Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-20
Perfect Suceess Just as
Planned BY Juniors.
Large Attendance, Weather Per-
feet and Pleasing Program.
Those Who Carried OF the Hoacrs...last
Chapel Tuesday Morning.

Lewiston, Me. June 19-(SpeciaD.-
Bates Ivy day was d grand success as
everything went off smoothly as had
been planned by the Juniors. Quite II
which were held i'll the Hathorne hal.
at p. NJ. Every part was given with
a manner that indicated long and
careful study in preparation of them.
After the orations, toasts ana other
exercises had been performed the Jun
ior class clad in caps and gowns.
marched out of the hall and to the
north side of Coram library where they
proceeded TO plant the ivy. Each
member did his little part of the plant
ing by throwing around The ivy a
hardful Of earth.
Tho exercises commenced with
prayer by the class chaplain, FRANK
Jackson OF Wiscasset, Nc. Music vas
furnished by Payne and Plumna2r's
orchestra of Lewiston, Me.
Then followed the class Grafton. dc
lvercd in Il forceful style by John Scott
Pcndlcton of Nol Import. The subject
was The Call for Educated Lea der
ship" 1t ran as follows: Every ago by
its distinctive needs, calls for Il pc
cuiar class OF men. The carly period
uf the Roman state called for men oI
commanding power and Po:npc", Cac-
SAL. Antony and Augustus. backtI b..
the powerful Roman lc@iOnS. ;nsV rcd
10 the summons with the result That Il
might empire WAS established. The
centuries of moral GIrnn. ~; demand
ed men of heroic purpose ana Luther,
Wyrl;ir, Calvin and Wesley. giving car
10 TIC crying need, established the prin-
ciples OF purit: ana liberty in which
today the whole civilized world Re-
ioices Tic recent period of civil
strif. in our own Land required men
81 S;Criicial carnrStnc5I ana Hooker
Sherman. Sheridan and Grant ut the
head of over half million soldiers.
met the emergency by welding The 30
or more independent states into Il COM
pact union.
50 today the cali rings ont for lead
crs, not men of brutal strength. not t"
heroes vino are willing ii the post on
duty; not to soldiers vcrsci in warfare;
but to men who are willing TO live, tn
die and respond to the call for service
as becomes men. America today con-
fronts problems more vital and intri-
cate than She has ever faced in the
past and these problems She has en-
trusted to this generation to solve.
He then spoke Of the teaching Of
christianity to the heather in foreign
Lands. But What about the foreigners
in,
migrant landed on our shores last
year. The European disregard for tho
Sabbath has permcatcd American life
To such an extent that Sunday is fast
becoming Il holiday instead of y Holy
day. Winc-drinkinE. illiterdcy. poverty
and crime under the burden Of which
our nation now laborS is well attributed
to the enormous influx of foreigners.
In the mountain districts If the South
there are numberless homes in which
neither father nOr mother, sister nor
brother can read or write. I:ncf "a y
and family tends result in loss Of life.
We claim to live in Il land of freedom.
What are VIC going to do to free the
people from the slavery of ignorance
and lawlcssncss?
The South presents to us anothe, Is
sue in the race problem. OF our So
100000 people 10.mN000 are negroes.
They often more resemble savagcs than
the inhabitants of a civilized nation.
The South is calling for another Wash
mgton and more Tuskeegees.
AS American citizens we glory in
a free land. in social equality. in rep
resentativc government; hut have we
I..t,
trcss Of the seas until the destruction
OF her Great Armada revealed to her
the grim truth. China revealed in her
ancestry till Japan rudcly shattered
h"r ideals. Is it true that we glory IN
that we do not possess! IN Il measure
YES. Our freedom is largely controlled
10y the man of wealth and position;
while our government threatens to be
no longer For the rconl". by the peo-
pie and Of the people. tut Cor the
manufacturer, by the capitalist and OF
the banker.
None can say that the life Of he pres
ent generation is prominently the
simple life. Far from it. Loud ana
dear and strong sounds tan Eugle
note Summoning men to meet tie needs
of the home land. But 10 Whou shall
America look for support? TO whom
else than her educated men. those WnC
are rich in the best gifts the world
affords
We gaze upon the college gr;iJuatt
with his strength of character anC no
Ole purposes and VIC marvel at his ac-
complishments. Too often do we litt!t
consider that into that mans lif" may
nave been woven the slken threads ol
widows prayers or a mothers sac
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