Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-28
DEGREES ISSUED
TO LARGE CLASS
College Commencement, Big
Event of Week, Takes
Place at Augustana.
OHIO EDUCATOR is HEARD
Says Education Has Value Beyond
Price, Even Thou II May Fail
to Bring Cash Returns.

The big event of the commencement
week at Augustana was held this fore
noon when the exercises of the college
department took place. The program
follows:
Organ-Preludium (Guilman)-Pro-
lessor J. Victor Bergquist.
lnvocation-Rev. P. VI. Lindberg,
Omaha. Neb.
Violin solo. Revere" Cvolpe)-Ma-
bel Bolman.
Address. Education and Freedom"
DIR. II. W. Elson. Ohio State university.
THE Lost Chord" (Sullivan)-Wen-
nerberg chorus.
Gustav Andreen.
Valedictory. Living for Others
Herbert Anderson.
Benediction-Rev P. VI. Lindborg.
Defines True Freedom.
True freedom is a harmless rela-
ton with ones environment and edu-
cation in the true sense of the word is
harmonious adjustment with our en-
vironment," said DR.. II. W. Elson, pro-
fessor, author and lecturer of Ohio
State university, in his address. I'VE
get an education to make a living. 1t
is said that teachers and preachers
are underpaid, but it is better TO be
underpaid than overpaid. There are
some things which the world can not
pay for. How could we pay Morse for
his telegraph or Longfellow for his
Psalm of Life? The real reason for
our education is TO develop our person
ality. There are depths of the soul
ID,
education is to develop this. Through
out your course. graduates, you have
been studying just two things-your-
self and your environment. AS soon |
as you learn natures laws and learn |
TO adapt yourself to them. then you |
are on the way to true education.
Religion is Essential.
Our education should not only be
but moral and ethical. The |
latter Is based on religion, which is
the feeling of responsibility to a higher
power There is no evidence to show,
but il there were no religion then So
ciety would destroy itself in dissipa-
ton. i believe that religion is essen
tial TO the conference OF society. There
are not so many atheistic scientists
As lHeEe were lew years d5O oSlth-
lists have not been able. nor is there
my possibility of their solving the
mysteries of nature and thus explain
ng away religion. Man is a religious
,eing and we must educate ourselves
morally and ethically. Education is
eally an education of the soul. work
ng on ones self to make the most of
mes own self and to rise up at last
n the favor of the Almighty God"
Members of Class.
Those receiving degrees are Gusta-
us Herbert. Anderson, Svante Ander-
ON, Emil Ferdinand Andreen. Edna
fay Bergquist, Carl Johan Franzen,
lilIa Frazer. Karl Victor Froude. Frank
iustav Granquist. Henry George Han
on, Gustaf wilhelm Henry, Nathaniel
tito Hultgren, Karl Johanson, Carl Ar
bur Johnson. Eskil Ebenezer Johnson.
oseph Walton Kempe, Ernest Arthur
arson. Julius Larson, Carl friedrich ,
.indberg. Carl David Waldemar Mel
on. Elmer Samuel Nicholson. Arthur
EUGENE Olson. Gustaf Adolph Leonard
ssian, Bernhard Reynold Reinertsen,
lillian Coulter Robb, Flavius John
ten. Carl Emil EbeneZer Swanbeck, q,
evin julius Trued, Sigard Hanson, d.
avid Vikner. Huko Eugene Anderson,
scar Algoe Benson.
Gods Study is Guarded. 7
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