The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-13
WOULD CONSERVE
CULTURE in u. S.
BRILLIANT COMMENCEMENT ADJ
DRESS DELIVERED BEFORE
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
CLASS OF FARGO COLLEGE BY
PROFESSOR soUIREs.

The senior preparatory class Of Far
go college, Saturday night passed from
the academy into the higher portals of
! the college. The First Baptist church
was appropriately decorated for the
occasion with the class colors and
flowers. After the invocation by Presi-
dent Creegan, Prof. V. P. Squires of
the university delivered the most in
spring, elevating and scholarly adj
dress that could be desired. His sub
| ject, Conservation of Culture, was very
apropos to the occasion and pleaded
strongly for higher education.
Education and culture are the great
est heritage Of mankind" said the
speaker, They teach the experiences of
| centuries back. and as the present and
future are built upon the past, it is
necessary for the promoters of politi-
cal, social and literary and spiritual
progress to be versed in the culture ar
forded by higher study.
1T is because I believe in culture as
a guide, and enrichment a solace, and
an inspiration that am pleading to-
night for its conservation Let us
| by all means, preserve the ancient
forests that clothe the mountains and
valleys of our favorite land, but let
us not forget the mighty growths of
thought which are stored up in the
literature of the world. Let us con-
serve our soil, but let us not be un-
mindful of the rich humous of racial
sentiment from which must spring the
| flowers and fruits of our civilization.
Let us preserve for power and navi-
cation the water courses Of our count
| try; but let us also be mindful Of the
springs of Helicon, the Bandusian
fount and Siloa's brook that flowed
fast by the oracle of God.
There are three obstacles at pres
ent obstructing conservation Of cul-
ture. First the elective system of
studies, although a reaction has COM
menced against this foe to true cuI-
ture. Harvard, the stronghold of the
System is slowly yielding, but the
small colleges are the chief conservers
of culture, adhering as they do to
strict curriculums. The nation will
yet rise up and extol the small col
| lege.
THE second obstacle Is the dissipa-
ton Of energy in college activities,
such as football baseball, basketball,
N~AASN"NACAA1s AANCAoAJ INAAE NUS anu
Bible societies, orchestra, glee club
social, dramatic clubs, etc. The hero
Of the college today is shining in these
outside activities. Where is the stu
dent scholar hero of old?
THE third foe to the conservation
Of culture is of recent origin. 1t has
| not crept in slowly and quietly, but
has announced it's coming in stentor-
ian tones. This is the fad for special
izatlon. The mighty dollar has a hold
on the students. They must get out
| and earn money. Although material
vocation is important, it is not to be
compared with the higher vocations.
Tyre and Carthage were of this kind,
worldly and for private gain. Greece
and Palestine were the opposite, har-
boring artists and men of culture.
| Where do they stand today? Tyre
| and Carthage were manufactured,
bought and sold and forgotten, while
Greece and Palestine linger in our
memories as the messengers of the
good things of civilization.
1--WE are human" said the speaker,
and we need avocations as we'll as
vacations. We must live in head and
heart as well as in hand and stomach"
Professor Squires concluded his
powerful address by the quotation,
| Whatsoever is true, whatsoever is
honorable, If there is anything pure, If
there be anything lovely, If there be
anything of good report, If there be
anything worthy of praise, think on
these things.
The music of the evening was fur
l.nished on the piano by Miss Jessie
Buchanan, vocally by Miss Fern Croth-
ers, and by the F. c. orchestra, under
the direction of Professor Stephens.
President Creegan spoke very pleas
antly to the graduates, comparing their
exercises to the first great milestone
In their lives.
Diplomas were presented to the
Misses Caro- Buchanan, Stella Buchan-
an, Faith Gardner, Loretta Kelly and
William Crandall Arthur Dean, Wal
ter Mcdonald, Lloyd Musberger, Fred
Stillwell and Bradley Tillotson.
The scholarships of honor were won
by Miss Loretta Kelly, and Mr. Lloyd
Musberger, who has excelled their
classmates in scholarship for the last
year of their preparatory course. AS
Mr. Musberger will be unable to at
tend Fargo college next year the
scholarship will be handed down to
the young man next highest in stand