Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-19
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE GRADUATES RE-
CEIVE DIPLOMAS.
8zGgEES C0EFERRED-CERTFicATES OF DISTINCTION AND
Prizes AWARDED MILITARY PROMOTIONS AN
HOUsCED-pESTIEGUIs. ED VISITORS PRESENT
ABLE ADDRESS TO { RADUATES BY HON.
F.. LATROBE, OF BALTIMORE.

~ DHL HtfHAOhGs
rlainaI eralion Asher EicharIsou
iaflh. cafFizl springs. IeE.
Prize medal offered ~ tie Balti-
uora Branch 80 the AlumDi AgaDeia
au John Triplett Hanson, Baiti-
4nre Aid
rhilo sherman Bennett prize for the
.set ESSAY un the Principle - Free
.oreFnmeuf 49, Elgar Henry Me-
ifide. Frederick. Nh.
President s medal for orlf0ry -
1anbers - the Junior Glass Philip
lfrfispu. baltimore, Nj.
President prizs for Biblical study
charles -. -ehuster, daffette4Yille.
tld.
Nmaae tie notable persons present
B.. the exercises aud seated upon the
Isffaam we've. Governor Warheld.
81 Maryland. ox -0nieio president 81
- Board - Governors aud Visitors
ffte salleve. Hon. Ferdinand q.
atrahs. III Baltimore John Hays
hammond. - ~eW York James r..
0snsI ward. president ~ fhe Hanover
saut. &c ~ew YORK Chaplain II. IL.
iark. 81 fiie Naval Academy. Hon.
vdunF - Mudd. memier ~ Congress
-om uafg land blanchard Randall
nj James 3. TechtiE. 20 baltimore.
Tf.a afatious 81 She graduates and
o. aaIutafory address, By Cadet ~. =.
'hfIIs. Jr.. 81 Annapolis, and the
alstlictarv address of cadet E'igar ~.
feEnde. &c Frederick. Md, were de-
ieeresI IN good form. a ~ fea-
ture 80 the commencement exercises
ra@ tine singing ~ ilSe class ole.
81 - estimated ihat tbis year thero
vae present Ct &C.. Johns commence
aant = larger number ~ aiunIni AMI
av Ear . larger number ~ visitors than
f0r many previous years, ibis fact
nav ing been due- perhaps 10 the in
.reaasd number ~ graduates twenty
eight. and che recent amiiafiOn Of -.
Johns With tire Mary land University.
aAYoE LATESEE's ADDRKss
The Hon. Ferdinand q. Latrobe, u
Baltimore. delivered the address 90
the graduates and spoke ~ follow.
~ Dung gentlemen ~ the graduating
class. ladies' and gentlemen
II have been requested BY the Pres
ideut ~ It. Johns College, ~ say .
few verbs to the members ~ its grad
Mating class ~ 1907. who today begin,
In ms Judgment. tine real voyage -
life. vour career. g. result either ~
usefulness or uselsssness. ~ bidding
farewell t. YOUR Alma Mater and de-
PARTING with her God speed. and the
talent she Eas given y0u. DO not. Ike
the servant who bad received one- 20
AMI bury It In Tire ground. but rafhef
ike him t. whom was given ten.
double ii AMI thus prove that you
we're worthy &c the gift. Remember
that the education received here -
anIv the foundation upon which you
can begin the structure that viii re-
auGre application. study. perseverance
ana industry g. reach success II
whatever calling you may follow
work i necessary. In America labor
~ essential - success in lifc- 10 IS an
exception even in large cities to hHd
men - ho are not compelled 70 engage
in some employment for the proper
maintenance ~ themselves aud famt-
lies. The wealth indis iduaily ar
auire1 ~ habits of industry, or it
NAV be ~ accident a birth 81 for
gunafe speculation. 10 retained until
th- death IT the pcssessor- = soon
entered A. the result 81 oar laws 81
inheritance. 81 t1eu Won recognize
a. a fact that comfort and happiness
tl4rfrauA uEHN ff4@NhANit -hAtNa7 "a
Hfn. All that such success depends
anon labor. and admit the benefit
fahor derives from cducafion- you
shoaId greatly value what ibis institn-
tion has given you-
~ am : HrIu believer IN free Tora%r
lar e.lueafian rndcr republican gov
eminent 81 IS q necessary element -
tha govern asental system Every state
- the linton has made it Part II
~. organic law. The founders of the
eannaIie snnnciatei the doctrine. that
y as the duty ~ the state g pro-
vile Iar she education ~ her children
Ia less Than thirty years after the
PILGRIMS landed AZ Plymouth one =
fsa Earliest enacted laws required
mai iu every township 81 hftF fAhs-
ii.s canpefent teachers should be en-
,faxe.l - ttach the children. and that
-a-n the number Of chiidren Increased
=, enc hundred. a free high school OF
-~.n.raar school a. it was then called
sb.,alI be maintained. In which the
vaash should bs instructed ~ mors
isheral studies ard ntte1 for the TN
w.rs4tv.. Those early fathers thus