, which will prove iust
he equipment needed Tor this century OF
unprecedented activities and progress
And that in the not far-distant future.
among the names OF the then recognized
leaders of thought and action of this the
greatest country OF the world, and hence
leaders OF thought and action of the world
itself, shall be found the names of mere
than one you. my honored young friends,
who today are inducttd into the status
and privileges of Freshman of St. Johns.
"Now, in order that this hope may be
realized in full or in part, will, as you
are aware, necessitate diligence, courage
and perseverance on your part, and am
impressed with the appropriateness 10
this connection, of the words of Edwin
Markham in poem written when he was
but eighteen years of age
Oh fear not. por falter. but give OF your best.
Ii lie all that an angel can do, leave the rest
Unto God: He is sure. and he loves more your haes
When the Powers OF darkness have rent them
to rage
The law of the soul is eternal endeavor
And bears the man onward and upward forever
So rise with faith in yourself, with vow:
Set your face TO the stars and press on ia the Now
Reck not OF the Fature; reck not of the past
They are Gods. Doing right In tie Present
will cast
A horoscope tar for all time who does his hest
Bears the stars Of his destiny in bis own breast.
So awake from your dreaming-up on the frav
That is waged la the front Of the hurrying today:
And Truth wiz be laureled and Right wear
the crown
On the field where the phaIanx OF Wrong was
trod down.
"And now, in conclusion, my dear
L. Il