Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-29
Former Governor of Minnesota
Gives Augustana Commence
ment Address.
MIGRATION HIS SUBJECT
Traces Wanderinss of Nations-New
People in Process of Making
In America.


nesota in delivering the commence
ment address at Augustana college
this morning. The subject of his ad-
dress, which was heard by a large
audience, was Migration" The gov
ernor is a fluent, magnetic speaker,
and held his auditors enrapt by his
strong personality, which ever asserts
itself in his speeches.
A new people is in the process Of
making in America, he said. This
people is as individual and independ-
ent as any on the face of the earth.
1t is not English, neither Swedish, nor
German, but it is predominantly Te1-
ton, blending of Anglo-Saxon, Teu-
ton and Scandinavian. 1t is as differ
ent from the English people as "a
black bean is from a white" 1t has
been in the process OF making for
more than 300 years, and from the gi-
gantic melting pot a nation is being
evolved that is to lead the world.
1T is inevitable that the best poets,
the best artists and the best archi
tects the world has ever known will
rise up here in America" said the
speaker. 1--WE have here all the ne
Cessary conditions to bring this about,
and it is bound to come to pass"
NATIONS ARE TRACED.
Governor Lind began his address by
tracing the migration of the nations,
dwelling particularly on the wander
ings of the Teutons, the Goths and the
Norsemen. He showed how the Morse
men settled Iceland, Greenland and
northern France. They even pene-
trated to the Mediterranean sea aud
establishes kingdoms, finally reaching
| the gates of the eternal Rome it
self. England received its first con-
| tribution of Teuton blood from Den
mark, and later it was enriched by
Morse blood during the Norman con-
! quest.
! Scandinavians have ever been mi
gratory race, he said, and wherever
they have come they have succeeded
where other races have failed. This
is due, he declared, to the versatility
of the people, and their ability to
adapt themselves to new conditions
and environments. Settling in new
and strange lands has always brought
out the best there is in Scandinavians,
he said, and the American Swede is &
head above the Swedish Swede.
DIPLOMAS PRESENTER.
Following Governor Lind's address
the Wennerberg chorus sang Land
sighting" after which the diplomas
were presented by DR.. Andreen. The
following received degrees:
Bachelor of Arts-Carl friedrich An
derson, Edgar Severius Anderson
Marion Albert Andreen, Oscar Otto
Gustafson, Gunnar Elias Hedeen, Lin
us Aron Herman, Elmer Frederick
Holmgrain, Ralph Daniel Hult, Arthur
William Johnson, August Herman
Johnson, Tage Joranson, Yngve Jor-
anson, Joseph Emanuel Lonnquist, An
ton Irving Munson, Laura Josephine
Munson, Paul Alexander Paulson, Da,
vid Werner Swanson, Herbert Carl
Morton Swanson, Mary Young.
The program concluded with the
valedictory by P. A. Paulson on the
class motto: He conquers who
strives"
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MINISTRY.
Speaking to the 2s graduates of Au.
gustana seminary last night at com
mencement, DR.. o. ]. Johnson, presi
dent of Gustavus Adolphus college
gave some practical, helpful advice to
the young men who will shortly be or
dained as ministers of the Augustana
synod. DR.. Johnson's address was re
plete with epigrams, and large audi
ence listened intently to his interest
ing address. THE work of the king
dom of God must be done by sons and
daughters of God and not by hirelings
He who would serve Christ must love
him." he said. Among the necessary
qualifications for a successful minis
ter, DR.. Johnson mentioned a strong
physique, strong intellect, and much
common sense. Someone has said,
he continued, that a minister needs
grace, learning and common sense
God can give the grace, man can i'm
part the necessary knowledge, but Il
the man has not common sense, Meth
er God nor man can give it to him
While this is no doubt stating an ex
treme, yet there is some truth in it
But there is nothing we lack which
We cannot pray for, and strive to OBJ
tain"
A minister, he said, should bear thu
stamp Of his profession upon his fac,
and entire demeanor II almost con
slider it an insult" he said, when
minister has to explain that he is /;
| pastor. In these days when respec
for authority is lessened, the influence
of sanctified character is all tn,
|. more in demand. The minister of tn,
. gospel cannot be a clown one day ant
a saint the other. He must have du'
. thought to his calling at all times"
DEGREES CONFERRED.
Following DR.. Johnson's address
: President Andreen conferred Bachelc
of Divinity degrees on IS candidate
and pronounced the others graduate
! of the seminary. Rev C. J. Young
berg of Munson Station, Pa, formA-l,
; pastor of Salem church, Moline. re