New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-13
UNIVERSITY MAKES MEN.
SENIORS HEAR WILSON.
FIRST Boccalaureate Sermon a
Princeton by Lagnlan.

Princeton. " j.. June u CSpectsD.-Princeton's
oaecalaureats Sunday proved a marked contrast 70
the gay festivities OF Saturday, and the hundreds
Of visitors IN town Afforded an opportunity 70
rest UP for the full programme Of the incoming
week For the first time in Princetors history, the
haccaaur-ate sermon delivered by a layman.
and the honor was extended 10 President Woodrow
Wilson at the request OF the students
At II o'clock the academic procession formed in
front OF Old North and marched TO Alexander Hail.
with ex-President Cleveland and President Wilson
in the lead Directly following came the trustees
and faculty. while the seniors clad n their caps
and gowns. brought up the rear The hail was
filled some time beforehand. and all present pro-
nounced the address one Of the best in years.
President Wilson said in part;
A university like this which we love is no childs
itself. Look at the buildings about you There
Fr snd ana s"SIS1E rooms ana places %
and places where pupils meet instructors: more
not mere body OF teachers and pupils met for oc-
casloua Instruction and formal Intercourse but an
every moment OF the day, governed by our own
ousy compounded out OF the habit. sometimes out
Of the playful whim OF the generations. the brief
The great world OF action which lies beyond
graduation .S Is made mean or noble by the same
We were yet undergraduates Have we not needed
each other and forecasted what shall befaI the
needless the idle. the reckless the steadfast. the
courageous the true. the manly? Your expectation
viii rot in many cases go far astray Our little
lessons
of honor, OF capacity. very plainly day by day and
We are not so young as TO imagine that the world
There is only thing that sets a man forever
free from defeat and that Is true knowledge OF
failure only If he love and seek the right things
with him to deliver him. and then only And the
right thing to love is not himself, even his own
than himself. which the inspiration Of al the
causes that cleanse and better the world truth IN
all her beauty, and knowledge for truths sake
and purity OF heart. that the mind OF man may De
The vast accumuaJons of wealth. the vast ma
terial equipment Of civilization in our day, ought
a9s s 20 s s r AZ P bo den ' more d
than any that has gone before it, 1t is Though
tkn pt do no Tun so ana exsy aoSg o the Old
haIlowed and familiar ways of religion. as in some
noted days gone by-par tcularly some days that
shine bright and iustrioqs in the early annals Of
strong in our time as has his mind. and has given
itself to works mighty and as influential
cloIster and the convent but for the open field
hne ens for r h es G Of 5e world and the
deliverance OF those who toll in It. God is abroad
Iege man ought TO Dc the best man among men OF
God. because by training and enlightenment a citi-
ordained that the world shall be saved, not only
courage Of action and the satisfying nobility OF IN
impeachable conduct: and colleges cannot make
also OF principle. This can best be done where
the little commonwealth OF their life breeds hon
orable character and gives influence TO men who
purpose the good Of those whom they lead. for
there are made manifest the foundations Of knovl-
edge.
The annual alumni prayer meeting was held in
Murray Hall this afternoon. while the exercises Of
the day closed with the Philadelphia meeting in
the chapel. where the Rev A ". HaIsey. OF New
York preached. and President Wilson presided out
OF courtesy 10 the evening sermon. all the town
churches suspended services tonight.
The class day exercises will be held tomorrow
when the presentation and ivy orations Will be de-
Iivered.
a laushabIe affair occurred this evening. when
seven graduates drove their automobile above the
legal OF speed and were taken before the JUS
tice OF TIE peace In the crowd could meet
the fine. and Burr Mcintosh. who happened to be
present, paid 20 get them out Among those IL
the machine were Post Wheeler Frederick Hlrt
Scott Bullet and John Poe.