Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-11
GOOD ADVICE TO GRADUATES

l theme of President John Grier Hib. ben's baccalaureate address to the one hundred and sixty-fifth c.ass !o graduate from Princeton University delivered in Alexander Hall Sunday morning.
 The oDl 'gations md duties on tl.e y ig men going out fror the Uni s:!sfty made up tse body of the frs. pa.calaurea.e i'd Hess to le sivsn hy Princetons new head. Alexander Hall was crowded to it's fullest cap aeity, the graduating class number ing about three hundred.
 Dr. Hibben's address WAS as fo;- Ews:
 Luke xxx :25-" Render un,o Cat sa, the things that are Caesars, and un-. to God the things that arc Gods"
 To the members of ths Senior Class,-You are going forth from this place, which has been your home and which you aave learltG to love with passionate dcvp:ion, into 3. new world which lies htfore yn!. It vii be we'll to pause a whis.' upon the frontier before sou cross it's baund- aries in order 70 ask yourselves With, searching honesty, whose wol:d it Is, and to what sovereign power you owe allegiance. Do not be compla- cent in the security of q narrow minded prejudice, which places eX- elusive stress upon material values and thereby starves the soul. Th1s is not world in which you are merely to seek fortune, pursue pleas ure, or endeavor to achieve name and fame It is primarily world in which Gods commands are to be heard and obeyed The tragedy of a life such as yours is the failure to appreciate what is, expected of you There are two factors which combine to determine your responsibility,- the worlds need on the one hand and your ability to meet it on the other. One of the most significant results. of your education is to give you g more vivid and retl sense of that need, and at the same time to in- crease your powers to nistering to l it. Whether your life is a success CT a failure will be determined solely by the set of responsibilities which l you recognize as supreme and which you heartily endeavor to discharge. Circum stances will not make nor will they unmake you, but solely the burden of obligst'cn which you are brave enough to shoulder. If you see your duty believe me you will not miss your opportunity. There are certain responsibilities which naturally belong to you because of your youth, because of your strength, your enthusiasm, because Of the high potential of energy and resources due to the rich experience of your col lege years. The man who does not acknowledge such responsibilities in his life is doomed to failure. He may grow in riches and in power, but net in manhood. In his achieve menss he will be overcome, and ill his victories meet defeat.
 As you enter the world with :ts Dewilderiug confusion of clashing in- terests, its light and darkness, good and evil, it's strife and discord, its hopes and fears, it's stubborn ques- ticnings, it's mystery, its doubts, it's brute facts and it's deeper and tri- limphant tones of prophetic premise, as you fact it all'mpatient to be- come a part of it all, bcseech you in this quiet hour pray that you may acquit yourselves like men. Deter mine to be the man who bears a mans burden, and who does mans work in the world. That burden is the burden of humanity; that work is the service of your fellewmen; that world is the Kingdom of God os earth:-Go forth to the lot and task wh'ch awaits you, Give .yo.il strength to the swofld' s s weakness your faith to it's doubts your hope [. it's despair. Our prayers, our con. tinued interest, our confident .ex. ] pecta.ions follow you.