Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-17
ALITERARY CELEBRATION.
ARE COLLEGE LITERARY So
cIETIES DEFUHcT?
Spiendid Address Before u CeIlegians
Rev. G. n Cummings Talks 90
Symmetrical Development.

4 ~ Ft@Afst - |AA 4A4At IL fIAAAIAAZ |Dt
5efOre an audience of fouy-efHbt ~
actuaI count. foesrteRn - whom weBe
students ~ ~. John sCoIle9f. and sup
p0sedIy members " THE two societies.
| That it vas = Joint" eelebFation
the program announced, or = stranger
might have thought fl was the ,'eele-
Df4fion" ~ iiffle band az The begin
ming instead ~ the eioseNDf the college
year. The pint celebration "
fsiese tWo societies - = feature ~ re-
cent years IN tie college commence
gIeuf exercises. Hitherto eaefl society
bas hid fts own eeIebKatfOB. and tie
fOsEsBm has been filled with ifs mem
Defs. every seat IN the auditorium Oc-
1 eupfed and the gallery filed with
| spsetat0rs- What . change time has
= f0nzisfs And time. tbe twentieth
century tie most progressive age - tie
wofidfs history.
The condition ~ Affairs leads tie
l observer to remark Are literary 50
1 eisfies ~ -. Johns defgHef't n -,
| - what - IL affflbgtsbie. Epc0 in
gBiFT - j. aseeTtalned that the college
dances. held always On Friday nights,
interfere with the Literary societies
which meet On That night, and eOnse,
1 TDeutlg one Or tfse ether must suffer,
- TIE brain gives way 10 Tie feet,
| There - = remedy suggested ~ the
fart tbaf college dances might ~ held
90 saturday night - some other night,
80 a. not 10 Inferfese With the literary
| societies. Wb5eh are the DDDe aD1
siDen - any college Of high seIgoOj, ~
properly conducted,
~ lt unJefssO0d EalnrdaT nights
eeieDfaffOB was - 80 wise connected
sifh fiis college, ~ far - the faculty
- concerned. ~ was escigsigeIy the
affair - the tW0 literary sDeieffsS
upsD = bom ft reflects 1fsefeditaDlY,
Instead ~ fbfse-seofs and three, ti1sfe
we're seated DpOD the stage Bat fbfee
eOile1ians besides fIge OgatOr ~ the
evening. After music ~ = portion ~
fi,@ saYal Ae4sIemy orchestra the
president ~ The Pbflokai5aD s0eIsty,
= Be- hal not prepared tie feN words ~
his adsiFsss - welcome, stumbled
through them and introduced tie first
orator. Ir. EiHar 81. afeEnde, tie
iYOn0r man Of ti5s senior class, and q
pbiiOkalian, Sir. HeDfide delivered
uell-pfspaFed OfafiOD OH The
Gl0fies - war. and delivered u IN
good form. Following fbis nas tie
address - fI,e evening ~ The Rev.
fseOfxs ~. Cummings. ~ Washington,
9. a.. . graduate ~ ~. SOhs's, q
score - years aHO, Ills addffss vas
a splendid effort, and ti,e . regret
that Il uas heard ouIy ~ q handful
- people. including fourteen students
~ The joint" societies.
The fsev. Mr. Cummings theme
vas ''@ymmstrfeaI Development.
Ife vFsfaced lis address by cODgfat~
nlafin9 the college ftile small part ~
70 presently on 5ts representative
alumni on - recent aniliati0u win
li5s Dnigers5ty ~ Maryland On its
attaiumeufs 10 athletics, which, BE-
said. lent a ieaItbfuI connection be-
tween outdoor exercises and morals,
ard vas conducive 70 aIeTtBess and
graesfuIDess 81 action ~ we'll ~ re-
pose. lie congratulated the college
on IS military department..
In dwelling upon the subject ~ atb-
letfes Mr. Cummings said there was =
tendency IN some colleges - make
athletics u major importance, matl5-
emafies - minor. Iie said there
should be moderation IN all things,
AMI a wholesome rule WAS 70 have
athletics a. q means to arr end, not
A. an end. Symmetrical develop
meut involves mental development.
Fdneaff0n, II true. said tie speaker.
has ~ it, primary aim the develop
ment ~ individuality. IN every col
fexe class yOa will find number 81
men not educated. knowledge should
be 80 assiTnilated ~ ~ be made part
0f onrseIf. ElIneatIcn. II IL means
anything. means the training power
~ reasoning. comprehensive thought
refined taste. More brain sweat.
Young men. more brain sweat, is whsi
you need j. the way certain col
Iege professor expresses II. Come stu
dents cannot real Tom Moore. they
can only with Poe exclafm never
more and the only more they can
become T. q Sophomore.
SIR. Cummings advised the collie
gfans 10 come into touch with The
faeulty.tO Jet the curriculum be Efst.
The scholar. be said. IL the man who
knows something about everything,
and everything about something. lie
adm0nisbed the cOIIegians 70 make
more 81 their literary societies. ffbe
speaker evidently realized from ap-
pearance IL was necessarily lie said
the literary society is an important
factor IN college life, that the college
student Who excsis IN debate IN the
college. rarely fails to be heard from
then be goes out into after life.
Nr. Cummings admonisbed the
students 70 cultivate the higher life,
the hfe ~ the soul. lie said Chris
tian educafioD laBd he emphasized
Christian IL one 81 the greatest
boons life can confer. The Christian
man. ~ said. - the maD doing the
work f.sisv. - lfsr This life bnt
once. 50 spend 81. that swan-Iike we
may sing 0ur death IN TennysOn' .
Crossing the Bar. " 3 staBza 81 which
he quoted
Mcdowell Hall was tastefnlIy deco
rated. On one side the pillars we're
wrapped. alternately IN orange and
sable. the Maryland c0lOrs, and on
the opposite side. in scarlet and
black. the colOrs 81 the University 81
Maryland. wifh which 81 Johns
has recently affiliated The platform
" a. hnng with college flags and tr0-
pifes.
The president of the college and fac
ulfy are not responsible for the joint
eelebrafl0n Of the literary societies.
which IS held exclusively by the
members of the PhlIokalfan and Phil
omatheaD literary societies, and that
there vas not q larger attendance of
the students reflects upon the literary
societies and not npon the college
authorities. such = condition Of
Affairs. however. may never occur
again. a. this year the students hav-