Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
IT'S ANNUAL EXERCISES
Presentation Day Program at
GaIlaudet College.
REV. D, H, BUEL'S ADDRESS
Counsels Students to Aid in Uphold
ing Laws of Country.
THEMES DISCUSSED IN PAPERS
Candidates for Degrees Presented.
Reception by DR.. Gallaudet.
Iembers Of Committee.

Presentation day exercises in COM
memoration Of the forty-fifth anniversary
of Gallaudet College were held yesterday
afternoon at 8 o'clock in the chapel Of
the institution. before a gathering of
students and their friends which packed
the building. Rev. Father David Hill
house Buel. S. J.. president Of George
town University. delivered the principal
address. DIR. Buel treated principally Of
the disrespect of many Of the college
students Of the authorities, which. he de-
clared, foreshadows a future of lawltss-
ness. He urged the students to aid in
UNFOLDING the laws of the country and
combat the growing sentiment Of resist
ance Of authority. He stated that In the
past year in this country-from north to
south, east to west-there have been
numerous outbreaks Of mob rule. caused
by the people taking the law into their
own hands. He stated there were several
instances OF the students Of colleges play
ing the part of anarchists by going on
strikes" and disregarding the discipline
Of their institutions.
Or. Buel explained that in order to real
ize the malice of such characterization we
formed by the union Of men under a
common authority, IT, common ends. to
be achieved by common means. No
society, he said. can be successful which
is not governed by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1t
be foot ball team. a base ball nine. or
anything else. He told the students that
it was their duty to aid all they could in
unfolding the laws Of the country, by
living proper life.
President Gallaudet interpreted Father
Buel's address to the students in the sign
language.
The exercises opened with an invoca-
ton by Rev. Charles Wood. y. D, pastor
Of the Church of the Covenant DE-.
Gallaudet interpreted the prayer to the
students.
Theme of Paper.
"Child Labor and Some Of It's Results"
was the subject OF a paper by Frederick
Wilhelm Schoneman OF Illinois, which
was read by Prof. Day. It was in part:
"By child labor is meant the employ
n1ent in factories and workshops and in
other industrial ways Of children In the
place of adults. In the census OF 1900
there are recorded nearly 100000 chill
dren in the United States working In
gainful occupations.
During the eighteenth century, when
factories hrst started Al England. the
mill owners dragged children into the
mills Today mill owners in the south do
the same. Agents in different parts Of the
country and even in some. foreign coun-
tries, collect and ship to mills children
who are homeless or whose parents are
SO poor as to be willing to part with
them. Children having nimble nngers
can operate the machines better than
older persons and they are more doclie
more easily managed. and what. per-
haps. counts for more than all, they are
cheaper
Of children caused by working in the
mills and shops and of the diseases,
among which are tuberculosis. which they
contract. He spoke Of the inferior army
which England sent to fight the Beers in
the last war, which he explained was
soldiers who were sent to Africa were not
At for service. as they came from people
who were poor and had lived In crowded
towns. where they had inherited ais-
establish q bureau for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning from month to month recent in
formation about the conditions Of the en-
'loyment OF children: He explained That
Of parents. and the greed Of notaries
public. who issue false certificates of
children's ages.
Artist in Verse.
Miss Belle Harriet Rem Of Nebraska de-
livered an Grafton on THE Artist In
Verse; which was interpreted by Prof.
GDy. she SdIQ, HI part.
art is the science of beauty. It's study
brings US into close contact with pure
and beautiful ideals. and it imparts to
the mind keener perception of religion.
Hence art in literature is Of vast impor-
lance In no writer can we ind broader
field for its study than in Alfred Tenny-
son. made by appointment the Laureate
Of the Veteran Age
Tho chief characteristic OF Tennyson's
poems Is the range Of this expression.
snewdrop to the most complicated land
scape, and his pictures Of the many
phases of life lend q lively interest TO his
poetry. This power has led him to write
upon q great variety Of subjects, and this
is one secret Of his popularity
In conclusion she recited several verses
from various poems Of Tennyson.
Value Of Irrigation.
''rhe Value OF Irrigation to this coun-
try was the subject Of an address by
Alvin Lehman Kut5leb Of Kentucky.
which was read by Prof. Hall. He said
in part: To-day irrigation IL one of the
most important questions occupying the
attention of the farmers. for in irrigation
lies the success Of good cultivation.
Irrigation should be recognised as an
agricultural art of very wide Applicable
ity and value. Not only does this fact
hold true OF arid regions, but also for
nearly the whole country. II is but nat
urai that we should get the impression
that irrigation is well adapted for recla-
nation Of arid lands only. but through
out a considerable area Of this country
ri