Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-18
]. .P. TYLER ..
DELIVERS SERMON
TO "U" GRADUATES
Baccalaureate Service at
28th Annual Event Held
Sunday Afternoon.
80.
PRESIDENT McVEY
PRESIDING OFFICER
Procession to Gymnasium
Attractive Event-Con-
bined Glee Clubs Sing.

The baecalaureate service Of the
2Sth annual commencement at the
University. Of North Dakota was held
yesterday afternoon in the university
President Frank L. Nc
Vey Of the university presided and
the sermon was delivered by Bishop
John Poyntoz Tyler of the Episcopal
church Of North Dakota.
The procession Of faculty, regents,
invited guests of the university. and
the candidates for degrees and certi-
f1cates assembled at 3:15 and marched
to the gymnasium where the process
sional. the ''rriumphal March from
Verdts aida" was played by the
orchestra. composed of members Of
the University Philharmonic orches-
ira. DR.. E. P. Robertson, president
of Wesley college, took his place on
the rostrum with President McVey
and Bishop Tyler, and read as the
Scripture the Fourth chapter of the
Epistle to the Ephesians. The Rev.
erend Harvey j. Moore of the Baptist
church of Grand Forks led in prayer.
and later pronounced the benediction.
The music under the direction Of
Professor w. w. Norton, was the most
beautiful that has been heard on SIM
liar occasions in some years. The
combined Glee clubs. including sixty
voices. with accompaniment by the
orchestra, sang unfold Ye Portals
from 1.-THE Redemption" by Gounod.
The great volume of voices was per-
fectly controlled and the effect was
inspiring and uplifting. The soprano
solo, "Infiammatus" (Stabat Mater).
Rossini, was sung by Miss Hannah H.
Rose with combined glee clubs and
of rare beauty, Miss Roses lark-like
voice rising clear above the mingled
voices and the orchestra, sounded like
sweet overtones on the great waves
of music.
I The sermon by Bishop Tyler had as
its subject Present. and Pressing
Obligations to Established 1nstitu-
tions,'' The text was taken from the
Seventh chapter Of the Gospel of st.
Luke, and was based upon the raising
from the dead Of the son Of the widow
of Main by Christ.
After reading the story from the
Scripture, Bishop Tyler told of the
funeral occasion which is therein de-
scribed, and then explained his rea-
son for using this seemingly somber
text on the occasion of a baccalaure-
ate sermon. A vital. energizing. and
consuming faith should be in all we
do. and no occasion in human life
should, under the light Of the gospel.
be q somber one. The young men and
women who leave the universities to-
day are facing the most serious situa-
ton in the worlds history Separa-
ton and loss will touch their homes
and wrench their hearts. How will
they meet this situation?
Bishop Tyler appealed to the gradu
ates to bear their full responsibility
in the present crisis and to serve their
nation with their best intelligence now
when the best trained minds and the
most skillful hands are needed. He
urged them to represent North Da-
kota and its prairie principle, broad
of vision and clear of purpose. and
to aid this great commonwealth in
reaching the highest achievement
Bishop Tyler spoke in brief as fol-
lows:
Some may think this rather a
somber subject to select as a subject
for baccalaureate sermon. but surely