Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-21
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The baccalaureate address Of President
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton to this
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, to lift the indi-
yidual soul out Of the confusion and dis
traction Of modern societies. unions.
brotherhoods, leagues, alliances. corpora
tions and trusts, into some clear place
cf 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
terapt to cOnf0und 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 10 be moral.
Gov. Warner has announced the APP
pointment Of Chase s. Osborn, OF Sault
Ste. Marie Mich, as regent Of the Uni
versity of Michigan, to succeed the late
Peter White, OF Marquette. Mr.. Osborn
was chairman VI 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
meneement address at Iowa University.
At the conclusion of his address Minis
ter WI was given the honorary degree
of LII. d. In the afternoon Minister WI
delivered an oDep air address.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son Of the
President, has taken bis degree as ba
elor Of arts thus fnisling four ya.-fs'
course in three years. The yonng man
has uinde known his purpose to begin ms
"a reer 10 the ranks Of the mapual labor
srs. and is said to have accepted a pace
a, miner.
DR.. John Summers Stair, although siili
ON the sunny side Of 81, has rendered his
resignation IS president Of Franklin and
Marshall College Al Lancaster, Pa. on
tde theory AliAA @pNb~tt man rhVu-u
hold the place.
The presence Of the Republican presi-
Dental nominee az Yale during the COM
mencement festivities as member u
the class Of II. added 20 the popular in
terest in the occasion. From start %
finish Taft was one OF the boys. and en-.
tered into all III, doings with great good
hunor and evident enjoyment, even
marching in the mud to root for the bail
team which downed Harvard.
After having made a test Of two
schools at an expense Of about 80, tns
Minneapolis Associated Charities has
found that medical inspection OF pupils 10
more than worth the effort and wsii Ask
the board of tax levy for an appropria-
ton Of $1,000 for the purpose OF carry
Ing tie work into all the schools o. the
city the coming year. The purpose Is to
correct the physical defects and preserve
the health Of pupils.
Wa Ting Fang. Chinese nsslster to
the United StafeS delivered the COM
mencement address at the University Of
Illinois. lie gave several raasons why
Chfna and the United States should be
friends-