Charlevoix county herald., 1911-06-10
Baccalaureate
Annual Exercises at Methodist
Church, Sunday.

The Baccalaureate sermon and ex-
ercises for the Glass Of 1911 were held
at the Methodist Episcopal church
last Sunday evening. A fine musical
program was given including an
thems, choruses. and a male quar-
tette. Rev. Il. Porter Bennett deliv-
cred the sermon, discussing along ed
ucaVonal lines. Below is a resume
OF the sermon.
Text: Seest thou a man diligent
IN his business? He shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before
mean men.-7Prov. %: 20.
Diligence the secret Of success ia
the educational world or Ia any de-
partment Of life. II we expect to be
OF any service to others we must show
forth diligence In whatever we un-
dertake. Benz. Franklin said, "Dili-
gence Is the mother of good luck. {"
You graduates are here as a result Of
your diligence In pursuing your sever
al studies. You have applied your.
self to the tasks AS they have come to
you, you have sought out solution
to the problems that you have had to
solve. Diligence might almost be
said tn be education put Ia action.
Education is the development of in
dividuality, the drawing forth and
putting into healthy action all the
powers of man, whether Of the mind,
body or spirit. Milton said, Il call
complete and generous education that
which fits man TO perform justly,
skilIfully and magnanimously all the
offices both private and public of
peace and war;"
We ought therefore to note what
Edkleation Is; its object and its re-
salts, and see IL it can be applied to
our text.
We will be obliged to turn to those
who are an authority. We must re-
member great men are great edu-
Gators. Confucius who lived 55O-47S
Il. G. said, Learning without thought
is labor lost, thought without learning
is perilous. He SAYS knowledge Is when
you know thing to hold that you
know IL and when you do not know a
thing to confess your ignorance. "
Buddah gave us his idea of educa-
tion when he said, "Self denial virtu-
Gus life, suppression Of all self seek
ing, love for fellowmen, are cardinal
virtues which bring blessedness to
mankind"
In China the motive of education
was to prepare for success in this life,
ta,lhdia for the future life, in Persia
to'support the state, in Israel to re-
habilitate the nation aud Ia Egypt to
maintain the supremacy OF the priests.
Aristotle held that education is a life
long task, beginning at birth and con-
tinuing till death and includes the
development of the body the character
and the intellect.
know thyself" and "Man is the
measure of all things" are words that
Socrates uttered many years ago.
g We must not forget that the church
has always played an important part
in the educational world. Martin
Luther said, Religion is the founda.
tion of all school instruction"
We as nation are to be congratu-
lated upon our school system and we
must never tolerate anything that
would handicap our public school
system. It. is no question that 1t has
been one of the greatest blessings
tnat has been conferred upon any
people.
Bacon In his inductive method says,
'Fxperimeut, Investigate, Verify"
TAsse same words can and ought to
be practiced by the students of today.
BE able to prove things for yourselves;
know why you accept certain state
ments. We are not machines. We
might mention number or other ed
ucators such as Augustine, Charlie
magne, Comenius, Petalozzic and
Frobel, names that suggest the up
iilJInR Vi humanity and the better
ment OF the world in the world Of ed
Ecation.
What are some OF the results of ed
ucation?
1t reveals ourselves to US. I'VE
learn to do by doing"
We only learn ourselves as it is re-
vealed to us through education. Then
it widens our vision. Education is
failure IL we do not have a wider
vision Of life and its realities. We
Nrealize that we have not learned all.
There are other people Ia the world
that have rights and privileges as
we'll as we have. 1t gives to a person
system. He knows how to solve the
problem 10 a more systematic way.