The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

Their servicN above all others Is enc
( pTus and elevation Great re-
formers, great thinkers, great poets,
Igreat teachers, men who have moved
not only Il single nation, but the
whole world, men who have worked
silent yet mighty revolution. Their
worth is not limited by boundaries,
for a great thought is born to every
man and truth is universal. Hetein,
then are monuments justified. They
lare truly the expression OF ideals.
They stand for all that meE hold
highest and best. BY perpetuating
the memory of those who left the
world a heritage of liberty. and insure
liberty for coming generations.
Edgar Kingsbury Ruth graduates
with the degree Bachelor OF Science.
sThe Scholar aud Reform was the
subject Of his Grafton. Mr.. Ruth was
earnest in his delivery and said in
part:
| True scholarship is such training,
uOIll UIlOlOuStl d0O pluSClSots 1OA
a life of usefulness and service as will
bring the greatest good to the great
, est number. how urgent is the need
! of our nation for more of such men !!
Educated .nen, conseerated to the al
tar of public service, are all too few.
And so the reins of power oftimes
fall into hands untitled to receive
them. But what has inevitably ac-
companied our expansion Of industry,
This growth is municipal and nation
al life. What must naturally happen
when manifold duties and vast re-
Representatives, are trusts upon men of
meagre education and Indifferent
morality? Corruption, thas menace
to prosperity, has continually crept
into the 'nooks and crannies."
Shall incompetency, vice and crime
be longer tolerated in our social insti-
buttons? The answer lies with the
American youth. When patient,
painstaking. conscientious p1epa1a-
tion for meeting the problems Of life
and civilization shall become the par
dmount desire in the heart of every
youthful American, then and only
then may VI hope to perpetuate the
light Of American liberty.
Marie Margaret White received the
degree Bachelor of Letters. Miss
White delivered her grafton can
Uncrowned Queen in an easy and
~forceful manner, and in part she said
In 1854 there came a voice from
Crimea asking not for a man to COM
mand soldiers, but for a woman to
superintend the care of the sick and
wounded. This cry Of the suffering
was answered by the q woman in
all England who was fitted py educa-
tion, position and character to un-
dertake such a task. She was one Of
earuh's fortunate children. Inherit-
ing from a nature a striking
and b%enefcent personality, she was
able to cultivate 1t under the most
favorable circumstances. Her father
was one OF the few men Of his time
who believed that every advantage
should be given to young women, and
his wealth made possible the highest
cuiture. Rich, handsome, refined,
her influence was as powerful as it
was gentle and persuasive. She was
tall and pale, her face was of rare
beauty and through every feature the
glory Of her soul shone exultantly.
One seldom sees more. Of holiness on
a human face than was expressed in
her counuenance. Through all her ma.
ture breathed that highiintellectual
calm which is Gods own patent OF
mobility, the true seal Of the most
glorious aristocracy-that of mind
and soul. Great men and women are
often endowed by birth with elem :
ents of true greatness, but more often
g%reatness is born of untiring energy
land perseverance. Florence Night
ingale's early life was but a prepara-
ton school fitting her for a larger
work. When the word came from
1Crimea for trained nurses, a baud Of
thirty-seven offered themselves, but
they must have a leader, and Flor
ence Nightingale was ready. While
they are on their way let us glance
at what is before them. Earth has
seldom exhibited such scenes Of hor-
ror as these brave women were to
witness. No picture ever drawn Of
plague or pestilence in history or fic-
ltion adequately describes the condi-
ton Of disease and death that
abounded IN this place. But 1t, was
not her executive abilitY.nor her per-
severance nor even her s~elf-sacrifice
thai won fol her the epithet, "Angel
of the Crilnea." No, there was an
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