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the class day exercises of the class of 98 were held monday afternoon and the campus was filled with the undergraduates and their friends at 2.80 o'clock the class assembled at packer hall and marched to the platform at the vine street entrance headed by the allentown band the program was begun with a rendition by the band after which president edmonston made a few remarks and secretary riegel called the class roll each man being dubbed with the nickname to which he responded among his associates after a song by the class and a selection from the band the class poet l e edgar enter tained the audience with a well written and appropriate poem the presentation orator h f yet the class advances armed with a store of acquired knowledge and a jack knife the members will endeavor to carve their names on the monument of fortune and some little at least will be done to reflect credit upon their beloved alma mater after this the scene of the exer cises was removed to the chapel where 1 11 childs delivered the ivy oration in the chapel the class assembled on the platform and the program of another class day was concluded by the tablet oration of l c starkey the substance of his oration was as follows : it is with mingled feelings of regret and pleasure that we find ourselves standing before you of regret that the time is so close at hand when we as a class shall assemble under this roof for the last time ; of pleasure because we commencement exercises the thirtieth annual commence ment exercises of the lehigu university were held i,n the col lege chapel this morning at 10.80 o'clock at that hour preceded by the trustees faculty and in structors the graduating class marched to their places oft the platform following the reading of scripture and prayer professor wolle rendered a selection on the pipe organ edgar raymond krisby of washington d.c was introduced to deliver the salutatory oration he spoke in a clear and forcible manner upon the subject the value of ideals the substance of his remark's is as follows : " there is a rare an exquisite delight in dividing our iast among our friends it is with such tmo tions that we welcome you most cordially this morning to partake of all we can offer the fruit of our earnest endeavor we repress a feeling of sadness that here our hospitality must end and rejoice in the strength of the knowledge that all is for good there is an element of profoundesl truth ia the philosophy that all rs relative could we live in a fixed unchang ing world even where art was pleasure how meaningless would be our lives we should become effete and indolent beneath this tropical sun first would come stagnation then retrogression ambition the mainspring of human progress would rust and be corroded away only by adversity and jarring shocks is ambition fostered true progress however cornea not by ambition alone lvi by the steps taken to insure the attainment of our desires it is the first of these step with which i propose to deal — the foundation of the desire itself since man firet chipped an arrow head his every work has been the product of his own design but a design demands that some master mind step forward from today and like some lonely pilgrim explore the desert future he must blindly grope his way ; there is no faithful guide to lead for of neces sity the genesis of every human undertaking is in some single mind faint and weary cheated by mirage he staggers on but lo there comes some faint some far off glimpse of a rude conception ot the finished monument hour by hour the mirage grows expanding and unfolding until it stands a heavenly vision glorious and pure henceforth this vision is his guid ing star and the measure of its brightness is a prophecy of the perfection of the finished creation our ideals must be pure and lofty beautiiul ; those which cannot be attained but how may we in continued on fourth page have completed our course and can look forward to taking up our life work our college life taken as a whole has been one of active en joyable anticipation from the time when as freshmen we were enrolled upon the matriculation book we have plodded steadily forward until now we are about to sever our relations as undergradu ates with the university we disap pear from the scene of action others fill our places they in their turn to be covered with the onward march of time but the class of 98 has stamped deeply her impression upon the life of lehigh and it would be impossible for it to be otherwise for man has not yet existed who has not influenced and molded the things with which he comes in contact and now as we leave our dear alma mater may the training received at her hands and the previous records of her graduates be the influence that shapes our life and we shall press onward,upward,triumphantly until we are rewarded with the crown of success and inscribed on the lists of the world's honor roll will be found the names of the sons of 98 brown in an able and amusing | manner exposed the various pecu liarities of the different membeis of the class jack eckfeldt received an oil can with which to lubricate his wheels barrientos was given a bottle of life's elixir billy dehm.the gym fiend was told to strengthen himself with a minute pair of dumbells and bish op's fondness for weeners was gratified in a most satisfactory manner the cup contest was next in order and the conditions for its presentation were given the vote for custodian resulted in the election of t b wood the class prophecy was then given by f n kneas mr kneas in a very interesting manner described being transferred to the future by an overdose of the elixir of eternal repose and the characteristic traits of his fellow classmates were vividly portrayed the status of the cuban war the unwonted zeal of the senior astron omists the sleepy chemists the enterprising electricals all in their condition of some years hence were clearly shown by the speaker and baccalaureate services notwithstanding the oppressive weather the