Evening journal., 1908-06-15
'BACCALAUREATE
AT OLD DELAWARE
Preached by the Rev. DR..
Harvey v. Ewing in the
OratOry Last Night
ON A PARADOX OF LIFE
Special {. THE EVENING JOURNAL.


overhowing last evening by the student
body Of the institution, and relatives
and friends Of the students. who had
gathered to hear the baccalaureate SER
mon delivered by the Rev. Harvey W.
Ewing. pastor Of Trinity M. f. Church
Of Worcester. Mass. and a graduate
of old Delaware in the class Of "a
Preceded by the faculty. the gradu-
ating class marched into the oratory
shortly after o'clock and took seats
upon the platform. The graduates,
nineteen IN number. are; John Oaml
Aker, Delaware City: Ellis Manly
Armstrong, Cooch's Bridge; John
Franklin Baldwin. Jr- Wilmington
George Lionel Bright. Delaware City;
Richard Thompson Cam, 4th. Kirk
wood: Homer Wilson Collins. Dover;
Stanley Evans. EllSton. Md: John VIII
liam Gotwals. Newark: John Roy Kcl-
Icy, Reedsville, Pa; Seruch Titus
Himble. Appleton, Md: Harry Au-
gustus Miller. Jr.. Wilmington: John
Persol NIcCaskey, Newark; Joseph Earl
Newman, Wilmington; Ayres Jacques
stockly, Smyrna; Edgar Lewis Stubbs,
w WyOlllNBf Iuulfy hdAtSbAi9 AOAhNtf
laurel Lewis Thomas Roberts Ward,
Jr.. Cherry Hill. Md, John Baker
Taylor. Dover. and William Morrow
Francis, Wilmington.
The cxeRfises opened by the singing
Of a hymn. followed by prayer, by the
Rev. Joel Gilhllan, Of Newark. The
Scripturial lesson was read by the Rev.
DR. w. J. Rowan. of Newark.
DR. Ewing. upon being introduced,
took as his subject, "A Striking Para
dox," and his text. For whosoever
shall save his life shall lose It; but
whosoever shall lose his life for My
sake the same shall save it." DR..
Ewing said in part:
LET me be bold enough 70 suggest
that YOU do not yet know much about
life. that is the broad, intense realistic
tragic life of the great world. You
may think you know something about
life as you have seen Il from your coll
lege windows. as you have studied IL
I'm the modern novel: but its Joys, its
delights. its victories and defeats, its
tragedies and its comedies, its songs
and its sobs. its shouts and its groans,
its sunshine and its shadow, its high
Moons and its deep midnights are yet
unknown TO you. So I suggest to you
that the text that have selected. since
It relates to life. ought TO be Of intense
interest to you"
The speaker said. in touching upon
his text. that For whosoever shall
save his life shall lose it," sounded like
a paradox. and naturally might cause
the casual reader to consider II a bold
contradiction. II would seem but
natural that a person should endeavor
to save his life in time of battle or
storm rather than TO lose II. THE
second arm of the sentence 'Whosoever
shall lose his life for MY sake might
also present an apparent absurdity,"
said DR. Ewing. 1T is quite evident,
If to save ones life one must lose life,
that there is some unusual meaning
that must be given to tho term. Many
earnest men had searched into the
meaning Of the term life and MANY
have always wanted TO give form and
shape and weight and extension to
that vital principle which we call life
But all these attempts are vain and
silly. One class Of thinkers teach that
life is nothing more than animal ac-
tivity. ami II this view is accepted the
statement of the text is the haldest Of
falsehoods ever uttered On the other
hand we have the belief that life is a
beginning without an end It is i'm
mortality" DR. Ewing stated that
now was the time for those about
entering upon the duties of life to
choose at once. II they had not already
done so. which view Of lie they would
take. as it will mean everything as
they step out into the activities of the
world He urged them TO determine
upon one goal and reject everything
which would hinder It's attainment In
concluding. DIR. Ewing said: young
| gentlemen of the class Of 1908, you
have made your choice in life Of your
l life work. You have weighed we'll the
! question. You have listened to the
calls that have come TO you and YOU
have made your choice. Let me re-
mind you. whatever your occupation.
that there Is n sense in which you must
| live the narrow life. You must he
men Of work in this day Of sharp COM
petition. For remember that the vari-
Gus professions are full TO overflowing
to-day as never before. There are
scores of candidates for every place
/ that IS open. II you have the impress
sion that you are the only one in your
particular line and that the world has
been waiting patiently and long for
your condescendence to come to its
help. you viii wake no some morning
to find that foolish notion knocked out
of your head.
Young men. you ara 10 be toilers in
the great world just outside these coll
lege walls. That you will be brave I
have no doubt. That YOU win not
plan to save your life by life of ease
I am sure. May Il be said of you when
the DAVIS work IS done. He did his
best Nav the Master Of us all say.
Well done. thy good and faithful SCR
want enter thou into the Joy OF the
| Lord
/ In the college oratory yesterday morn
ing the Rev. DR.. George c. Hall OF st.
I sohn's Church. Wilmington. preached TO
the College Y. NJ c. A. Paul Turner and
Harvey b. Vernon. OF St Johns choir
sang sol,s and a duet. Carlisle Hemphil
] bfing accompanfst