The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-25
PROF. VANDYKE AT TUSCALOOSA Large Crowd Hears Baccalaureate Sermon. UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT Governor Johnson of Minnesota to
 Speak Tuesday, A Prosram of Unusual Briiiiance Has Been Arranged For The Gradu- atins clas.-Residences In
 TuscaIoosa Gaiiy
 Decorated.
ay FRANK P. GLASS, JR.

Tuscaloosa, MAy
 ths vanguard of one of the largest crowds. which the University has ever .ntertained. present to hear the oacca- laureate sermon by Professor Henry va,avke of Princeton University, Tus- eaioosa and the University Of Alabama today opened their gates to the graou- ating class of 1908 and the seVenty- seventh anniversary of the state 'hs' tuition. h.. That the city of Tuscaloosa mas onened her gates is shown by the un- usual interest taken in the decorauons 4o fha handsome residences Of the clty. On nearly every residence from tns station to the university. the fronts oi the houses display the .s. s.I1S Irn. son and white of the university on likA the commencement exercises oI last year, there is nothing to spoil the weeks festivities.
 Al the sermon in Clark Hall this morning, that large auditorium was filled to the limit of its capaei.y, Many extra chairs was placed Tor tne accoronnodation of the congregation, but even this failed to seat those who xvIshed to hear Princeton's Professor of Enxlish Literature. The stairs were crowded as was the vestibule.
 program of unusual brilltancy nAs been arranged for the graduating class
 
 of the graduating class of unusual tr' teresf, but the speakers who will ad- SrAss the commencement crowds are or national prominence.
 professor Henry Nevius vandyke. Of Princeton. arrived in Tuscaloosa Satur- day and after preaching the sermon. 10, Q, day left for the State University or Louisiana where he will deliver an ad- dress on wednesday.
 Governor Johnson to Speak.
 Governor John A. Johnson of Mime sota wfli deliver an address to the Society of the Alumni on Tuesday Saoxnfn@ at ii o'clock. Governor Jchn- son has not yet arrived in the city, but 4s expected to reach Tuscaloosa during Monday afternoon. For Governor Johnson's address, numbers of the Alumni as we'll as crowds of visitors, will come from Birmingham and all parts of the state. A special train will be run from Birmingham on Monday evening ana also Tuesday morning. to reach the University in time for the address.
 r.eHident Ahercrombie. seeing how crowded Clark Hall was on the oe- casfon of the sermon by pr. Vsndyke, has decided. after a conference with his faculty. to erect a platform in the shade of the magnificent oaks im- naediately in front of Clark Hall that the crowd to hear Governor Johnson may have ample opportunity. Work. men will be busy putting the speakers stand and seats for a favored few all during the day.
 On Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. George E. Mclean. Ph. D. LIA D.. President of the state University of Iowa. will deliver the commencement oration Immediately after pr. Mc- Lsan's addess. President Abererombie of the State University will confer the degrees upon the graduating claas. The annual contest for the trustee prize will be held in Clark Hall on Monday morning at o'clock, and the annual meeting of the Board of Trus- the morning of Wednesday at o'clock. Fer the entertainment of the visitors. the manager of the university ball team has arranged c series of base ball games to be played with the University of Louisiana. the first to be played in the morning and the remaining two in the afternoon Dances by the fra will enliven the nights. The Presi- dent's reception will take place on Monday night from S:30 o'clock to Il o'clock. Because of the unfinished state of the Presidents residence across from the University grounds, the reception will take place at the resi- denoe of pr. W. c. Somerville. The University reception will take place at o'clock at Woods Hall on the night of Wednesday.
 Another interesting feature of the commencement entertainments will be The Tanning of the shrew." This en- Sertainment will take place on Monday afternoon beginning at { o'clock.
 Professor Vandyke's Sermon.
 sermon fin full:
 The horse is an animal whose flu ture Is said to be uncertain. But his past Is secure. He has done mora than any other creature to aid man fin thA task of civilization. He has carried burdens. plowed fields, drawn wagons and ehariots, quadrupled mans speed of motion and ten folded mans power of work. He has also been the chief ally of man in war. and one Of the principal instruments and symbols of wealth and pleasure Social distinc. tions have taken name from him.
 Among the Romans the aristocra tic order was called equestrian. Tn e French chevalier and the Spanish Caballus Among the Anglo Saxon. ths among their English descendants, cava- Her was supposed to describe a gentle. man.
 Prom earliest times. the possession of the horse has meant power in indus. try. strength in battle. ease in social SA'N AAiNAAiAOlu me ef1 biem of might of Assyria and Egypt and of Israel in her days of splendo, was the horse and the chariot Of Sol. omon, 1t Is recorded that he had 40 00f stalls of horses for his chariots ana 12,o0o cavalry horses. The racing oi horses has always been a favorfte amusement of rich and poor In the days of the Olympic games, 1t wa. connected with religious ceremonies IT our own times, it is also connected with idolatrous rites for man. the wor. ship of the God Mammon and the blind goddess Fortuna. The noblest of ami. mals Is used for cheating purposes by the meanest of men, so that clinics have described the horse as that duadrupe6 which has an inhibitory power as the human sense of veracity" More lie, have been told about the horse than about any other beast that lives
 "On the other hand the horse hal drawn towards himself more of tbs best human qualities. generosity, zrati. tude, affection, than any other animal except, possibly. the dog He has been the sharer of mans tolls the minister of his pleasures From the farmer. boy who knows the joy of having a nag of his own to take his best girl out driving, to the great general of a lost cause who calls his gray war horse Traveller, one of his best friends, all asrts and conditions of men know