The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-13

This morning in sayles hall the gradu-
ates OF 1902 held their class day exercises,
and another class has begun its last week
OF festivities in the college world~
Sayles hall was crowded with under
graduates and friends OF the seniors. maxi
q receptive and appreciative audience.
Henry X. Metcalf is chairman. of the
class day committee and Irving South
worth and Walter +. Newcomb are his
assistants They deserve much praise IN
making the festivities OF the l34th class 10
leave Brown such a success.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
The exercises opened with an address
OF welcome by Charles Abbott Phillips Of
Danselson. Conn. the president OF the
class. He has been prominent I'm ath-
letics. playing on the varsity hockey
team and now acting as catcher for the
base ball team. He was vice president
of the junior class and Is member of
the Cammarian club and Phi Beta Kappa.
lie belongs TO Delta Phi fraternity.
His address was as follows:
OF all the festivities which come 10 us
during our life as undergraduates class
day Is the most typical and the most
significant. Today we realize as never
before how pleasant our college course
has been and how quickly the four years
have passed.
Today we recognize how much old
Brown has done In preparing US to bear
ourselves like men. and so, this morning
we have assembled. as previous classes
have done. TO welcome you again To our
beloved college.
There are many reasons why the class
Of 1902 owes a special debt of gratitude
10 the college. We are fortunate IN nav
ing spent three years under the loving
guidance of President Faunce We are
in
tact with Browns able corps of profess
aors.
In them we have always found men of
genuine morality and true CHRISTIAN
character To our president and profes-
eors be the honor and glory for whatever
the men OF 1902 may accomplish.
And So as we leave the sheltered home
AZ our alma mater 10 carry our portions
OF the worlds burden, let us not forget
how much she has done for us Let us
be faithful as alumni for In them lies
the strength OF college. Let us strive
at all times. wherever we are, wnat-
ever our fortunes. 10 be true 10 ourselves,
true TO the class Of 1902 and true to old
Brown,
AN ABLE GRAFTON.
The class Grafton by Eugene Bailey
jackson was on The American Cohese'
The orator has held many class ofiices
IN college. Is a Llber editor and chair
man of the Gym" ball committee. He is
= member of Zeta Psi fraternity.
A SYNOPSIS Of his oration follows:
Inthesedays wnen appeals of increasing
urgency are constantly made To the
American people for their colleges. II Is
40 be Inferred that they consider them
selves worthy objects OF support
T,na resnonding gifts show that the great
Aerefactors and the public at large hold
the same belief. Their interest In the
coIlere IS also keenly critical. and the
~oun0 graduate realizes that much con-
lecture is focused on himself regarding
the working result of his education and
IDEAS.
II Is essential then that the conese
nan should demonstrate that the Ameri-
can college Is claiming unique place In
the world.
THE college began its career on this
~on,Inent I'm a very modest way. and Its
al, nredecpssor was the church, Six
vears after the settlement or Boston,
Harvard was made possible by an appro-
priation from the public funds amounting
10 30 cents person, which record re-
mains unprecedented.
onite naturally the English system was
.6onted and the old ideas which governed
Oxford were applied at Harvard. Later
cane the founding OF Yale and William
snd Mary. Ideas of the French
snd German universities were read
ily adopted into the administration OF
American colleges.
CRY FORM MEN. NOT SCHOLARS.
od time methods proved failures. how
sver and our colleges started upon Ca
reer mapped out for themselves The
English aristocratic method and the
specializing OF the Germans alike failed.
The cry OF our country was for men, not
scholars. and the college must meet the
demand n is stin the boast OF the
American college that she turns out men,
The graduate here at once desires TO go
into life and try his hand az practical
affairs.
The growth es eur country is so rapid