The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-30
ILLINOIS NORMAL STUDENTS
HEAR ANNUAL SERMON.
tngton school Delivers Bncca-
laureate Address.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

! EEPCBI.IC SPECIAL.
/ bloomington. Ill. May cs-Bofore large
| audience this afternoon President David
! Felmley OF the State Normal University
! delivered the annual baccsIaur.atc ser
mon. formally opening commencement
| week. The subject was '@The Making OF
| = Man lie said. in pert:
Mans supremacy is not due to his bulk
! nor yet 20 the structural perfection OF his
I tissues. However much we may admire
| pluck, determination, t,rtitgde, and manli-
hess developed by atnIvtIc sports the ac-
! robat and the Otblsta are not the men
! that move the world forward Man a+ a
Physical mechanism FOR the liberation o:
energy Is by no means the highest product
o. evolution. In grace. strength. e4dur-
aIce. alertnsSs. in the chef forms OF
physical activities. he is surpa ssei By
many animal types
In the acutene=ss OF HE senses. in
prOmptiess, II the :ateTprc ts-rIUu Of and
teS'lSohSt 10 SXteEE-- stimuli. Ih,. lower
types with highly devel6ped instincts
!5.ivs I3.lvs man II MS collaboration Tar b-s.nd.
IL iGbsE brain ana complex nervous
system. his memory. mis- reasoning taI
generlt..la iior:7. his creative Imagination
Isolated from his kind.
Mans su9rrmaey - not due ~ a.! 10
ply sictl excellence, nor chiefly To- bis in
SE OF social combination. Tlss makes pos
sibia institutional life and tsa division Of
labor which. In sIf=-t. gives e.r.y man
the strength. skill, knowledge Of IA thou
Hence the story OF human progress
deals with th- evolution u the moral qua
tags mat MAKO socia! comtinnion pcs
SiD!s-With the domestic love LEat grew
out or tha mere Wafiuz, inst met and has
created the home. with it, long nurture
aud training of offspring. with The patti
GffETU. LOYALTY ana SE-ls-.assritlsR tfRgRfRFHF4!
Il intertrib3l wars: with courtesy. justice.
trEth-G!ItS s. and snri1! order oG y b .h
thriv" the sIts Of peace: with the regular
!HGustTy, ICactua!ity and self-control vital
10 tn" comp. * life OF modern civilization.
These qualities are not the l.librrats
product q an enlightened self-iut"rcSi.
they are due rather 10 Jhe growth of al
iTulstic sentiment, 4 growth that ia its
early stages may have olsyCd The blind
laws OF COSTn!c evolution but which I'm
recent years has owed much 10 the great
teachers OF righteousness. prophets that
nave founded national religions. refUrm--S
tEat have aroused peoples from slOthtUi
indulgence Their power has been IN,
moving force OF gTea; ideals. The beacon
lights Of history are not. therefore. fits
great captains and Statesmen or even In
yentOrs that have alleviated toll and SUI
ferlls, but rather the creators Of new
ideals OF brotherly love, OF s.lf-Sarrliice
and moral heroism.
The making Of a man IS 10 bring man
into the possession OF the Inheritance OF
the race. its knowledge. its arts. it's in
sLlullpUss nut ABOVE ali IL lS 10 make It's
moral IDEALS the law Of his life.
Men who are known by what they own.
who live to spend and enjoy, who waste
time and means in nero os'entatiOn.
whether OF material property OF intel
lcctual accomplishments. have not grown
TO the full measure Of manhood: neither
have those who attain to merely negative
virtues, who pay their debts. restrain
their passions and live mOdestiy Rirl tenn
pcrately. who weigh out exactly their
services against their duties
TrTa- ~ fsT ~
her public-spirited men and women wi
count no cost. who spare no laoor, who
live only 20 spend and be spent in the
service OF their fellow-me1.'
Junior class night falls on Monday
night. senior class night on Tuesday
night. while the annual meeting of the
State Board Of Education viii be held on
"Wednesday. The alumni meeting VIII be
held on Wednesday morning. Professor
John a Keith Of De kalb IS 10 be the |
alumni orator. The commencement excr-
cises fall on Thursday morning and the
presidents reception on Thursday evening |
There are iiftv-fOur graduates in the class !
this year. The speakers at the commence
ment are Nellie Rice. Olive Hunting
Esther Foster. Edith Mossman. George Il. |
Eenadall. RCy Boslaugh and Abe Newton. |