, 1907-06-21
CLOSING OF PRESENT UNIvER-
slTY YEAR MARKED WITH
BRILLIANT EXERCISES
AND LARGE CROWD.

commencement Address Delivered by
Director True Of Experiment sta.
tions, Degrees and Certificates
Conferred by President Tisdel-
Musical Numbers Well Rendered
by Orchestra and vocaIists.
DIR. True prefaced his commence
ment address last night with remarks
complimentary to Wyoming's match
less climate, and the weather for the
seventeenth annual commencement
season Of the University of Wyoming
has certainly been perfect from begin
ming to end-clear and %salubrious, with
never a drop of rain or an untoward
breeze to rufie the serenity of those
in attendance. The audience at the
closing exercises was phenomenal, ev-
ery available seal in the auditorium
and adjacent apartments being utilized
and the aisles also being lined with
chairs. The center section was reserv-
ed for the relatives and friends Of the
class. and the pretty Junior girls, who
served eficiently as ushers, had a diff
ficult task In seating the surging con-
course Of people, many Of the late
corners leaving because of the impos-
sibility Of securing even standing
room.
A Distinguished Body.
The rostrum was EMPOWERED in
Towering plants and presented an Inn
pressive sight when filled with the dis
tinguished body which entered In &C.
ademic procession at 8 O'Clock. The
caps and gowns nttingly worn by sew
eral members Of the faculty contrib
uted materially to the dignity of the
scene and 1t is hoped that the others
in that honored body who are entitled
to wear the regalia will soon assume
it. President Tisdel, in the crimson
and gold Of grand old Harvard, occu-
pied the center Of the stage and pre-
sided over the exercises. At his right
was seated Director A. G. True. Phi.
D., of Warrington, D. c., tn ehead Of
United States agricultural college
work, who delivered the commence
ment address. Rev. A. G. Hogbin sat
at DR.. Tisdels left hand, and the party
was completed by the presence of Hon.
Otto Gramm, president Of the board
of trustees; Hon. A. c. Jones, also Of
the board; members Of the faculty and
the candidates for degrees, to the mum.
Der Of t~hirty-6ve in all.
The Evenings Program.
The program Was a~uspiciously in
augurated by . splendid number rem
dered by the University orchestra, the
selection being "Miserere." from I'll
Trovatore" (verdi). Rev. A. G. Hog
bin. pastor Of the Presbyterian church.
invoked the divine blessing in Inn
pressive ~phraseology. Mrs. Loyal w.
Trumbull, whose sweet notes once
heard re.never forgotten, sang in her
charming manner Rose of My Life"
by Fabian Rose.
succfnet and Impressive.
President Tisdel then gracefully In
troduced DR.. True, who delivered the
commencement address. taking as his
theme 1.-The New Industrial Educa-
tion." DR.. True spoke an hour and
five minutes, happily introducing his
subject with remarks a~ppreciative OF
the ideal commencement weather and
complimenting his audience by declar-
ing that in such a progressive COM
munity a speaker must deal with top
les fully up to date. The address
proper was 80 succinct and so COM
prehensive that it would be impossible
to present any adequate idea Of its
character except by its reproduction in
full and this The Republican Is COM
PEELED to forego on account Of lack of
space. 1t consisted largely Of his
torical data, valuable statistics being
also constantly utilized to perfect the
outline of the development and tre-
mendous progress along educational
lines during the past half century.
Educational Ferment.
Reference was made to the great
educational ferment which has per
vaded the United States in all classes
since the civil war, great strides In
the establishment Of public schools
having been made in the south partic-
ularly since that era. Public and pri-
vate wealth is being lavishly devoted
to the instruction Of adults and youth
alike, and from the kindergarten to
the highest institutions of learning,
activity ID everywhere present. Vast
ly important 1t is, then, that all this
education should be Of the right kind
A time has been reached when the
fundamental questions have been set
tied and attention can be given to de-
tails and %specialties. Remarkable
changes In educational ideas we're not
ed, stress being laid upon the reaction
from the religious and linguistic char
acter Of the courses Of the older coun'
tries In former days to the modern
American acceptance Of the import
ance Of scientific research and the
ground won by modern achievements
in the curriculum Of the present time
Hall q Century Old.
The briefness Of this present era
was forcibly emphasized by reference
to the fact that the semi-centennial
Of the 6rst agricultural college has re
Gently been celebrated at Lansing