baccalaureate services at the chapel last sunday morning were well attended the exercises were opened by the processional hymn " when morning gilds the skies rev mr bird acting chaplain at the university con ducted the service the music under the direction ot professor wolle was beautiful and evidenced a well drilled choir the following selections were rendered during the service men delssohn's te deum and jubilate both in a also the hymns " jesus i live to thee ;" " 0 love that will not let me go and the recessional hymn on our way rejoicing the sermon was delivered by the right reverened bthelbert talbot d d ll d bishop of central pennsylvania the pleasure of his hearers was greatly enhanced by the speaker's remarkable ability to make him self understood throughout the building the baccalaureate sermon the baccalaureate sermon to the graduat ing class was deilvered by rt rev ethel berttalbot d d..ll d bishop of central pennsylvania.from the text puillip iii.l.3 14 this one thidg i do;forgetting those tuings which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before i press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of god in jesus christ the subjoct was progress a permanent element ot christianity the preacher took a rapid survey of the circumstances under which these characterisitic words were uttered by che great apostle he reminded his hearer that in their modern ring we did not seem to be listening to the language of eighteen centries ago but to the watchwords of our modern world the bishop said in part does not the modern political or social or intellectual reformer bid us forget the past and look forward to the golden age when all the wrongs and inequalities of society shall be corrected this spirit of ignoring the past was felt everywhere progress is in the air but what is true progress is it material pro gress is it m ntal culture a'one no the only true progress is advance along the lines of moral and spiritual growth the heart the conscience the will must be moulded and governed for this a perfect ideal is necessary he showej that christ was the desire of all nations and the fulfilment of the world's hopes and aspirations as illustrating the altruistic and ethicaj power of a chistian civilizations he referred to the disinterested and humanitarian motive of our present war with spain such a war bad b-;en impossible if the leaven of christ's gospel had not permeated society and taught the brotherhood of man 1 ' he cited mr gladstone's life as furnishing a conspicuous example of the kind of fruit the tree of christian growth and develep ment may giow th 3 bishop thus concluded and now young gentlemen permit me before i close to address to you a few simple words i do not presume to advise you but rather to throw out a few sugges tions prompted by some experience in life continued on second page commencement number the brown and white lehigh university harold j horn south bethleeiem pa wednesday june 15 1898 no 62 vol y class day
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FullText | the class day exercises of the class of 98 were held monday afternoon and the campus was filled with the undergraduates and their friends at 2.80 o'clock the class assembled at packer hall and marched to the platform at the vine street entrance headed by the allentown band the program was begun with a rendition by the band after which president edmonston made a few remarks and secretary riegel called the class roll each man being dubbed with the nickname to which he responded among his associates after a song by the class and a selection from the band the class poet l e edgar enter tained the audience with a well written and appropriate poem the presentation orator h f yet the class advances armed with a store of acquired knowledge and a jack knife the members will endeavor to carve their names on the monument of fortune and some little at least will be done to reflect credit upon their beloved alma mater after this the scene of the exer cises was removed to the chapel where 1 11 childs delivered the ivy oration in the chapel the class assembled on the platform and the program of another class day was concluded by the tablet oration of l c starkey the substance of his oration was as follows : it is with mingled feelings of regret and pleasure that we find ourselves standing before you of regret that the time is so close at hand when we as a class shall assemble under this roof for the last time ; of pleasure because we commencement exercises the thirtieth annual commence ment exercises of the lehigu university were held i,n the col lege chapel this morning at 10.80 o'clock at that hour preceded by the trustees faculty and in structors the graduating class marched to their places oft the platform following the reading of scripture and prayer professor wolle rendered a selection on the pipe organ edgar raymond krisby of washington d.c was introduced to deliver the salutatory oration he spoke in a clear and forcible manner upon the subject the value of ideals the substance of his remark's is as follows : " there is a rare an exquisite delight in dividing our iast among our friends it is with such tmo tions that we welcome you most cordially this morning to partake of all we can offer the fruit of our earnest endeavor we repress a feeling of sadness that here our hospitality must end and rejoice in the strength of the knowledge that all is for good there is an element of profoundesl truth ia the philosophy that all rs relative could we live in a fixed unchang ing world even where art was pleasure how meaningless would be our lives we should become effete and indolent beneath this tropical sun first would come stagnation then retrogression ambition the mainspring of human progress would rust and be corroded away only by adversity and jarring shocks is ambition fostered true progress however cornea not by ambition alone lvi by the steps taken to insure the attainment of our desires it is the first of these step with which i propose to deal — the foundation