Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25


there is far greater reason that each
should fully sense his responsibility
so that when a crisis comes or we are
confronted by the problems of peace-
full times, there will be prompt and eff
feCtive response. We must unity our
selves into a common mind else our
democracy will go down before the
highly efficient monarchy.
Mystery OF the Future.
"On this commencement day of life
the thoughts of all press upon the mys-
terry of the future. In leaving the COM
paratively simple college life for the
bigger complexities of the practical
world it should not be with any sense
of fear, but rather with an eagerness
to meet responsibility. A certain num-
Der always fail because they have not
the courage to enter the lists and do
battle. Men and women of wisdom and
of power are invariably those who
fought their way up through the ranks.
1t is the law of compensation that he
who climbs over perilous lodges, tir-
ing distances and dizzy heights is al
lowed the strong limb, the steady hand.
the healthy blood and the clear brain
And so in the future when sorrows
multiply, obstacles come, failure de-
presses, don't surrender, but remem-
Der that this is God Almighty's way of
trying you out. Concentration upon
the important life detectives and clean
living are prices of success. The young
man who believes that he can win sue
cess without paying these prices is
foolish, for he disregards the accumu-
lated experiences of all times and I'M
reasonably expects that the inevita BILE
laws of man and God are to be set
aside in his case.
DO not allow your struggles for
economic independence to absorb so
much of your time and energy that you
have none left for public service l
plead with you to set your ambition
higher than to pile up wealth, to at
tain the hollow ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which
comes from the mere accumulation of
dollars. Remember, that the power
that comes from useful service is the
only kind that lasts and that all other
kinds die with the possessor
Adolph NJ. Benson, valedictorian of
the class of 1916, delivered his address,
treating his subject, Our Duty to 9th
ers," with the fuller view of life as
he has learned it during his four years
at the local school. The program:
Professional - Finale from New
World Symphony =. .Dvorak-Lemare
Hall
II I'LL
Audience.
lh'o'dtioh .''.. ....''....'..
Rev. J. E. Rydback.
Songs
Perhaps Observation-Disclosures. Forster
Indian Mountain Song. ..... Cadman
Oriole club.
Address. THE Graduates Civic Re-
sponsibility" Observation-Disclosures.
Eugene D. Millikin.
Piano solo, March Militaire" ......
............... Schubert Taussig
Miss Bertha Bertell
Presentation of diplomas-President
G. A. Andreen.
Valedictory, Our Duty to Others
Adolph NJ. Benson.
xology-Audience
Benediction-Rev. ]. E. Rydback.
List of Graduates.
Bachelor of Arts-Hildegarde Maria
Anderson, Martin Theodore Anderson,
Adolph Martin Benson, Elmer Bern
hard Benson. Adolph Theodore Berg
quist, Swanhild Anna Margareta Blom-
gren. Karl Johan Broholm, Charles
Hitler Cords, Greta Marie Curry
Eleanor Dorothy Dahlen, Gladys Mae
Dunleavy, Carl George Engdahl, Knut
Eric Erickson, Virgilius Thure An
selm Fern, Hugo Emanuel Gibson
Clarence Oscar Granlund, Della Ruth
Harris, Henning Adolph Hill. Ethel
Linnea Isaacson, Carl Peter Constant
Johnson, Thorsten Ludwig Johnson, Ar
thur Anders Levin, Alvin Leonard
Lugn, John Wilbert Lundahl, Alvin
Daniel Mattson Geneva Craig McKeag
Hazel jeanette Mcke Gag, Gustav Edwin
Nelson, George Olson, Oliver Leonard
Olson, Rudolph Ludwig John Olson
Vera Jane Palm, Johan Pearson, Ell
mere Nathaniel Petersen, Helen Louise
Reinemund, Theodore Luther Rydback
Victoria SwanbeCk, Eva Caroline
Swanson, Edwin Johmnson Vikman.
Master of Arts-Isidore John Bro
man.
Seminary Commencement.
Rev. John A. Eckstrom, pastor of
the Swedish Lutheran Gethsemane
church, Worcester, Mass, last even
ing addressed the graduates of the
Augustana Theological seminary, class
of 1916. Rev. Eckstrom proved to be
an able speaker and his subject, THE
Congregations Influence in the Com
munity," was handled in the manner
Of master. The class, which grad
uated last evening from the seminary
was the largest in the history of the
school, &c students receiving the
awards. They will be ordained in
June when the synod meets in Gales
burg. Fifteen of these received the B.
D. and eight the S. NJ. degree.
Two of the graduates, Gustav An
deem and Anton Lundeen, will take up
work in the mission field. the former
going to India and the latter to China
Hjalmar Rudolf Petersen was the val
edictorian of the class of 1916. and he
delivered his address, in manner which
speaks well for the local school The
thought and delivery were both good
winning instant approval. The pro-
gram:
Organ-"Toccata and Fugue" (Bach)
Professor ]. Victor Bergquist
Hymn-Audience.
Bible Reading and Prayer-Rev. Ul-
rik Ronnquist
Cnnps Lead Kindly Light