The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-20
President Creesan Bids
Adieu to the Students
of:Fargo College To-day
Retiring President of Fargo College Said Goodbye to the
->1--~ Students of Institution He Has Headed &&
Farewell Address Delivered This Morning in Fargo College
. - 49, .. Chapel Stirred Every Student -
Dr. Creegan Touches Slightly Personal Experiences in
Fargo-Took Text From Horace Mann

DIR. Charles Creegan delivered his
farewell address this morning to the
students Of Fargo college. Inasmuch
as the Christmas vacation has begun,
and DR.. Creegan will depart for the
east soon after Jan. 1. this was the
only opportunity for his adieu.
The students and faculty had heard
OF the presidents plan to say 'au re-
voir'' today and as result the chapel
was well filled with friends who re-
gret the parting.
DR.. Creegan's talk was the culmina-
ton Of his four years of faithful serv-
ice, message that stood above the
subjects of his teaching during that
period of service. With his natural
art of eloquence, his deep love for the
people in Fargo college. and his regret
at departing, DR.. Creegan touched the
hearts Of everyone.
s@" Horace Mann's Words.
Duty, humanity, God, were the three
words. left by the retiring president,
the last three words whispered by the
dying Horace Mann, termed by the
speaker, "the greatest words in any
language" .- .
my first real impression Of the i'm
portance Of duty said DR.. Creegan,
was received on visit many years
ago to the fort at Leavenworth. T
was a. young man, and was very. anxi-
Gus to see a certain Captain Smith.
He can't be seen. He's on duty i
Throughout the soldiers career he
is on duty, from the day Of enlistment
to the last Of his service.
"Tennyson appreciated this martial
sense of obligation when in his fam :
GUS poem he immortaliZed the noble
500, the 600 who knew the 5blunder of
an officer meant certain descent into
the jaws of death ~.
First Minnesota Praised.
tIf America had q true poet like
TennysOn, he would have Eimmortaliz-
ed the First Minnesota regiment in
the civil war. GheyingE the command
OF General Warren, in nineteen brief
minutes IS per cent had fallen. Z
"Duty reigns supreme on the sea.
Tt is the unwritten law that the cap
tain must stay on the bridge at risk
of all peril. The position must be
maintained even though the boat is
sinking, until each man, woman and
child is transferred to safety. Only
seven or eight weeks ago a. young Eng
lish officer stayed by his post until
every peasant and peasants child had
been saved.
Many Unknown Heros.a
"Heroism Is by no means conilnedt 70
military life. There are tens Of
thousands, yea, hundreds Of thousands
OF cases never known by men, never
coming to the public's notice.
"The missionaries have shown a
keen sense OF duty. Marcus Whitman
i'm early days worked with the Indian,
in the west, and though his untiring
service affected the flags of three
states.
1.-THE young doctor, who went to
Montana for work In a smallpox COM
nunity. where he caught the disease
and died, knew what duty meant
There is no class Of men more noble,
more heroic than those serving in the
profession of medicine and surgery.
| where does the mother in the home
receive her reward? Has she not the
highest appreciation of the sense Of
duty? From birth, through early
childhood, she cares for her child will
a love that is nowhere equaied. and
with not a single dream of reward.
Meaning of Humanity
Humanity, continued Or. Creegan
| sis a big word. 1T means more than
lever before. We hear the loud cry ot