Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-16

The Commencement week at
Jamestown college began Friday
night with the O-lady and Buck ora
torical contest. Miss Anna Graham
Of Ryder won first place and Miss
Marian johnson OF Cava ie:- won sec
ond place. Thapliz2o acro a gold
medal and s35 fcr frsS and 81, for
second. This 8 '!hn aNrrssi tir.s cen.
test. Saturday iiigiGi tie? III an III
teresting open literary 'r|,Cs%a1l. full
Of interesting feataros. ,r. ~s. T.
Sunday morning Prc2iacnt 3. H.
Kroeze delivered the Eaccalaurcate
sermon on the text, Esther 4:13-14:
who knoweth whether thou art come
to the Kingdom fer such a time as
this" He unfolded the drama under
the captions Of Gcd: in life, Resaonsi'
bility, and Il Opportunity. He said
among other things, that every life
is full of dramatic incidents. Thej
come to no twu lives alike. They
come, startinglya in their snddcuness
and ruin orblike a. sweet lullaby to
the ear, perplexing FOR 1gladden.ne, g
tragedy or an epic. The II or thu
other is dependent upon the substrat'
UNI of the life. the ideal anilnatins
it, the power that controls.
Architect Of His Fortunes. %
Every individual is the architect q
his fortunes, but the fortunes are de
termined byfhis own choice OF ideals
and purposes. No ruined or wasted
life can be. laid at the door Of an
other. A good man has quality O.
character which is everywhere the
same in every emergency and every
danger and every crisis. He stands
true, is f~our-square, holds the reini
to action, circumstances do not make
him, but he makes circumstances. He
has the convictions which will no
let him go. Nemesis overtakes the
man who has lost his grip on God
there is no protection even in a king!
palace, guarded by the imperial ar
my, for an abandoned soul. "A divin
ity shapes Our end, rough hew it q!
we may The hour Of the creates
dorger IS the hour Of the creates
achievement. Moses tottered to hi
downfall in the moment Of his tri
umph. Napoleon depended upon wha
he wrote to his mother, his Home;
in his pocket and his sword to agh
his way through lite, and came to hil
st. Helena in despair. -
Value Of Responsibility.
Daniel Webster said. ''rhe creates
thought I ever had was my individual
responsibility to Cod" The old the
clogians called this accountability
but by whatever name 1t Is repre-
scented, we cannot mistake Its mean
Ing nor over.estimate its value IN tn
achievements Of life. No man cal
have faith in God and look upon BIZ
life as worthless; neither can he pas
opportunities for service by withou
being weighted down with the cor
seriousness that he ID Z. miscreant t
his trust and untrue to the divine 4
him. Esther met her Opportunity 7
serve her people because OF the col
viction that her life was p~rovtdential
and her position likewise. Such cul
rents irresistibly mpei the soul to *
cepts the call toathe heroic.
Rcsts With strong.
The call il such times al ours 7
meet the needs and problems come
1oddly and i~mperatively to the pr.
pared, the well born and well trainet
the thoroughly informed. men an
women Of het oic Eoufd. Of constera;
cd devotion. The tasks 81 societ
are committed to the quAlifed, an
the responsibilities rest With e.
strong and brave IN man strut
kles perpetually and yictorioolsl
against his own char4etef." Wit
sculpture il to the block Of marbl
education Is to the human soul.' Th
training in college. podShse the 20
sibilities il man % pevses'ohn an
ii the. ~resplendent heaatX ~ chara'
ter u reflected the k16fy. u thsys futnt
days. someons hsS said. z wns
J aatare intended yoR ter md III q
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