Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-30
IQdOU5 dOqfd Of THt UNIVERSITY
AFTtR A SEASON OF GRATIFYING Success

..coud annual commencement
- 81 the University Of the
I. !, Florida we're held in the Tab
n Gainesville, on Tuesday
linz. May Is, 1907.
1rorram was opened with pray
! reverend F. II. Craighill Of the
mi church. The Dlval Or
"a Of Jacksonville rendered some
,,ht music, after which Mr., A.
rsIsen. second honor man Of the
!, class. delivered the salutatory
- After paying neat tribute
4. city of Gainesville, and bidding
v,sitors welcome in a few we'll
.,.n words. Mr.. Nielsen proceeded
l.vslop the theme of his address,
s',b was Agricultural Education"
raced the history Of the develop
n Of agricultural education from
FIRST beginning among the monks
ne middle ages to the present
IN system of agricultural colleges
which are found in the United
stss alone more than 10000
dents of whom more than nine
nsand persue the strictly agricul-
a course. He showed the great
oomic value of the farmer to the
lion, and proved that to become full
efficient under present economic
r5itions the farmer must have a
DHege education along lines pertain
to his business. The agricultural
orege must see that the best blood
Om the farms is no longer taken to
D the ranks of the other professions
nd callings but that it is trained to
back to the farms and make them
roduce more in order that they may
bet the demands that are growing
bon them Now is the time for
sang men to enter the agricultural
sllege and train themselves that they
ay have that full command of broad
developed minds necessary to meet
s demands Of modern democracy"
Lr sIedd's Address.
The baccalaureate address was de
|FTed by Dr. Andrew Sledd, presi-
|ent Of the University DR.. Sledd
lose for his subject 1.-THE Liberating
|oEer Of Education" The following
pies show the trend Of the discourse:
francis Bacon, in his treatise ON The
|tyancement of Learning, observes
bat idols are the deepest fallacies of
b human mind. The idols to the
E@ship OF which the race is given
boon treats under three heads: Idols
the tribe, meaning that group OF
Onmon beliefs and practices to
'hich men give themselves because
natural predisposition, habit, asso-
alton or environment; the idols ofthe
We meaning the body of unthought
onions which, acquired by the accl-
'ni Of birth and surroundings. still
institute the so-called mental stock |
SO many people; and finally, the |
ols OF the market place. which are
oek words and phrases. glibly used |
'Aout thought Of their real mean
or value, or a question as to
en- accuracy or truth
The great function education is
shatter the idols of tribe and cave
: market place, and TO lead men
'n the outward traditions OF the |
oe from the cheap shallow chatter
Ae market place, from the shadows
unrealities Of their idol.flled |
YES into the sunshine and the glory
he real and true.
culture is a certain by-product OF
educational process, taken in its
@oest sense; a kind Of enIores-
zee Of all educatiye experiences; the
i've vital, originating life spirit be-
\ All knowledge; a certain mental
Nale to the world, and the ex-
.asion Of this attitude in character
conduct. II We seem to use .eAb-