The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-10
KANE TELLS &c.
STUDENTS TO Be
ALWAYS AT BEST
'sHold Your Own and Work
! Ahead, " Is "U" Hears
, / Advice
BACCA.LAUREATE
] 4, SERMON SUNDAY
Glass Of 13 From College
Academy Graduate Sat-
. urday Night -

! DR., Thomas Kane, president OF the
: University of North Dakota, gave an
! address before the christian assoc
citation of Fargo college at the Pres
byterian church Sunday afternoon, as
a part of the Fargo college annual
commencement. In the forenoon the
baccalaureate services were hald and
on Saturday evening were held the
graduation exercises for the college
academy.
The central thought Of Dr. Kane's
address yesterday was work Out
j Your Own Salvation in Fear and
! Trembling" In a concise, practical
! and heart to heart talk, President
! Kane impressed on his hearers the
tremendous advantages Of the present
generation, and the important need
of everybody being at his best A
fbrceful example Of the men who held
the line was taken from the action Of
General Carey and his tmprovised re-
cruits who held the broken line at the
recent drive on Amiens until the reg
u1ar troops arrived.
DR.. Kane closed his address with
this thought: Hold the line whAr"
ever you can and advance it Wher-
eyer 1t is possible"
The opening portion Of the pro-
gram was conducted by representa-
tfves Of the Christian association
Virginia Bachman for the women'a
Organization and Bliss Pitcher and
Clarence Lee for the mems. The lat
ter, who is home from the training
camp, brought a greeting from the
Y. NJ. G. A., and told of the great
work members Of that organization
are doing among the soldiers. A vocal
solo was sung by Mrs. Stephens or
the college conservatory.
& Frost ,BaccaIaureate Speaker.
DR., II. II. Frost, pastor Of the First
Methodist church, delivered the SER
mon at the baccalaureate services
held at 1890 o'clock Sunday morn
ing for the Fargo college class
speaking on the subject Of THE
New and the Old in World Recon
struction." DR.. Frost's subject was
taken from Matthews 1852: BringethI
forth treasures. new and old.
In illustrating his subject DR..
Frost brought up the question of the
Wharf.-The present and what will
come afterwards. The college grad
uates, he said, will be the ones toI
carry on the new work when the
world, reconstruction work begins af-
ter the war. 1.-THE best Of the old
combined with the new will effect
the highest IDEAL" said DR.. Frost.
Among the pleasing features Of the
program was q solo, "The Golden
Threshold" by r. ]. Sucher, with a
cello obngato by Chas. LOOMS.
Academy Graduation,
Thirteen young people were grad
uated from the Fargo college acad-
envy on Saturday evening at the
commencement exercises held IN the
First Congregational church. MISS
Pearl Wong, a daughter OF a native
Christian teacher in one OF the larger
schools in China was the Valedlc-
torian and she spoke Of the educa-
tionaI advantages Of the United
States in contrast to those in China,
and the awakening that Is now De-
ginning to be felt in China in re-
gard to educational matters. Miss
Wong has been a student at the
academy for the last four years.
On behalf of the class, Miss helen
Burns presented Miss Clara Elmer
son. preceptress at Jones hall, with
a gIavalliere. as a token of apprecia- |
ton for her helpful counsel and
comradeship during the year. Charles
Hodge gave a four minute speech on
tDanger to America, and Miss
Helen Burns q reading on The
Selfish Giant. Other readings
were given by Jack Banks.
Maurice Barosky and Gladys Turner.
Walter Forsberg read the class
chronicles compiled by himself and
Miss Mildred Burns. Miss Olive
Thompson gave the salutatory ad-
dress. The class roll follows:
Glass roIl-Jack Banks. Maurice |
Barosky, Mildred Black, Helen |
Burns, Mildred Burns Walter Fors- |
berg, Charles Hodge, Clarence Need |
ham, Clifford Peterson. Alto Thomp- |
son, Olive Thompson, Gladys Turn
er and Pearl Wong.
Dean Vowles presented the d.
plomas to the graduates and to J. w. |
Needham Of Finley. N. D.. gave the |
diplomas which should have gone to
Clarence Needham, his son, who Is |
now in training at Fort Sill. Okla. |