The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-10
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ly revie wed the progress Of the col
lege during the past year. He said
that 1t had been a period Of adjust
ment as the college had this past year
used for the first time the new Bundy
dormitory for boys and the Carnegie
library. He said that the improve
ments made at the college had placed
the institution in debt and that it's pa
irons would have to come to its assist
ance in a financial way.
Address a Feature.
The distinct feature Of the com,
mencement exercises was the address
delivered by Dr.. Herbert l.. Willett,
who is associated with the divinity
school of Chicago University. Or.
Willet is possessed of a magnetic per
sonality and is an eloquent and fOrci-
BILE speaker, The subject Of his ad
dress was Some Educational Ideals"
The NEUROLOGICAL tale of the search
of Jason and his companions for the
Golden Fleese was related by DR.. VIII
lett. He stated that he was always
reminded of this tale when he attended
such a gathering. lie described col
lege graduates as modern argQn2uJ5
out in search of the Golden Fleece,
which was represented by high ideals
and ambitions. He stated that the
American people were more deeply in
terested in education than any other
people, but that the American ideal
of education was not only the culture
of the intellect but the education Of
the whole body. The American peO-
pie, he stated, believed in an education
which would fit the youth of the cOun-
try for the life they would lead,
DIR. Willett subdivided education in
to the following branchcs-life, light,
law, liberty and love.
Speaking Of life he stated that in the
dark ages the students paid no atten-
ton TO their physical well being. Ii
feet he said, they regarded the body
with contempt and as thing to be
put away and spurned. Dr.. Willct
stated that in America the physical
we'll being Of the child was the basis Of
lis educational and moral growth. He
s2id that Americans were interested
in equipping the child for the Strenu-
Gus life every citizen Of the republic
vas expected to lead, an existence he
said which was more strenuous than
the life of the soldier in the dark ages
Seekers of Light.
Speaking of light. Dr. WiIett stated
that every student was : seeker of
light. Today he said all the Iitera-
ture of the world is open to him and
civilization a common place. For
merly, he said the word light in an ed
ucational sense typified 'black art"
Today. he said, the world had forgot
ten its superstitiOns and light meant
culture and knowledge.
DR.. Wtllctt applied the word law
- the discipline accomplished by ed
UcatiOn. The object Of many studies
taught in the colleges TO-DAY, he stated,
vas not with the end in view that they
would themselves benefit the student
after he had taken HIS placcin life, but
they were taught with the object of
disciplining him for his struggle with
the world. DR.. Willett stated that the
american child had buy little reverence
nut this was not because they were de
void Of that virtue. The cause he rs
signed was their contact with the nus
Ting, strenuous life led by their cid
trs. Speaking of liberty as typified
by education, DR.. Willctt stated the
american colleges and universities lib
GRATED the young men and women in
to their life work; in other words, he
Ctated, it helped them to learn what
they were best fitted for in life. He
lie described education as the instru-
;nent of life at which the student sat
and ran his fingers a-ong tn ekeys I'M
til he found the chord he had been
searching for. Love in education
meant the training of the student to
place his shoulders under the burdens
of the world and helped to lift them.
The education of anyone who had not
this aim in life, he said. was wasted.
After DR. Willett's address the men,
bcrs Of the senior class, all of whom
we're in caps and gowns. were given
their degrees by President Kelly. DR..
II. Fl. Holmes, one of the members of
the Earlham faculty, sang a solo, The
Tourney of King JOHN in a most
pleasing manner. Miss Edna Hecker
rendered a beautiful violin solo, a
Hungarian rhapsody. The invocation
and benediction were delivered by the
Rev. Mr.. w. NJ. Nelson, pastor of the
Grace NJ. f. church.
Those who received the Bachelors
degrees are:
W. Clyde Alice, Bloomingdale, Ind;
Laura Fern Allen, Richmond, Ind;
Robert Forest Allen, Richmond. Ind:
f. Anna Bailey. Fountain City, Ind;
Helen Baird, Indianola, III; Jessie
Beeler, Richmond, Ind; Cecil X Cal
vert, Selma, Ohio; Helen Carter,
Plainfleld. Ind; Katie Cochran. Sum
mitville, Ind; Clyde C. Chambers, Da-
mascus. Ohio; Myra T. Cope. Plain
field. Ind; Harry Todd Costello, Rich
mond. Ind: Edwin l.. Doane, West
field, Ind; Edith NJ. Doney. Cambridge
City, Ind: Scott V. Eaton, Liberty.
Ind; William f. Elliott. Greenfield
Ind; John T. Haworth, Springbrook
Oregon; Gustave HOolscher, Rich
mond. Ind; Alvin r. Heath, Rich
mond, Ind; c. Byron Huff, Martins