The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
LABOR WITH HANDS
AND BRAIN, URGED
Joaquin Miller Tells California
College Graduates That Hard
Work Spells Success
Poet of Sierras Delivers COm=
mencement Grafton and Takes
Fling at Football

OAKLAND. May 27.-"Back to the
farm with the college graduate was
the refrain of Joaquin Miller's COM
mencement .oration at the graduation
exercises of California college this
morning. The poet of the Sierras wove
his talk about the theme, In the sweat
of thy face" He said in part:
MAKE the college graduate work with his
hsnds and his body, as well as his brains
Only few days ago a mother came to me
On the mountain side while ! was stacking hay
and asked me to help get her boy place IN
enc Of the large dry good stores in Oakland
looked at the boy, a big husky six footer' iresaa
from college. .,..s,.+ ho-
long in a store with girls. But II ten you
what III de. need help and ! VIII give hh i
work right here on the ranch. l VIII - pay - nun f
d cents an hour s. for eight hours, S--.,U lcI
Ten bours He viii have good air, good eeu
and good bread: aud he can i've ike U""
:. .oh She reDIied. but he won't live in the
country. He is such baby ABOUT It, Mhae aH'
I 10 dog -, .oross vour
knee ana spank the baby out Of him.
WORKER WHO SUCCEEDS
In the sweat Of thy face 1t is the worker
who gets on; the worker with hands ana orAlu
and besrt - ,dlo and
vrorfbIess graduates not only in California oui
an over the world. that ] am not greatly ais
posed 10 congratulate one who has done h"In- s;
Ing but graduate. Too many graduates are 9is
irrscd 10 think themselves . little better ahN
little bit shove the good old mother ~ nouie %
in the kitchen above the honest old father out
81 80 6sId above tho elder brother AT the tan
of the plow But am willing ana resdg t"las
10 congratulate all graduates, not because because - :,
rbaf -f,ev have done IN college. but because pi
what they can and viii do for California, TOT
-heir country Tor the world At large
In the sweat Of thy face. not IN the sweat OF
snother's shouldst thou eat bread.
The dashing and daring Spsnlaro va 4 oia -.
man aud good Christian, as Christians
were rated ia the days when be took possession
~ Csliforpia. But he would not earn his bread
in the sweat Of his face Basking IN the eloll.
ous sunshine Of eternal summer ne lSnotsN
the richest soil under the sun ana ensiaNed Inc
patient peace loving Indian In less thah
century in this Injurious cline he became tue
man Of mauana, jest snd 6sworn. Ast tse,ls u
heed the lesson well True. California Is ooins
spieudidly: but IS not great progress largely
due 70 the daily infusion of neNs boods Mno.
indeed are the beads Of our unlFersitlesf OF
rur mines Of our railroad iiness Not as rule
the leisure loving Cslifornisns but the men from
other and more inclement climes
IDLERS FILL PRISONS
Our prisous are filed not with toilers. but
along by their wits. The last time / was In
the east visited the state penitentiary Of Penn
svlrsnis I found there IS lawyers, - doctors
and many bankers and merchants. but not one
farmer.
In concluding his ofation the poet
devoted himself to a severe arraign-
naent of college football, which he char
scterized as a vain, senseless craze
said he:
WY this folly this waste Of time and
ensrEys Had l all or half or even q quarter
uf the time and strength wasted By the young
men of the country on their rougn ana brutai
game lying Al my disposal could plant tne en-
tire continent with trees that are pleasant 70
the sight and that, too. without klihng a single
boy breaking single bone
But why. 1 repeat. this wastet Why ms
tolerante by educated and Christian people OF
3 game which makes so heavy and so unneees-
ssry drain on the time and the energies OF
the young people in our high schools ana col
legess Are the prophets dead: Are our
preachers. teachers and editors and college
presidents only time servers. men Wno
in the presence of the student body dare say
only soft thingsE All honor, i-Say, 70 the pres
snt head Of the University Of California, who
was brave enough and big enough to compel the
students 10 adopt the Rugby rules. -, Ana some
time soon another big, brave man viii rise up.
who viii abolish the whole brutal game and
make the boys go to work II seem TO ex-
press myself too strongly and TOO confidently
nav excuse must be whether in or out Of
school whether IN the city or in the country,
their time and energies should be directed 70
the highest ends and TO the accomplishment OF
the most lsudable purposes
Rev. William c. Spencer of Berkeley
pronounced the invocation at the open
ing Of the graduation exercises John
II. Stevens. president Of the board OF
trustees. presided. After a brief ad-
dress he presented the diplomas and
certificates TO the following graduates:
College-Roy Bryson.
Academy-Fred o. Criminger, Fletcher G.
s,6scsdemy-Louise Beecber. yoltaire Bright
Webster Otto Harold Jones, Cecile Raisin
Frances Vsndercook.
school Of Fine Arts-Eyelyn Dawson. Char
lctte Jones, Rhods Mitchell Mae Newly. Leila
Trenam-
Kendall George Mnsker. Clara Piepenburg.
Anna Rayner. Hazel Rayner, Madge Reed
Following the presentation of diplo-
mas came the commencement dinner.
Plates were laid for 175. After grace
had been said by Rev. c. NJ. Hill, presi-
dent Of the theological seminary al
Berkeley. the toasts were responded to
as follows:
.sThe Board Of Trustees President John H
stevens: .sThe Trials and Privileges Of a Dean "
R. W Msntz. dean Of the college, The
Faculty. Prof. Z. S. Gardiner; school Privi
leges" Fletcher c. Flaherty; a United Eff
fort" Rev Or. Homer J. FOsburgh 'sThs
Alumni-Blest Be the Tie That Binds Rev
J. p Travis; The Outlook for Athletics "
Man 20 DO His Duty Rev Charles Herbert
irving; ~0n 10 Victory" Rev. G. ". Brinstead
the newly elected acting chancellor.
Dr. Alfred NJ Wilson, professor OF
English, acted as toastmaster.