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Commencement Exercises
money educating this group The SIxtieth annual Commencement
of men and women in the finest things
of this life.
"The Christ said 'Go teach all na-
tions,' " said Dr. Ward. "Some people
do not fully realize the importance of
educating the common man. Yet the
world needs today education for every
body. There are before me one hundred
potential teachers who may be destined
to perform a great service to their
country. They will be the means of
leading many out of the realm of Mis-
understanding into the bright world of
Understanding. "The tenth generation
will be assured of the finest blood that
may flow through human veins; not on-
ly the rich man's children way enjoy
happiness and prosperity, but all people
of all nations. "Go teach everybody."
At the conclusion' of the sermon the
choir sang Handel's "And the Glory of
the Lord" from Messiah. Dr. H. L. El-
derdice, President of the Westminster
Theological Seminary made the closing
prayer and benediction.
The sacred Cantata
On Sunday evening the College Choir
assisted by the singers who have parti-
cipated in the Commencement music this
year, gave a sacred cantata, "The
Daughter of Jairus", by Stainer. The
entire program was beautiful and in-
spiring. The. selections and their r~n-
dition brought out the excellent tram-
ing the college singers have received
and were of the enthusiastic
praise they received. The program fol-
lows:
Director, Miss Ruth Sherman Jones;
soloists, Miss Winifred Bush, Soprano,;
Miss Margaret Lee Nelson, mezzo-so-
prano; Mr. Richard Weagly, tenor;
Mr. Clarence DeHaven, bass ..
Prayer, Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, DD.
Prelude Orchestra
In That Day (Choral Recitative) Choir
Behold, There Cometh Unto Jesus
Recitative
My Hope is in the Everlasting (Aria)
Tenor
Then Jesus Cometh
Recitative and Women's Chorus
And When J esus Was Come In
Recitative
In the Death of a Man Men's Chorus
But When Jesus Had Put Them All Out
Recitative and Chorus
Love Divine! All Love Excelling
(Duet) Soprano and Tenor
To Him Who Left His Throne on High
Trio and Chorus
comes a success
exercises at Western Maryland College
were held in Alumni Han, Monday
morning, June 2. After an impressive
processional of Seniors and Faculty
Rev. Leonard B. Smith made a prayer
that was a benediction to the students
that day being graduated from their
Alma Mater. I
The Commencement address was de-
livered by the Hon. Alfred P. Dennis,
U. S. Tariff Commission, Washington,
D. C., introduced by President Ward as
"one of the most distinguished citizens
of this state." Mr. Dennis chose as
his topic, "The Use of a College Eduea- '
tion." "Why should we leave our homes
and spend four years at a college i"
asked the speaker. There are several
reasons for our wishing to have a col-
lege education: First, College helps us
to understand the problems of life, to
get answers to our individual questions.
Back of everything in life there is
much more than is visible to the hu-
man eye. An ordinary watch, for in-
stance, has back of it a plan and an
expert who has made the timepiece. A
train rushing past us has a design, a
thought, a purpose back of it-the
metaphysical back of the physical. In
a building, in any object of wealth,
there is no value aside from the pur-
pose back of it. A Commencement has
its invisible meanings. To some peo-
ple Commencement is one of the sad
ironies of life, the ending of things
rather than the beginning of new and
big things. Though graduates leave
their college they are still a part of it;
they really take a part of it with them
and leave a part of themselves behind.
Throughout their lives they continue to
love and Serve their college. Second,
College culture helps us understand the
hard sayings of life. Christ's disciples
often questioned Him about the. mean-
ings of His sayings. And often they
were long in understanding His teach-
ings. A savage does not understand the
value of the uncertain future between
the barbarian and the civilized man.
Third, College teaches us to live com-
fortably with ourselves. Many people
are unable to live by themselves. The
educated man has a fund of thoughts
that are sufficient for his own satisfac-
tion and enjoyment. A ehambermaid in
.a foreign country would have to talk
to somebody; a phlosopher would live
there a long time before he desired to
learn the language. Fourth, .College will
aid us materially. This point is empha-'
sized by statistics published from bank
association reports. I have a great
deal of r for the man who be-
cation, and I do not press this fourth
point as an important one.
meant by Success, anyway i Success
means getting what you want and be-
ing satisfied with it after you get it.
Men aren't always satisfied when they
have gotten what they started out to
get. Perhaps they are urged on by a
passion that is an enigma to all men, a
desire for self-realization that ever
drives them on. Fifth, College should
quicken in us a love of beauty. Hu-
manity comes up from savagery with
an inherent curiosity that is really the
beginning of intellect. From a certain
intelligence comes a sense of beauty.
If college does not create a love of the
beautiful in the hearts of its students
it has failed in one of its important
functions. I look upon college asa
sort of cauldron; it pours into the
brains of its .men and women impres-
sions and information and turns out
something fine indeed. The graduating
of a class from college reminds me of a
custom in Greece where a torch bearer
that has run his distance is replaced by
another runner. This College is an in-
stitution where young men and wom-
en may get that kind of education that
will' enable them to carryon the best
of the work begun by others before
them. In this way there will be per-
formed those acts that will contribute
to the welfare of the Nation."
General Milton A. Reckord, Comman-
der of the Maryland National Guard
awarded to the graduates in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps commis-
sions as second lieutenants in the Re-
serve Corps of the United States Army.
Prof. Carl Schaeffer, of the College,
made the announcements of the under-
graduate honors and President Ward
presented the diplomas to the members
of the graduating class.
President Ward's Announcements
Dr. A. Norman Ward read a tele-
gram of congratulation from President
Herbert Hoover to Dr. William R. Me-
Daniel, Vice President and Treasurer of
Western Maryland College, who this
year celebrated his :fiftieth anniversary
at the College. Dr. Ward asked Dr.
McDaniel to rise, saying that he wished
there were a degree suitable to the oc-
casion, a degree that would be summa
summa cum laude, that it might be
conferred upon so faithful a friend of
Western Maryland.
Announcements of the action of the
Board of Trustees in appointing Mr.
T. K. Harrison as assistant to the Presi-
dent and the election of the two new
members of the Board were made at