What happened to bim? He was swept away absolutely for the time being in the flood of his own oratory. (Langhter. There was only one orator, so it wai said, and be was in Eogland—Lord Rosebery. Not long ago Lord Rosetery made one of his most important speeches and it was against oratory It they did not talk too much they would be able to do more. Then they must aim at high character, for all the knowledge in the world would make them to consider for s moment what' the superior man of the fature was going to be, He would be " well-informed man to begin with, one con-ride rate of others, s lover of trath, He would not be credulous or superstitious. He would reverence everything good. The mainspring of his action would be hammered out of science, but the germs of life would be gathered the sol, He would learn dike ist and live like saint. As to their daty to their fellow country, Mr. Lanning urged upon the: students the necessity of being patient with their fellow countrymen avd to endeavour to give them the enlightenment they possessed themselves. It was a great task with a nation of 400,000,000 people, it would not. be performed la a day, bat they bad 5,000 years of history behind them and eternity before them. The foundations mast be well-laid, and they mast not burry toomucb, He exhorted his audience to do sll they could to Romanize their native written character, and painted out io " vivid illostrat handicap placed on the Chinese dent who had to battle with more man 26,000 characters when compared to one who had to learn only twenty-six ters. Then he advised them to leave ilities alone, for to attempt them ire and failure was a bad thing for any man. Speaking under' the head "what is year duty to other vations Mr. Lanning ssid that other brought war (soldiers), commerce (merchants), medicine (doctors) and education (teachers) to China, As to the first, ignorance was at the bottom of all the fighting that had taken place with foreigners in Ci The merchant came to trade and wished for pence, the doctors came to do as much good as they could, and it was not necessary io that ball to say what the teachers came for. i. ence became journal ged them the desirability of telling their people that the doctors came to China' to do as much good s they could for its people. The greatest question for them at the preseat time was "are you going to be pro-foreign or antiforeign?" Were they to be in favour of the foreigners or against them Tu the west wars between nations were rare; they became more rare as notions learned more about each other. Alter showing the difference between patriotism and anti-foreiga feeling ae known in Chins, Mr. Lanning concluded that the anti-foreign ides that del 189 existed between all the nations of Eorope and America was the ides of learning all they could possibly learn from the foreigner so that they could keep pace with him, and, if possible, get ahead of him, That was the sort of feeling there should be in China, He hoped that in the service of their Fatherland the Chinese would never have occasion to fight any more against any other country. But th ought to think frst of their own land, An American in proposing a toast once saidi My country'first. Whether she be right or wrong, always first my The presentation of diplomas to three graduates of the Theological Schoo! was then performed by Bishop Graves, who said that the bestowal of such degrees showed that St. John's University was a university in the real sense, He spoke to the young men, a few words of sincere congratulation and said that the university had performed a great servi in fitting these men for the service of God and of their fellow-countrymen, Major T. E. Trueman awarded the Competition Shield to "C." Company, and la presenting it remarked that win of this Company was very largely due to the young officer in command.
Rolls of honour and prizes were then distributed by the President and the proceedings cloved with singing of Dr. and Mrs, Hawks Pott afterwards entertained the gueers to tes. In one of the rooms were some scrolls written by the Into Empress Grand Dowager, which had been presented to Dr. Hawke Pott,
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