Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-07-19
land, as. well as having enriched
both State and National History.

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q task assigned you.
| The esprit Of az Institution is
made BY the student body. The
Faculty. can only BY Precept and
Example point you to ideals, which
u kept before you will give you q
harvest 81 manhood. gratifying 10
those who sent you here. pleasing
to those with whom you have been
associated. and finally. most salts
factory 70 the ambitions and hopes
with which she soul 81 every young
man should be adorned.
Where are you, young men, ID
this processIon2 Lot Us hope. il
the vanguard. with all your abilities
stripped Of indirection. and your
powers consecrated to the up.build-
ing Of the Institution, with which
you are associated.
Beware, 10 Gods name, Of form
ing an association with any condi-
ton In life which does not cali for
the action Of the highest elements
Of your being Let me tell you that
atrophy follows inaction, no less 10
the mental and moral world, than IL
does Ia the physical world.
you cannot Afford 10 permit any
faculty, necessary TO the highest
Iorder Of manhood 81 which you are
possessed, ss3die Of Iuaction.
/ Form the habit now, Of setting
high standards and living np 10
th6m.
i And, now 10 you, Of the Graduas.
ing Class In your path Of life, you
have come 70 the Parting Of the
Ways. 20 this hour, your voyages
have been confined 70 fhe ports 81
d Iand.locked harbor.
| Let Us hope that the projecting
influences Of parental roof and ii.
struetor's directions. have led You
10 the formation Of habits which viii
be your safeguard
4 Tho impulses you have today are
noissrango 20 College men. They
honor you.
i You may be pleased 70 have fluish-
ed your course and may have the
leelln& THAT s1u Are ready far she
world.
! I am not here b pr5ach "a Won
young mens the gospel II d Cruel
World. MY own personal experi
ences have nos found il thus.
IL this world Of ours, tllofs ID
much more Of pleasure, than paln.
MQgeug Joy tfan SORROW.
Mere u Kindness than cruelty
Mere Of Lows than Hate.
Motrof Pllilaaanfophy THAN rniAanshropy
More ~ Hops than DlepAR.
Ii our groupings 10 life. We usual.
i IL find what we are looking for.
| Therefore
~ = better . nsDe, when she Clouds hang
low
Ana keep the eyea ntlil lIfsod,
Fes tlse aweos bIue asy via soon peep
through.
When the omlnoaa C1onda are rifteae
Il Optimism, young Rentlemeu, + al.
wise you " cultivate. rather than
pessilnlsm. Not because Il Is q bel.
tor policy, buI because you owe Il
10 the world.
The Hebrew maxim that man III
wolf 70 man, found It's expression "a
the Latin tongue, and Roman LiGera.
ture gave II currency 10 the phrase.
Homo, h0mini Lupus: IL may have
been o just criticism III the Roman
| Civilization
| 10 Is an unjust charge against the
modern Anglo. Saxon civilization.
i Man q consideration for his both.
OF man, 10 this opening 81 this 2Osh
Century, Is shown Ia the extension
Of tho privilege OF Public Education,
| In the many oleemosynary Insti.
tutions which public philanthrophv
| have built and equipped out Of pri.
yate consideration for our unfor.
tunate and weaker brother, a
man, woman or child, can ro.
ceiye tho best medical OF surgical
skill. without price. II unable 10 pay
| for 1t.
a young man earnestly DESTROYS
Of University Education. can ob.
tain il, no matter 10 what remote
hamlet his lot may have been cast
II he has the manhood 70 offer SER
Vice as quid pro quo, Tor the o..
portunities accorded him.
AT what previous epoch Of the
world e history have such priv.
leges and opportunities been the gift
Of man 70 man2
These beneIabti0ns can but presaQe
q growing appreciation Of the great
law Of the brotherhood 81 man, and
the Fatherhood Of God In the world.
Young gentlemen, Of the Glass OF
1915, you are ushered upon she arena
of life.
~ q grand and awful time,
IN an Age on Agea teiiksg,-
70 besgYtng Il snbllne.'
And what Is your equipment for
the fray3 The world will offer you
the opportunity todcmonstrate your
fitness for any Of the worlds work.
| II you are ready, your ascent to
/ i1rfsfyaf 1fnnna Artfet ana a,y4e.l..t,,f..t