The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-21
"TECH." STATISTICS.
President Hall Tells of the Good
Work of the school


Atlanta, June 2O.-In the course of
his address before the graduating
class of the Psychological School yes
terday, President Lyman Hall said, in
part:
The number of graduates in the diff
ferent classes, beginning with 1890
and ending in 1901, are as follows: 2,
s, 49, II, 9, II. 10, s, 9, 9, II.
This year your class breaks a rec
ord, in quantity and you will leave
more vacancies in the corps of your
fellows here than any class which has
preceded. But remember you are rec
ord-breakerS in quantity only, so far.
The records of your predecessors are
luminous points in the history of our
institution; not luminous for brill
liancy of achievement in every case,
not luminous with genius, not lumin-
Gus with infallibility, but luminous
with intelligent effort, with constant
endeavo~, with the ability to give adj
ditional impetus in the development
of our country.
Your predecessors are we'll worthy of
your imitation. When we pause to
think that there have been 122 of them
to leave here and pursue, in almost
every case, the line of work for which
they were prepared; when we reflect
that not one of that 122 has ever had
a whisper against his good name in
his business or in his social relations,
we'll may we direct you to all of them
as object lessons for your own future
conduct, and more convincing than the
arguments of the sages, more attrac-
tive than could be described by any
flight of eloquence or charm of ora
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the spoken precepts of the philosophers
of all the ages. All of them are young
men still and yet they begin to have
the power and feel responsibility.
Nine bear the title of superintendent.
Five are independent electrical en-
gineers.
Twenty-eight are in business for
themselves and independent of employ {
erS.
More than 80 per cent. have respon-
sible positions in mechanical lines.
Since and including the year 1897
there have been 40 graduates, and 40
of them-100 per cent-hold positions in
mechanical pursuits.
One graduate is a lawyer, who shall
always remain counsel for the defense
of his alma mater.
One is a minister, respected, beloved
in his community the chaplain of the
alumni association.
One is a school teacher-just one
possessing all the virtues and erudition
of his profession. He has done well to
do this, for in that profession there is
nothing else to possess.
One is a physician, but he is the best
physician in Southwest Georgia, where
he is loved and honored.
One is a farmer, the son of Con-
gresham Everett, by the way. When
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within a radius of so miles of young
Everett's home he is sent for.
Hhe then cited a large number of in
stances in which graduates of the
school were occupying responsible po-
sisions, and continued:
These narrow walls expand and you
are about to enter the arena of your
future life work. The campus widens
into a plateau whose limits may be the
confines of the civilized world. For
the engineer knows no country.
Finally your alma mater confers up
on you a degree which insures your
being able to do one thing well, ana
the consciousness OF such a power
should make you feel at home and in
dependent in any spot on the face of
the earth, in any civilization, in any
cline under the sun where mankind
finds a resting place.
May each of YOU continue your eff
forts along the Particular speciality
you have adopted as your life work till
your talents may command the admir-
alton and respect of your fellow men,
and give you that peculiar power of
proficiency in your profession which
cannot be bought with gold. which time
cannot effect, which no enemy can de-
stroy, which will insure for you a sub
stantial prosperity, and win for you
the respect, the love and the admira-
ton of your people