The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-06-23
COMMENCEMENT Week
5aecalaureate Address s Made az the
Leading State institutions.
ANGEL SPOKE At TIE U /. or n
Venerable President talks on "Old
and New Ideal Of SeaoIars"-Senlors
at YpsiIanti, cIivet and Albion Re-
ceive Advise From euIplt.

eeive Advise From euI pic.
Ann Arbor, Mich, June ia swe :
tering crowd listene1 to the bao
calaureate addresses delivered to the
university graduates IN university hall
by President Angel asst night
AS usual the graduating classes Of
the different departm 'nts were clad IL
their caps and gowns and they oc ii.
pied the front rows Of seats.
President Angell'j Theme.
President Angel then delivered the
baccalaurato address On THE old an /
the new ideal Of scholars" In a Ia g
! part he spoke as follows:
During the last nall-century an
important change has taken place IN
the intellectual ideals which stud antS
in American colleges AMI universe lies
are taught to cherish. In my collcga
days we were melted 10 make the larg-
est possible acquisitions OF what hau
been learned and ia Jught by great
scholars and to attain the cul :urs
which such achievem Mt brought US
IN these days the ultimate end which
the student is eXhortai TO seek ovc.
and above and beyond those acq1.si.
lions is the power and me passion for
discovering new truth.
Learning and culture Tere the re
wards for which we then strove. II
| addition to them, the scholar is how
exhorted and stimulated to test his
gifts for investigation AMI research II
some department of thought.
Tho Consequences.
zone Of the obvious consequences Of
this difference between the gradual,
OF former days and the graduate Of
today is that the former was inclined
to sccept with mere docillty the opln
ions which had been .ausht to hiLl
while the latter is apt to have mora
independence OF view and often mora
originality. The former IS more dis.
posed to accept the authority Of TIA
dition, the latter to GU sstlon every be
lief which asks for his assent until il
IS proved to be sound.
Ypsllanti, Mich, June 19.-The
Normal college commencement wees
opened last night with the bacealacr
cate address by Presi lent L. II. Jones
on "The school and the social wei.
fare" The address was an analysis
OF present peculiar social conditions.
President Jones stated that the rep
idity and complexity OF social changes
related to the marvellous development.
OF inventions and territorial and com.
mercial interests, with the resultant
influx Of foreign immigration, hdYs
brought our nation face to face witB
alarming and confusing conditions.
evidenced by a general lack of rever
ence for law, a mad rush for wealth,
dishonesty in official life, known as
graft, corporate greed, low valua ion
of human life, and lack of respect
for the Sabbath and religious observ
ances.
Conditions Not Hopeless.
These conditions, he said, are 40
hopeless, but are inevitable stages Of
q developing democracy. Their rem-
edy is better education through better
schools which fit Students for life
within the social order and civilized
institutions.
Olivet, Mich, June 19-Sun1aT
marked the opening Of Olivet's forty
sixth annual comm sIcement, which
promises to be the largest In the his-
tory of the college.
Tho annual baccalldreats sermon
was delivered Sunday morning before
q crowded church by President Ian
caster. He preached upon the e.e-
ments Of a successful life.
The Greatest Educator.
The president spoke at length on
the work of Booker T. Washington
and said that in his belief, Washington
was the greatest educator America
has ever produced, President Elio: OF
Harvard, not excepted.
Albion, Mich, June i3.-Rev. ID.
William Dave, of DStroit, for Six
years field secretary Of Albion college,
delivered the baccalaureate address
before the college graduating class
Sunday.
The address of DR.. Dave upon "Ths
Foundation OF Gods Kingdom" was
an able one and was listened TO by the
congregations of the city, 1t being ths
custom to have no services at the
othHr churches on commencement
Sunday.
What the Cyclone Did.
Lansing. Mich. June iQ-Cov War