Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16
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The baccalaureate address Of President
! Woodrow Wilson of Princeton to the
senior class said that the fundamental
moral problem in the complex civilization
| of to-day was chow to separate the IN
| dividual from the mass, 10 lift the indi-
| vidual soul out of the confusion and dis
| traction of modern societies, unions,
brotherhoods, leagues, alliances, corpora
tons and trusts, into some clear place
of vision, where he may think and see
| apart, looking beyond the things of to-
day to the things that abide" Standards,
he thought, had been confused by the at
tempt to confound morals with material
ambitions. Individual conscience and not
law would make reforms. But the ten
dency toward vast organizations of all
kinds had resulted in mems trying to sep
arate their individual life from the life
of their organization, being moral in the
one and immoral in the other He declared
that the tendency to be practical would
not conquer the tendency to be moral.
Gov. Warner has announced the APP
pointment of Chase S. Osborn, of Sault
Ste Marie, Mich, as regent of the Uni
varsity of Michigan, to succeed bhe late
Peter White, of Marquette. Mr.. Osborn
was chairman of the Michigan delegation
at the Republican national convention.
Gov. johnson of Minnesota delivered
the commencement address to the stu
dents of Kansas State university. His
subject was Landmarks of American
Liberty"
Dr. WI Ting-Fang, Chinese minister
to the United States, delivered the COM
mencement address at Iowa University.
At the conclusion of his address Minis
ter WI was given the honorary degree
of IL. ID. In the afternoon Minister Wa
delivered an open-air address.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, son Of the
President has taken his degree as bach
elor of arts, thus finishing a four years
course in three years. The young man
has made known his purpose TO begin his
career il the ranks OF rha MANUAL labor
ers. and is said to have accepted pace
a. a miner.
Dr. John Summers Stair, although still
on the sunny side of 81, has rendered his
resignation as president of Franklin and
Marshall College at Lancaster Pa. on
the theory that a younger man should
hold the place.
The presence of the Republican presi-
Dental nominee at Yale during the com
mencement festivities as member Of
the class of rs, added to the popular in
terest in the occasion. From start to
finish Taft was one Of the boys, and en-
tered into all the doings with great good
humor and evident enjoyment. even
marching in the mud TO root for the ball
team which downcd Harvard.
After having made a test of two
schools at an expense Of about so, the
Minneapolis Associated Charities has
found that medical inspection Of pupils is
more than worth the effort, and viii ask
the board of tax levy for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 COR the purpose of carry
ing the work into all the schools OF the
city the coming year. The purpose is to
correct the physical defects and preserve
the health of pupils.
WI Ting Fang. Chinese minister to
the United States. delivered the com
mencement address at the University of
Illinois. lie gave several reasons why
China and the United States should be
friends.