, 1905-06-19

the Audience Many of the Leading
Citizens of the City-Modern De-
mocracy the Theme Of the Heal
of the Educational Institution.
President Frederick NJ. Tisdel deliv'
cred his frs, baccalaurate address
yesterday afternoon in the university
auditorium before an appreciative audi
enCe. The sermon was an admirable
one, its thought, diction and delivery
enhancing the reputation already earn
ed by its author.
The flag of the university ornament.
ed the rostrum. which VAS banked with
potted plants. SeCLed on the platform
with the speaker We're Rev. A. G. Hog
bin, Hev.F. W.Bross,R Rev. Oscar Woods,
Rev. j. II. Jester of Colorado Springs
and Rev. Frank knopf of Cheyenne,
Dean Arnold G. II. Bode being also
present as director of the University
Choral union. The program was as
follows:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS selection.
Hymn No. SO.
Scripture reading-Rcv. Bross, Ro-
mans MI.
Anthem, From Egypt's Bondage
Come"-University Choral union.
Prayer-Rev. A. c. Hogbin.
Hymn No. 3G7.
BaccalaureaTe address-President
Frederick Monroe Tisdel, Phi. d.
Song, The Chimes'-The Univer-
sity Glee club.
Hymn No. 3GS, My Country, 'Tis of
Thee"
Benediction-Rev. Frank Knopf.
In the mind OF President Tisdel, the
university has been influenced by two
great forces-the development Of the
racy. Having discussed the first Of
these in his inaugural address, he de-
voted the major portion of the bacca-
laureate sermon to the problems of
the latter. He said:
Among all the forces which have
worked for the development of our in
tricate civilization and which have pro-
foundly Influenced our educational life,
two seem TO me especially worth con
sideration at this commencement sea
son. The development of the scientific
spirit and the rise of democratic ideas.
The scientific spirit has clarified the
thinking of recent generations, revolu-
tioniZed modern industrial life, through
medical research robbed of their ter
rors yellow fever, small pox, and diph-
made it possible not only to talk over
wires from city to city, but to send
messages through the very air, from
mountain pear TO mountain peak, from
ship to ship upon the seas, nay, from
continent to continent across the
ocean; it has harnessed Niagara, gen
'iolihS 'houoaiItS VI ~ oSpoWeT VI
energetic turn the wheels of commerce
and lighting a city twenty-seven miles
away; has made possible gigantic en-
cheering enterprises like the construc-
ton of the Panama canal and the enor-
nous irrigation projects in Wyoming
and other western states. 1t Is so
I hnrn,uhly al, ,, ,ta,;.t,n - 80. -
present time as to give the name of
the of applied science, the & of
scientific specialization, the age of the
trained mind. 1t has even invaded the
universities and revolutionized the ed.
ucational ideals, bringing into the uni
versity not only the laboratories of
physics and chemistry II biology, but
placing there the anvil and the forge,
the machine shop and the carpenter
shop, the experiment farm, ever the
stenographer's Office n the counting
house and the bank. 1t has thus plac-
ed side by side with our old ideals
the test of utility in education.
1t is not my purpose, however, to
discuss this phase of the subject on
this occasion, for it will be discussed
in the unworthy address next Wednes.
day evening by the distinguished doc.
tor of science and practical scientific
director, President Victor C. Anderson
of the Colorado school of mines. I
wish rather to call attention to the sec.
ond force which has helped to change
our civilization and has influenced the
character of our university education,
| mean the rise of democracy.
Everyone knows that a little more
than a century ago governmental poll.
cies We're controlled almost exclusive
ly by the so-called upper classes: the
guidance Of our civilization was In
their hands; upon them rested the re.
sponsibility of human progress. Grad.
ually, however, along with the ad.
vancement of science and the develop.
ment of industry and commerce, in the