The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-06-05

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versity Makes Principal Address.
The graduating exercises Of the
Northern Normal and Industrial
School were held at the Gottschalk
last evening and We're attended by
a large number Of friends and rela-
tives of the graduates. The class
Of '0S is one of the largest that has
been graduated from the school and
the way out Of town boards Of edu-
cation have engaged members of the
class speaks well not only for the
school, but for the personnel of the
class.
The program, as heretofore an
nounced in the American, was car
ried out in detail except that Regent
A. w. Burt presented the diplomas
instead Of Regent A. j. Norby who
was unable to be present. Presi-
dent Nash spoke briefly on the years
work Of the school and gave an In
teresting resume OF some Of the inn
portant things that had been ac-
complished.
The address OF the evening was
delivered by President Gault OF the
University Of South Dakota. It was
an inspiring effort and 1t Is regret
able that more extended synopsis
cannot be given. DR.. Gault said,
in part: 'a
Graduation, advancing gradually
from one standard or level to an
other, is world principle. Just
what primitive man was, whether
ape or mollusk Or otherwise, he has
had an evolution marked by levels
where life had certain dominant
characteristics. Though not a brute
there was a time when man was
british. Through the many phases
of warrior, shepherd, hunter, farm
er, trader to our modern industrial
system, he has successiyely passed.
Thus my friends, we meet tonight
to celebrate, in becoming and im-
pressive manner, the achievements
of these young people and as indi-
yiduals and as a community to give
them our blessings and best wishes
as they enter upon the greatest of
all undertakings, the business OF
living. For life itself is business
compared with which there is moth
ing greater. He who has lived most
is not he who has numbered the
most years, but he who has been
most conscious Of what life is. The
world is full Of dead men; dead be
cause they do not understand life
and its demands. Thus schooling is
an awakening process because ii
enables us to see life in its true
prospective.
The state has educated you and
lit will educate you further because
1T needs you. It has a tremendous
purpose when it undertakes to edu-
cate its youth and that purpose il
its self preservation and the perpet-
|uity Of its institutions. / congrat-
ulate you, young people, that you
are entering upon your life in the
greatest age the world has ever seen
Mankind is better housed, better fed
better clothed and better conditioned
in every way than eversbefore. There
never was a time when the opportun.
tiles in life were 50 available fol
young men and women as. at the
present time. Mankind has toiled
upward In a zigzag course. Civiliza-
tion has at times apparently LOST
ground. Nevertheless its course ha,
been steadily, II slowly, upward
Things are actually tending upward
and not downward. The American
people prize Justice, liberty and
Righteousness above all other quail
ties. ss
Let us place the emphasis upor
right doing, and make right tn.
active, positive, absorbing, dominat
ling principle. Let us keep faith ii
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