The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-05-30
YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
FROM DEPARTMENTS
DR.. James |. Vance Principal Speak
er-Subject Equipment for Life"
Strong Practical Talk to
misunderstanding De-
grees-Life Size Pictures
Founder of Institution.

g. "AAAA"Ano OhlNClSlIy were COLI
cluded Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock when DR.. James /. Vance, d.
D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, delivered the principle ad-
dress.
The graduating class on this occa-
sion consisted of two members: Am
Drose A. Bennett and Festus e. JEFF
fries. They graduated from the col
lege department and received the de-
gee of A. B.
A large crowd was present to wit
ness the closing exercises. The audi
torium was packed beyond its capaci-
ty and the people were standing in
the hall and out on the campus. The
exercises were late beginning. They
were scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock
but 1t was 1870 before the process
slonal march struck up, however, the
people were patient and with a few
exceptions all remained until the ex-
ercises ended.
DR.. Vance, who was introduced bv
DR.. Rufus Weaver, pastor of the
Emanuel Baptist Church, said in part:
i want to say to you this morning
the kind Of equipment we need to
travel along life's highway. We are
living in a country of great oppor-
tunity. We are living in a land that
puts us to the test, but l believe Won
are going to make good. Your sue
cess IN life will depend largely upon
yourself. You are your biggest as
set and your biggest liability. | like
the spirit that loves difficulty; the
spirit with which you enter life will
HIM noG ION Moq GI9SIBT puadep
succeed. Be optimistic. Look on
the bright side of life. do not mean
that you shall expect everything easy.
but that you shall enter into life with
a determination to succeed. Never
be discontented. Go out into life
with your face toward the sun. Have
high ideal. l don't think much of
any man who enters life without a
high ideal. Believe that you can
teach something noble and grand in
life. There are some people who go
through life with their brains tied
to their heels They never amount
10 much. Some people go through
life without and character. Your
character is what you are. 1t is what
nobody can take away from you.
Your character is what you are in
the dark; it is what you are when
nobody is looking at you; your char
acter is what You are yourself. It is
a grand thing to live ann exemplary
life. 1t is a grand thing to be your
self. God did the best he could for
You when he made you yourself. Be
and do not try to be anv |
other man or woman, but be yourself |
You will be happy in proportion as
you do something for others. You
Will be happiest when you remember
what you have done for others. We
take our tasks and our burdens and
we struggle on, carrying them as best
we can, and as we struggle our tasks
become our pinions and our burdens
become our wings. Help your fell
owman. Tap on the window.
Endurance.
Il want now to speak of your en-
iurance. like a man who will stick
1t his post and fight it out to the
md. Stick at it through thick and
hin and fight it out to the, end. Be
lead game and you will win"
AT the conclusion of the address the
young Mems Glee Club sang two Sc.
ections that were heartily received. ,
President johnson conferred de- ,
rees and presented certificates. He
hen made a few remarks to the class
nd encouraged them to press for
'ard IN life and to consecrate them {
elves to the uplift of humanity.
The ushers were then asked TO /
ring in two pictures that had been {
resented to the University; they
'ere the founders of the institution
the persons of Rev. Daniel Phil 7
ps and wife. Miss Joanna Moore ,
,as asked to cut the strings; she ]
scended the rostrum, but in her fec :
leness she asked Prof. Johnson to
ntle them. She then made a short v
llk, very appropriate to the occasion !
he told of the work of the Fireside I
chool and how she had been en- i
ouraged in the work to which she
as devoted most Of her life. She il
rged Others to do something help {
IL and urged every one present to Q
'nseorate themselves to the uplift of
O.
President Johnson, in speaking of I
lie history of Roger Williams, gave a il
lief sketch of the founder of this in +
tuition; he said: !,
Forty.four years ago, when shot h
I'D she'll had scarcely ceased to deal @
leir deadly blows; when the smoke h
battle had scarcely cleared away: II
short when this especial section 7
our common country" was still
seething and unsettled mass: when
e results of that revolutionary per. n
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