The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-11
new FIELD OPEN.
Speakers Proclaim a Brighter
Era For Washburn.
Policy Of College VIII Be a
Broader One.
PRES. PLASS TALKS.
Says Washburn is Central Link
In College Chain.
Twenty-Five Graduates Receive
Their Degrees.

DR.. D. NJ Fisk sounded the keynote
of the future policy Of the management
of Washburn college in a brief address
which he made this morning at the col
lege chapel the occasion being the grad
uatfon exercises of the college year. DR..
Fisk believes that this year marks the
beginning of a broader era for Wash
burn. There is a place fer the col
lege to fll,'s he declared. land we are
sure that in the future the school is to
grow to meet the demands and the
wants and needs of the people Of this
state and this section of the country
Dr. Fisk made the address to the
graduates instead of Rev. Dr.. D. NJ.
Fox of the California Avenue Congreg-
ational church Of Chicago.
DR.. J. C. Dougherty of Kansas City,
a member of the board of trustees, and
father of one of the members of the
graduating class, Robert Dougherty,
presided.
of the board of trustees, made a short
address He outlined briefly the history
of the college and touched lightly upon
the future policy of the school which is
for a broader development and advance
ment. He said: THE present gradual
ing class will have reason to be proud
in after years that they graduated in
1902 This year will mark the real
! larger and broader WaShburn college.
The ceremony of the laying Of the cor
ner stone of the observatory is only the
/ beginning. Twenty years will mark
/ a wonderful change"
DR.. Dougherty announced the decision
of the board of trustees to confer the
! degree of Master of Arts on Harrison
/ Hannahs Of Denver, one of the founders
/ of the school; Doctor of Divinity on the
! Rev. Francis J.. Hayes pastor of the
! First Congregational church Of Topeka
and Prof. ]. ". Strong OF Eureka, and
| the degree of Doctor of Law on DR.. J.
/ c. McClintOck of Topeka.
The formal announcement Of the selec-
| ton of DR.. Plass to be president of the
| college was the signal for demonstra-
ton.
DR.. Plass made a short speech to the
/ students He touched on the gifts Of
New England people to the school.
DR.. Plass is sure that a bright future
I Is before Washburn college. It viii be
our aim to reach out and give the people
of this state and this section of the
country what they most need he said.
I am enthusiastic over our prospects
We may have one Of the greatest insti
tutions in the country here. There are
many great colleges in the New England
states. Coming westward about 50t
miles is Oberlin college; coming further
west still another 500 miles we come tC
| Chicago with the great University OF
| Chicago and other schools; further wesi
| another SEQ miles we come to Topeka
where is Washburn college; another stet
west and We come to the University Of
Colorado. Another step Of 500 miles Is
the great state of Utah, where some
time there must come a great college
still another step to the state of Call
fOTnia, where is the Leland Stanford
university and the other great institu
tons Of learning of the Pacific coast.
THUS It will be seen that WashburY
form the central link in the chain o.
colleges covering the territory of the
United States from ocean to ocean. We
must make this central link as strong Of
stronger than any of the others
This vast empire tributary to Wash
burn demands that something be done
I believe our policy for the development
of the college on broader lines to fill
larger field in the high educational line
will appeal to the people of the east al
well as to the people Of the west, ang
that with the assistance that seems as
sured as we will some day have one 0
the greatest schools in the country"
! The following are the graduates who re
eeived their diplomas today
Bachelor of Arts-Robert Chamber
| Dougherty, salutatoTian: Ell Ray Henry
Carl Marshall Johnston Harry Wesley LII
{ / kens, Louise Holland Mcclellan, Adele Byr
| dene Mehl, valedictorian; Louise Eliza
I beth Meyer, Edith June Nelson. Clara E1iz
| abeth Plummer. Paul Bailey Sweet.
Edward Milton Frowe. WILDER. Shull Cal
? | loWay, Jessie Swift Guild. Willard Adam
r | Guild. Herbert George Tit, Grace Gee
! | Wolcott-
Garrard Bertha LeOn0ra Osborne.
Graduates in Vocal Music-Harriet Hem
rnings. Carl Marshall Johnston, Vida Mar
tina Wood