Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-12
Commencement
Annual Exercises Held
Last Evening.
An Able Address by Judge
Baker.
Diplomas Presented by President
Clancy Of the Regents.
AWARD OF PRIZES.

The formal commencement exercises
of the University of New Mexico were
held last evening in Colombo hall. The
hall was filled with friends of the grad
yates and of the institution and fifteen
young people received diplomas The
members of the class, President w. G..
Tight, Professor Hodgin, F. w. Clancy
and DR.. James Wroth, who are men,
bers of the board of regents, and Judge
b. S. Baker, who was the speaker of
the evening, were seated on the stage.
1t was soon after O'Clock when the
curtain rose and the first number was
a delightfully."- rendered piano duet by
Misses Everitt and Powers, alumnae of
the university. The invocation was
given by DR.. G. A. Bunker. of the Lead
Avenue Methodist church. The vocal
duet, The Starry Heaven" was given
by Misses Cora Gehring and Grace
Houghton.
Judge Benjamin S. Baker was intro
duced by President Tight to make the
commencement address. Judge Baker
began by relating number of anec-
dotes and good stories which put the
audience in a great good humor. He
then seriously considered the problems
that confront the class. Up to this
time they have had their professors to
aid and advise and counsel them, but
now they must stand alone and use
their strength, knowledge and training.
! He urged them to aim high and to
have the highest ideals. Money, Judge
Baker said. is all right but the tenden-
cy of men today is to make too much
of II. Its acquisition should not be
| ,,f H., Eos n
| and all the power it represents, does
not stand for real worth. There is an
| inclination today to place a Rockefeller
and Shakespeare side by side.
Thoroughness was made much of
and the speaker said in his own profes-
| sion men came before him who were
! lacking in the accuracy and breadth of
their knowledge. What the world de-
mands and what the chief aim the
student should cultivate is strength of
mind, thoroughly trained. broad, able
to overcome difficulties and defy de-
| feat. Genius is not much. 1t is the
man who works that counts. Labor is
| the key to all success and the man
with a special aptitude in some par
ticular direction is usually worthless
| in others. The student who makes a
success in life is the one who con-
tinues to be student and worker after
graduation. who brings to the solution
of the harder problems of life thor
oughly trained mind, the priceless
quality of application and the deter
mination to overcome. An ordinary
text book education of itself is not
much but with it must be applied com
mon sense. Speaking of dressing, he
said the clothes never made the man.
Ii is highly commendable to dress
neatly and well, but many a young
man with no overcoat to his back is a
nobler, manlier man than the one with
a swallow tail and diamond. more
un-Christian spirit can not exist than
the one that prompts us to dress up in
| fine apparel because perhaps our
neighbors can not emulate us.
The orator dwelt on the truth of the
old saw that honesty is the best policy
| The boy or girl who begins life with a
determination which never falters tC
deal fairly with all men. will deserve
and command an esteem that will &c
far toward bringing a large measure oi
success. The speaker also counseled
sobriety and the utmost care of the
greatest of all blessings, good health
Good health was all that boy or gir
starting in life need demand in order
to succeed. All else might well depend
upon his own efforts, and with himself
/ would lie the responsibility for his sue
cess or failure. The judge congratu
lated the graduates upon the measure
of success they had already attained
as their presence on the stage indi
Gated. He urged them to study at least
| five more years. ii they had means, and
/ If they had not to study five more
years anyway He spoke of men who
ten years ago were lacking in every ad
vantage and who by their own efforts
/ had acquired all for which they had
/ aimed
After a violin solo by Bruno Dieck
mann, accompanied by Mrs. Himoe
| Hon. F. w. Clancy, as president of the
| board of regents, presented the diplo
mas. He prefaced the presentation by
few brief remarks in which he con
graduated the class on its appearance,
/ Those who received diplomas were:
| Academic Department - Bruno f.
Diecllmann. Ralph A. Halloran, Lillian
| G, Huggett, Thomas F. Keleher, JT.
Irma Tascher, Linus l.. Shields.
Normal Department-Nellie C. Brew.
er, Mabel C. Hunt, Oliver ]. Van Wag-
men, Minnie f. Craig Edna Manwarin.
Commercial Experimentation Hugh.
es, Norah Werner, Raymond Nelson,
Norah Towner.
President Tight reviewed the history
Of the institution and gave an outlook
for its future that was extremely op-