New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT.
DR.. Schurman Also Lauds Mr..
CLeUeIand.

Ithaca N Y, June 22-The thirty seventh an
nual commencement OF Cornell University Was heu
in the armory to-day before the largest throng OF
visitors In the history of the institution. down
nour Of rain prevented the usual parade of faculty
and seniors about the campus, but the exercises
were held on schedule time in the large armory.
First degrees were conferred Gil students IN tle
different courses and sixty-seven advance degrees
were conferred upon others. The exercises were
presided by President Jacob Gould schurniah'
who delivered his annual address He said IN part
have recently been much impressed wlth tW9
splendid illustrations OF the influence OF IoLs Ied
character Have you thought OF the unparaIleleu
thing which President Roosevelt recently UNDER
course, the bringing of Russia and Japan together
with view to the ending OF the carnage ~ lai n,d ia
have essayed such a weilnigh hopeless task; no
man without the inspiration of an honest purP0s99 9
nette, danger. The most beloved and admired OF
denee in his integrity his fairness and his devo;
tion righteous ends Character mas SuintiIt II't
character his action would have been that OF a
meddler and mischief maker. t,o-o !. vast
cotion hodp ,dg in Of for 96aFs But tho
best asset the Equitable Life Assurance e., Society
ever had was the spotless reputation of Henry y,
M the Hed fe wo0 co@pany eP9stea aa ahe
tar Within the last six months we ts Business
paraiyzed it's officers severely condemned by its
ng Gwh snd be spectre of receivershp of bank
ruptcy confronting it in future re aPPnriHny PPni1ae aoe ao
ciey? say it has been saved by the m gFsGe anq
Than all the forces Of criticism Of dsintggraf0n
of personal rivaries Seven of faulty ana thereore
dangerous organization is the name Of that stnsqE
honest, tried and tested and absolutely reliapLe
American Grover Cleveland Our RepuhI,o Is eI
alted by highuinded like Theodore RooseTett
AMI Grover Cleveland. 1t is fitting that the Re-
public has exalted them also
OF intercollegiate athletics President schurihah
said:
The critic wants TO know whether our coz eoi,eges tS
and universities have dethroned Apollo ana tiie
Muses. and up the image of Hercules with ms ms
club He reads in the newspapers OF dlanondS, anu
gridirons and tracks and until ne WONDERS
what has become of books and laboratories and the
studious cloister. Indeed, the charge is MADE py
men who should know better that the pursuit OF
knowledge at colleges and universities has oeen
paraIyzed by devotion TO athletic sports.
Well l shall speak only of Cornell. because
know the facts at Cornell. 1t is true admit, that
on that last Saturday of May when the navy OF
japan was sinking the battleships and cruisers of
Russia in the Straits of Tsu-Shma. Cornell stu
dents were winning their rivals In the great
universities of the East four splendid victories
both on land and on water. Now. abstraetly con-
sdered there is nothing reprehensihle In these VIC
tories Although INTERCOLLEGIATE Cornelanss aso,9 g9
be remembered that between three thousand ana
four thousand at the university, doing falth-
fully their daily work