The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-14
PRINCETON CLASS
DAY EXERCISES
HELD IN Open
Woodrow Wilson Gives Univer=
sity Over to Seniors for
Next Few Days.
Especial to the Evening start

Especial to the Evening start
PRINCETON, June Upright, sun
ny weather enabled Princeton to hold
its class day exercises today out of
doors in the presence of a large crowd
of visitors from all parts of the coun-
try. At IL O'Clock the seniors formed
at Nassau Hall n marched to Alex
ander Hall. Woodrow Wilson told the
class that for the next few days the
university was theirs and then intro
duced D, 0. Meese, master of ceremo-
MES. He extended a welcome to the
visitors and then introduced Hugh
Chaplin, the class orator.
He spoke on the theme of "A Col
lege Mans Duty to His Country He
said that men enter college as boys
and leave as men and that they learn
things differently from other men.
Their education is barren il they do
not learn s~elf-control and develop in
dividuality. He said:
MUCH Expected of College Men.
Tomorrow the class of 1909 will so
out on diverging paths with only strong
ties to bind them together. The strong
est of these is duty to u country. No
man is truly educated unless he takes
an interest in politics and subordinates
self to the common good.
THE nation expects more from col
lege men than rom others. Anybody
can die for his country, but it is hard
to live for ones country and bear the
burdens of it. College men do this
best"
Mr.. Chaplin closed by saying that it
was only in the future that the true
significance of the four years just
passed by the class of 1909 could be
seen.
Zimmerman's Naval Academy Band
played a selection, and then w. j.
Funk read the class poem. Mr.. Meese
closed the exercises and the seniors
marched back to Nassau Hall, where
Nathaniel Ewing, jr., delivered the ivy
grafton, after being introduced by Mr..
Meese.
Mr.. Ewing said that the planting Of
the ivy was a memorial of a class
which a done it's best for Princeton,
and would continue to do ITS best.
Reform for Reforms Sake.
THE Glass; he continued, has cher
ished Princeton traditions and main
tanned the ideals of the university.
Their first and only thought should be
the welfare of Princeton, a college
which has given them h highest type
of education available.
The fundamental idea of education
is to train men for citizenship. Every
question in the las analysis is a po-
litical one. Consequently college men
should consider first their own re-
sponsibility and secondly their duty.
The masses look to college men for
| guidance n the latter sshould take an
| altruistic view of life. They should not
subject themselves to demagogues but
should distinguish between reform for
possession and reform for reforms
sake. Whatever influence college men
exert should be the very best. They
should see that public opinion be
formed on sound lines.
TT is easy to fight for an ideal when
the trumpets of victory are sounding,
but the test of true manhood Is to carry
a point all along. If a man can take
no active part in politics at least he
should honestly strive to be a good citi.
zen. The reputation Of Princeton lies
in what its men do, consequently tbs
graduates should do their work in sucf
q way LID tiio yin oiio 5AOAy VI 80
university will never wane. 1t is with
a sad heart hat we must leave nov
that we nave come to the time of part.
ing. Today we are a unit in body anc
spirit, tomorrow only IN spirit"
After the speech the ivy was planted
and the seniors, according to the ole
custom, threw pennies in the place
where the slab, denoting the planting
place of the ivy. was to be set.
The annual meeting of the Cliosophic
and The American Wing Society and
the meeting of the board of trustees
preceded the exercises. The class OF
1869 replaced the stone which on com
mencement day, 1869, it placed in the
old chapel and which was lost in the
removal of that structure.
The graduation exercises will be held
tomorrow.