Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-24
COLBY COLLEGE.
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this republic as at the present time.
I'VE have just been passing through
remarkable epoch. It has been a Pc
riod OF Industrial transformation. The
whole Industrial world has been recon-
structed through the agency OF steam
and electricity. Great railroad systems
have been built. Enterprises, world
wide in their extent and beyond the
imagination of men 100 years ago, have
sprung up.
THE places where we work, the tools
which we use, the houses in which We
live, our ways of travelling and the
methods of communications have so
changed that, compared with those Of
100 years ago, we might almost be liv-
ing on another planet.
During this time our social relations
have been changed in a no less degree.
From the stern days OF the Puritan
colonies we have developed a society
whose moral status is little less than
appalling. The great sins that )urk In
the complexities OF our social relations
are not deeds Of the dive the dark al
ley, the lonely wood or the midnight
hour. Fagin and Bill Sykes and Simon
J.egee are vanishing types. Unlike the
olden time scoundrel the modern male
factor does not wear a slOuch hat and
a. comforter, breathe forth curses and
an odor of gin, or go about his work
with a cinched fist and an evil scowl
'"rhe man who picks pockets with q
railroad rebate, murders with an adul-
terant instead of bludgeOn, burglar
ICES with a rake off, instead of a
"black jack and jimmy" cheats with
a cOmpany's prospectus instead of q
deck Of cards or scullies his town In
stead OF his ship, does not feel on his
brow the brand of q malefactor On the
contrary, he wears immaculate linen.
dresses in tailor made clothes and sins
with a calm conscience and a serene
soul.
Society has undergone marvellous
Transformation i'm the last few dec
ades and the moral sense of the mass
es has not kept pace. The same quail
ties that lull the soul of the sinner
blind th. eyes of the saint These are
the conditions. Industrial and social,
with which the young business or pro-
fessional man must cope. The question
arises, are we not advancing beyond
the limits set by our forefathers into
WORTH WIltIc IIVCb'iIi GA" Nt'"''NS
are known no more? VIII not the cor
porations, monopolies and trusts tend
to shake our republic to its very foun-
dation, and bring us to state OF IN
dustrial slavery? Before two decades
have passed ii will have been decided
whether American industry is to be
brought into harmony with American
liberty or whether this republic, like
all others which have forsaken the
gods of their fathers. and have bowed
down and worshipped at the altar of
luxury, will go down the primrose
bath Of dalliance which leads to ever
lasting burning This then is the time
when the Republic needs the man OK
college training, the educated man, the
man of character.
"A recent magazine article describes
the college man as man clothed IN Il
fancy colored shirt and bright tie. sus-
penderless thousers, turned up at the
bottom, stripped socks. pointed shoes
that toe in ut a certain angle, eye
glasses with black cord. loud voice
and an empty head. If this is the col
lege man we want nothing of him. but
1T Is not and the people who hold such
notions have still some facts to learn
"The real college man is the man
who, when he goes into life, goes with
the idea of working and work he Will,
not for mere wealth alone but for the
Improvement of himself, and the bet
terment of his fellow men. Though ne
may not attain any high plan himself
he will be the means of elevating and
helping others. In reading who's VINO
In America" we find that of the ll,ooo
people mentioned 60 per cent. are col
lege trained Is this mere chance or Is
il because the educated man possesses
those qualities which are indispensable
I'm controlling the mighty enterprises
of the Republic?
''Today, in business as we'll as the
professional world. the college-trained
man is at premium. The country
needs him 1t does not need him at the
head OF some law firm drawing a large
salary and deceiving the people; 1t does
not need him as a shyster whose busi-
ness II is to evade the law: it does not
need him for anything unlawful or un-
inst II does need him as plain Amer
lean citizen of the republic, who reads
his Bible and his countrys history.
who loves art and poetry. who will do
with all MS might WHAT >''''''' W. 1900
and who will be looking all the time
for something higher and better To 90.
II needs him not only with the learn
ing which comes from years OF study
but with those finer and higher quail
ties of our moral sense, of loyalty TO
friends, of devotion to duty and OF be-
lief in human brotherhood"
The Class day exercises We're continued
on the campus in the afternoon, COM
mencing at 3 o'clock. The Seniors march-
ed from Memorial hall to the platform
beneath the willows. where the exercises
were held The attendance was the larg-
est in years and a large number of the
alumni arrived during the morning ana
were present. After a selection by the
band. prayer was offered by the class
chaplain.
The prophecy for the men was given
by Harold Nash Mitchell. who told the
futures OF his classmates in L manner
that was interesting as well as amusing
The prophecy for the women was deiiV-
cred by Miss Caroline Dole Noyes
The usual pipe ode was then sung as
follows:
PIPE ODE.