Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-22
BATES COLLEGE.

The first exercises of Commencement
week We're carried out today in MAR
street Free Baptist church. The Sen
iors marched in at 10 A. M, marshalled
by Ira b. Hull, and listened to the
Raccalaureate sermon by President
George G. Chase.
No other man could have been bet
ter chosen for this task than President
Chase. Every member of '0S has learn
ed to appreciate the undying love that
he has fer his students and Bates Be
fore the catering class of Bates Col
lego has been in college a week every
man III that class learns that Presi-
dent Chase is his true friend ana that
h. is rea,! To help at every opportu-
pity. The work he has been carrying
on this year in the interests of Bates
has cndcarcI him to every heart there
in Money IS needed in order for any
college Ia surc. cd ana this is what
President ChaS" has been labur.ng to
secure for The past - weeks in order
that Carneg:p's promise of $4,000 may
be realized
His words Of advice and caution
Sank deep into every heart and dur
,n@ his closing address to the Senior
class more than one check was damn
with tcars of sadness and the rcaliza
ton that a new life, an unknown flu
turn, lay ahead and that the ole
Friendships could not be continued
longer in close relationship.
The class, which numbers 90. is the
largest ever graduated from Bates Col
lege and is said to be the largest eve,
sent out by any Maine college.
Tha choir sang the Baccalaureate hymn
written by Miss Gertrude t. Jones'
The subject of DIR. Chase's sermon was
"One Thing Necdful for East One of Us
Is the Harmonious Exercise of All Pow
ers Instincts and Faculties lie said in
part:
"Probably Jesus never occupied him
self with formal psychology. But tlat
he had working psychology which an
ticirated the latest conclusions of the
science of mind is plain both in his clear
conception of the ordinary associations
and experiences by which the life of the
boy gradually unfolds into the life of the
man and such vivid portrayals of human
nature are presented in the Good Samar-
itan and the Prodgal Son.
"The feet require the solid ground. The
instincts apply in their proper order. Each
of them demands its appropriate exercise
not one of them is valued less. The ma
terial world with its lmitless resources
nature with its numberless relations
family, society, government, the school,
business, science. invention. art. litera-
turc--arc the great opponents of the life
Of man. The very constitution of the
physical and moral universe implies and
demands this. Electricity long awaited
and at length summoned Edison. GRAY
itv called for Newton. The powers OF
the atmosphere and the cravings of man
are now putting in commission the air,
ship
'"rhe perfect man for whom the ages
have been waiting is to be assured. not
by the elimination or suppression of any
of the numerous elements that make UP
,our complex human nature, but by find
ing out for every one of them its proper
place and exercise.
plato was right when he affirmed that
the supreme good for man consists in the
harmonious exercise of all his instincts.
desires and faculties. Yet it required a
greater man than Plato to realize this
harmony in his own life and to make it
possible for all mankind
At s o'clock in the evening an adj
dress was given in Main Street Free
BAPTIST church by Rev. Albert w.
jefferson of Portland His subject
was "Thc Christian Citizen"
Rev. jefferson is a very fine speak
err and he has powerful manner of
EXPRESSING his thoughts. He tried to
show that it was every mans duty to
he a Christian citizen and especially
when starting out in life. as a college
graduate. He emphasized the fact that
for 4 man to succeed as he should. for
him to get the best things in life. for
him to appreciate life to his fullest ca
pacity. he should be a Christian citi-
zen.
The exercises of Tuesday will consist
Of class day exercises in Hath"rn hall
The sneakers ard their subjects will he:
Address to Halls and Campus.
Percy c. Campbell
A'''' 90 ~ Winslow G Smith
Prophecy, Guy a. Inlile
Oration Fred r. Noble
Ctaes poem Alice j. Hinsnore
ciacr Ifiefo,y. Frances McLain
Farewell Address. FloSn 6ufneii
pine Grafton. George f. Merrill
l;n,o;no of class Ode, written by
''''3 IN Miss Ethel Bradford
Tn the evening the concert vii! be one
of the hest ever given at Bates 1t will
consist of the Adclphia Quartet of Bos-
ton. Miss Otillia Nestch of Boston, New
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