Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
THE/1O9th COMMENCEMENT.
PRES THOMAS FIRST BACCALAUREATE
SERMON DRAWN FROM HISTORY
Primo which Good i'm Tyre Applicable to Mod
Cities, Tells Largest Class I'm History of the
Institution Wen Standing Out i'm American History

the life of brutes and derth of man;
while life for God and His righteousness,
life is manly devotion to the truths of
the spirit; is life which enlarges and
beauties both itself and the world.
TO THE GRADUATING CLASS.
Members of the graduating class:
charge you as you go forth from your
Alma Mater to find a place where you
can work hard in toll for which you are
best fitted, in the worlds hard work.
Do not excuse yourself from every day
duty, and plenty of it, because of the
claims of the life that is called higher
The great common world of ordinary
tasks has primary claim. See that you
are wise in that work, and that your
wisdom includes persistent grit, and the
grip of the will for work that takes all
your strength, and whose reward is long
in coming. Fill the largest place you
can reach, but whether large or small,
fill it with manhood aud fill it with
faith.
Be wise also in spiritual things, in
your convictions as to the worth of life,
the principles by which your life should
be lived, the ideals which should govern
it. If you have learned in any real
sense to give your mind to a problem,
and to work out a result that is not
approximate, and true, employ that
mental habit and ability in determining
the quality of manhood which you rem.
der to the world. Don't be clever in
what you do for money, and fool in
what you do for yourself. If you have
wisdom anywhere, have it in relation to
your conscience. Determine your prin-
ciples as skillfully as you practice your
business. Give as much thought to
your prayers, to the real ambition of
your heart, as you give to the increase
of You salary. Do not let your wisdom
in Industry get ahead of your wisdom in
morals. Estimate your work large. A
and no man can do more.
Do not be deceived by the glamor of
great cities. Do not over estimate the
prowess or attainments of those who
have lived amid throngs of people
Crowds do not teach man to think ol
to be. If you have found among us one
teacher who gave you method and in
spiration, and have followed his leading
you need not be afraid to measure your
self against any man from anywhere
or any task in any place. There wer,
Vermonters who saved Gettysburg, ant
they didn't wait to see how New Yorl
city men could fight.
Do not believe that you are isolated
Live 80 earnestly in the worlds though
and work that you feel the pulse of tn
great heart of humanity as it lives it
steady way to worthier and larger life
There is a mighty organism of whicl
you are part. 1t is growing; it make
progress. There are long stages behin
and long stages ahead. 1t is so tremer
dously vast that no man can be yer
large, but every man can have a share
This graduation is your initiation into tn
great army of those who are fighting t
deliver the world from its old time mis-
cries and cruelties, and to bring in tn
day Of right and of peace. Catch tn
enthusiasm of the army. Do not loos
sight of the colors. You are not alone
in the name of Middlebury college, Sc
for the making of men, appoint you
place in the host of the making of til
great God, and commission each of yo
leader in the fight for truth and righ
You may find continuously large
place, if you will. We expect you Il
and the harder you fight the create
your courage; the more untiring and III
bending your will the better and large
you will find your life.
o, its great to be out where the fight
strong,
To be where the heaviest troops belong
7 And to fight there for men and Co
o, it sears the face and it racks tn
e. brain.
1t strains the arm till ones friend
pain,
In the fight for man and God.
1 But it's great to be out where the fig
a is strong,
q To be where the heaviest troops belon
And to fight there for man and Go
The anniversary exercises and reuni'
of the college Y. NJ. c. A. took place
!. the Congregational church Sunday eve
ing. There was special music and an a
- propriate sermon was preached by Re
Daniel Martin, d. D., pastor of the FIJI
=. Presbyterian church, Glens Falls. N.
Class Day.