Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-08
Augustana College Commencement
a Brilliant Ending of Successful College
Year With 7uenty- three Graduates
Nothing useless is or low
Each thing in its place is best.
And what seems but idle show.
Strengthens and supports the res

Rcsouteness OF purpose Is one of the prime
| requisites to success. Some one has said:
! "Givea youth resolution and the alphabet
| and who shall place limits to his career?' Il
| felt that was in the world to do something
| and thought must said Whittier and this
sentiment should animate the breast of every
youth with a healthy mind and body. The
world has no use for those who shlrk their
| duties. HE who will not work, must starve"
| is an inexorable law. If he does not starve
| physically. he certainly will mentally and
| morally.
The question Is not rs with Ibsens Brand.
what is your responsibility for the sins Of
your forefathers. nor yet, what is your par
entage. or which yonr alma mater but what
are you ready and willing to do Of effective
work for the good of society? For there Is
only one constant factor that can enter into
all professions and business-the service Of
mankind" and in proportion as we are OF
service to others we serve ourselves. That
Christian factor is the only thing that gives
the highest success. the most enduring life
a worthy Immortality"
And right here wish to protest against a
false notion altogether too prevalent in some
mems minds. that good old fashioned honesty
Is not applicable to all affairs OF life socially.
commercially and politically. L will go fur
ther and say.-that no enduring success can
be attained that is not built upon it. Recent
developments in our own body polite and
business life amply demonstrates this. We
want men in every walk OF life that can
neither be bought. nor bribed. nor cajoled in
to parting with that which is dearer to them
than life itself. good conscience toward
God and man. and who walk honestly iii the
sight of all men,"
Another element OF success which eludeS
accurate measurement, but which enters
into ali our relations public and private. Is
gentle manner. 1t was much the persuasive
manners Of Benjamin Franklin that won rec
ognition for the American Colonies at the
French Court. as his genius and versatility
or the justice Of his cause. .t.r
Watch the automobile as its pneumatic
tires move over the cObble stones OF rough
pavement. silently giving way to each OBJ
structlon and as silently springing back into
place without transmitting the faintest jar
to It's passengers. and you have fair picture
of what politeness. though like air apparently
void of substance. works wonders to remove
the jolts from the rough highway of life.
Good nature and sincerity are the qualities
that make for gentle manners. certain
author recommends the following recipe for
those who wish to acquire good manners.
"Of Unselfhness. three drurims:
or Essence OF Hearts Ease, three drachms;
or the Extract OF the Rose OF Sharon, four
ounces.
OF the Oil of Charity. three drachms. and
no scruples:
or the Infusion of Common Sense and Tact
one ounce: @i
or the Spirit of Love. two ounces. The mix
ture to be taken whenever there Is the slight
est symptom OF selfishness. exclusveness.
meanness or I-am-better-th than you-ness."
In short pattern after the only perfect type
Of gentle manners. He who gave the golden
rule. g."
Boys. L call you boys and girls yet. any
other name sounds too distant. Boys. be
courageous. energetic sincere kind and true.
true to the best that is within your soul. true
to self. true to your fellow men and true to
God. and you shall become true men whom
God and your fellows delight to honor. Re
member that you are now on an equal footing
with every other young man who is reaching
upward for something better and nobler to
get the best that life has to offer. Let your
aspiration be lofty like the poets when he
says:
Build three more stately mansions.
o my soul! .-..
AS the swift seasons roll! ....,
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last. |
Shut thee from heaven with dome more
vast.
Till thou at lenth art free
Leaving thine outgrown shell by lifes un-
resting sea!''
And Girls. your op portunities are equal to
those of your brothers. every avenue Of life is
open to you. Seek Independence, but be con-
tent to remain true to those womanly instincts
10,
of DR.. Hall I'VE want innocent pure and
simple girls. with less knowledge Of sin and
duplicty and evil doing at twenty than the
pert little school girl OF ten has all too often
We want girls with hearts. girls who are full
Of tenderness and sympathy. with tears that
flow for other peoples Ills. and smiles that
light outward their own beautiful thoughts.
We have lots Of clever girls. and brilliant girls
and witty girls. Give us a consignment OF
jolly girls warm hearted and impulsve girls.
kind and entertaining to their own folks. and
with their little desire to shine in the garish
world. With few such girls scattered
around. life would freshen up for all of us. as
the weather does under the spell Of summer
showers;"
They talk about woman's sphere.
AS though 1t had limit:
There's not a place in earth or heaven.
There's not task to mankind given.
There's not a blessing or woe.
There's not q whisper. Yes or No.
There's not life. or death. or birth.
That has feathers weight of worth
Without q woman in It,"
In the midst of the rejoicing over
the closing scenes of the commence
ment none enjoyed the triumph more
than the eleven members of the class
of 1905, who came from their several
homes to honor the occasion. There
were present other graduates as fol-
lows: VIM. A. Brenner. "a; Lewis
Larson, 500 Falls, 96; Oliver G. Car
penter, New York City, and Nellie
Brenner, Canton, SO; John G.. Berdahl,
Canton, 80; Stephen Ovre, Canton, 90;
Anna Overseth, Canton, OF; Helen
Hegdahl Berdahl, Bertha Salverson,
Sioux Falls, and James Ainsworth,
Canton, of 1908 class, and Of the 1904
class there were Leonard G. Helger-
son, Mt. Vernon; Nellie M. Holsey,
Canton; Sophia Alness, Canton;
Z. ,H,as Rerd ahl, Baltic, .IInce- Ienciee -PeEc-
dahl, Garretson; Gena Haug of Day