The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-11
PURDUE'SCOMMENCEMENT
CLASS OF 14s GRADUATED FROM THE
UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY.
One Student Examined by Telephone
and Granted a Degree-Changes I'm
the Faculty Announced.
ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, June 1O.-Before an
audience filled the new Fowler Hall
to the doors. the twenty-ninth annual COM
mencement exercises at Purdue University
were held this morning and diplomas were
awarded to 14S seniors. forming the largest
graduating class in the history of the uni
versity. There were $500 people in the
seats, aisles and halls of the Memorial
Hall when President Stone announced the
beginning of the exercises. Workmen had
been busy all week to complete the inter-
ior and succeeded in at least giving it an
aspect Of completion. The decorations of
palms and flowers added to the splendid
architectural effects of the auditorium and
made the hall a scene of great beauty.
While the crowd of alumni and relatives
and friends Of the graduates were striving
to find standing room in the hall the SEN
iors and faculty assembled In the library
across the campus ana, forming in line.
marched to Fowler Hall. AS they reached
the building the seniors INDUCED in CHEERS
and songs and, led by the faculty, took
their seats in the main part of the hall.
side of the stage, while the graduating
class sat directly before the platform
Shielded by rows of palms an orchestra
bers of the board of trustees, President
Stone and DR.. Stanley NJ. Coulter. secre-
tary of the faculty. DR.. Stone expressed
the gratitude of the faculty and students
for the gift of the new edifice He then
announced that abstracts of these would
be read by seniors representing the six
departments Of the university. Charles
Lee Miller spoke for the mechanical en-
cheering department Martin l.. Fisher
for the school of agriculture, Anna Marie
William Gregg for the pre-medicai depart
ment, Arthur w. Common for the civil engi-
neering school, and Alpheus ]. Crane, pres
ident of the class, for the electrical engi-
At the conclusion of these the COM
mencement address was delivered by
Edwin d. Mead, of Boston. who is at the
head Of the Emerson centennial movement
and one of the greatest educators of the
East. His subject was 'Emerson's Mes
sage in Education" and he showed how
debted to Emerson. He urged the students
to make their education count, to use Ii as
a means and not as an end to spread the
benefits received from college education
over those not fortunate enough to have
had the advantages. He pointed out the
danger of Decentralization, but said the
policy Of Purdue was precisely such as
concluding he told the graduates TO keep
the name and teachings of the great Con-
cord sage ever in their minds and to be
'men thinking instead of mere parts OF a
machine.
Comforting of degrees followed the ad-
dress, the candidates arising at the call
of their names by departments and pre-
senting themselves to President Stone for
diplomas. They marched across the stage
and took the parchment from the hands
of the president. After awarding diplomas
to the regular candidates. President Stone
conferred degrees on several post-gradu-
ates, as follows:
Master of Science-Edward Mahin, B. s.;
Anna Warren Plowman, B. S.
Mechanical Engineer-Louis Eugene End
sley, b. s.; Edwin Willard May. b. g.;
Alexander Massey Wilson. b. S.
Electrical Engineer-Edwin Burton
Smith, B. S.; Paul Gustav Winter, 3. s.
DR.. Stone then announced that the de-
gree of Z. z. had been granted to Percival
Fansler, now of St Louis, who was gradu-
ated from Purdue in 1901, and told how
the examination had been conducted by
long distance telephone. He said IL was
the first case ever known where a degree
was taken by wire Mr.. Fansler intended
to present himself for examination yes
terday, but was unable to leave St. Louis
on account of the flood. Last evening con-
nection was obtained with Purdue electri-
cal building and Mr.. Fansler's Office in ST.
Louis Professors Goldsborough and Mat
thews conducted the examination.