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. |H> t r l i e that inttMuppranoa and [ tmblin^ n B I it f0 buildii K r l u n e s i n H d a y a n d w i eking them 1, moral and temporal prosperity of our I 'I' *h n ad should b £ S d e n " l > \ law, If our primatie* ar< nol run i >rr< ;i rlnization as p r o p o s a l , tilled with men who e o l count] ad r fellow men is greater t h a n their love 01 Fear of ) m unpel th ire chan we want. All along tin line from the humbler walks of life OOHN I h mai for new laws to regulate the d i s t r i b u t i o n of wealth. Such dial ibuti< is not asked as m a t t e r of charity, but as a matter of r i g h t \\ • HI, is not alone the product of individual labor. It U is well the prodocl oi the existence of men in association. It is the duty of the la to that each individual has th rewaid due for his own labor, and his jug portion of the good due hini^as a m e m b e r of society. There are othe movements against the evils of society which are lobbing of property and health and happiness. We must not be indifferent. Duty demand that we give attention. We must not evade the issue for present comfort or ease. Duty demands that in political life we be honest with ourselves and our consciences. Fellow Alumni, I have been interested, as I know vou R11 have, during the days just past, in listening to the orations of these younger college men, in noting the lofty aims and ambitions which have been the burden of their orations. We remember our own graduating days and our ambitions. I believe that the years which have passed since our college life ended have not seen these ambitions lessen, but that they have grown deeper and broader with each year. When the one hundredth anniversary of the first g r a d u a t i n g class has come and the record of our lives has been written, what shall it be? This one was an archiu t and he builded the most magnificent dome God's sunlight eve: shone upon. This one was an engineer, and he builded the most wonderful b'ridj • that ever s p a n n e d a chasm. This one was a minister f the G -pel: h poke the most eloquent sermon men ever listened ) t >m li| of man. This one was a lawyer: never man made such a eplenclid pi I he made. Such records as tlv so we desire and strive for. H is a 1 tter record which we all desire. It is this: This man. Oman, he, sh was one who sought not selfish ends, but who in H endid I helped to bring comfort and happiness to his or her i • men*

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COMMENCEMENT DAY. I ifl , timated that twenty-eight hundred people assemM m the n \\ Military HaJl at ten o'clock June 11th, 1890, < U t e n | t | H . comm encement exercises and to the exorcises ,1 ,,„-, ,r the Military Hall which preceded. The Mili11_, 1 ; j n man} respects an admirable auditorium, its 1 pi perfci ire good, and it is claimed that it will , Kve nUndred people comfortably, and can be made