of the desire itself since man firet chipped an arrow head his every work has been the product of his own design but a design demands that some master mind step forward from today and like some lonely pilgrim explore the desert future he must blindly grope his way ; there is no faithful guide to lead for of neces sity the genesis of every human undertaking is in some single mind faint and weary cheated by mirage he staggers on but lo there comes some faint some far off glimpse of a rude conception ot the finished monument hour by hour the mirage grows expanding and unfolding until it stands a heavenly vision glorious and pure henceforth this vision is his guid ing star and the measure of its brightness is a prophecy of the perfection of the finished creation our ideals must be pure and lofty beautiiul ; those which cannot be attained but how may we in continued on fourth page have completed our course and can look forward to taking up our life work our college life taken as a whole has been one of active en joyable anticipation from the time when as freshmen we were enrolled upon the matriculation book we have plodded steadily forward until now we are about to sever our relations as undergradu ates with the university we disap pear from the scene of action others fill our places they in their turn to be covered with the onward march of time but the class of 98 has stamped deeply her impression upon the life of lehigh and it would be impossible for it to be otherwise for man has not yet existed who has not influenced and molded the things with which he comes in contact and now as we leave our dear alma mater may the training received at her hands and the previous records of her graduates be the influence that shapes our life and we shall press onward,upward,triumphantly until we are rewarded with the crown of success and inscribed on the lists of the world's honor roll will be found the names of the sons of 98 brown in an able and amusing | manner exposed the various pecu liarities of the different membeis of the class jack eckfeldt received an oil can with which to lubricate his wheels barrientos was given a bottle of life's elixir billy dehm.the gym fiend was told to strengthen himself with a minute pair of dumbells and bish op's fondness for weeners was gratified in a most satisfactory manner the cup contest was next in order and the conditions for its presentation were given the vote for custodian resulted in the election of t b wood the class prophecy was then given by f n kneas mr kneas in a very interesting manner described being transferred to the future by an overdose of the elixir of eternal repose and the characteristic traits of his fellow classmates were vividly portrayed the status of the cuban war the unwonted zeal of the senior astron omists the sleepy chemists the enterprising electricals all in their condition of some years hence were clearly shown by the speaker and baccalaureate services notwithstanding the oppressive weather the baccalaureate services at the chapel last sunday morning were well attended the exercises were opened by the processional hymn " when morning gilds the skies rev mr bird acting chaplain at the university con ducted the service the music under the direction ot professor wolle was beautiful and evidenced a well drilled choir the following selections were rendered during the service men delssohn's te deum and jubilate both in a also the hymns " jesus i live to thee ;" " 0 love that will not let me go and the recessional hymn on our way rejoicing the sermon was delivered by the right reverened bthelbert talbot d d ll d bishop of central pennsylvania the pleasure of his hearers was greatly enhanced by the speaker's remarkable ability to make him self understood throughout the building the baccalaureate sermon the baccalaureate sermon to the graduat ing class was deilvered by rt rev ethel berttalbot d d..ll d bishop of central pennsylvania.from the text puillip iii.l.3 14 this one thidg i do;forgetting those tuings which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before i press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of god in jesus christ the subjoct was progress a permanent element ot christianity the preacher took a rapid survey of the circumstances under which these characterisitic words were uttered by che great apostle he reminded his hearer that in their modern ring we did not seem to be listening to the language of eighteen centries ago but to the watchwords of our modern world the bishop said in part does not the modern political or social or intellectual reformer bid us forget the past and look forward to the golden age when all the wrongs and inequalities of society shall be corrected this spirit of ignoring the past was felt everywhere progress is in the air but what is true progress is it material pro gress is it m ntal culture a'one no the only true progress is advance along the lines of moral and spiritual growth the heart the conscience the will must be moulded and governed for this a perfect ideal is necessary he showej that christ was the desire of all nations and the fulfilment of the world's hopes and aspirations as illustrating the altruistic and ethicaj power of a chistian civilizations he referred to the disinterested and humanitarian motive of our present war with spain such a war bad b-;en impossible if the leaven of christ's gospel had not permeated society and taught the brotherhood of man 1 ' he cited mr gladstone's life as furnishing a conspicuous example of the kind of fruit the tree of christian growth and develep ment may giow th 3 bishop thus concluded and now young gentlemen permit me before i close to address to you a few simple words i do not presume to advise you but rather to throw out a few sugges tions prompted by some experience in life continued on second page commencement number the brown and white lehigh university harold j horn south bethleeiem pa wednesday june 15 1898 no 62 vol y class day |
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