Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-08

the entire length of the building with
a depth sufficient to seat nearly a thou
sand people, including a chorus of 200
Over them waved the crimson ban
ners of the university, with the great
"Neritas' seal Respondent in colors OF
/ the broad wall behind. In front OF
white eagletipped stats, were raised
the seals of the eight next oldest Amer
lean colleges, William and Mary; Yale
University Of Pennsylvania, Princeton
Washington and Lee, Columbia, Brown
and Dartmouth.
Order of the Exercises.
The following was the order of the
principal exercises of the day:
Choral: Laudate Dominum Converse
Prayer-Rev. w. w. Fem, dean of the
faculty of Divinity.
Grafton in Latin-Lester Burton Struthers
senior.
Induction OF the president by John ID
Long, president Of the board of overseers.
Response-The president.
Choral: Domino Salyum Fac Praesidem
Nostrum (Gounod)-the Alumni chorus.
Inaugural address-fhe president
Choral: Great is Jehovah (SchuberD-tht
Alumni chorus.
Comforting of honorary degreeS-The pres
ident.
misunderstanding Rev. William Law
renee.
From hundred institutions of learn
ing delegates and guests CARRIED i'll
academic gowns and with degrees indi-
Gated by gorgeous hoods. strolled TO as
signed places i'll the inaugural parade
while spectators quickly filled the rows
of seats in front of the stage.
Delivers Inaugural Address.
The ceremony of induction having been
completed, President Lowell delivered his
inaugural address. He dealt largely with
the development of the college of the old
type, and in the course of his address
said:
A discussion of the ideal college train
ing would appear to lead to the conclu-
sion that the best type of liberal educa-
ton in our complex modern world aims
at producing men who know Z little of
everything and something WE'LL Nor. if
this be taken in rational rather than
an extreme sense, is it impossible to
achieve within the limits of college life
That Il student of ability can learn one
subject we'll is shown by the experience
of the honor schools of Oxford and Cam
bridge; but for us this alone would not
be enough, because our preparatory
schools do not give the same training
as the English. and because the whole
structure of English society is very diff
ferent from ours. For American stu
dents. the wise policy would appear TO
be that of devoting a considerable por-
and taking in addition number of gen
eral courses in wholly unrelated fields"
In responding TO Mr.. Longs brief re-
marks. presenting to him the charter
seals and keys of the university, Presi-
dent Lowell said: 1T is with deep sense
Of responsibility that | receive from your
hands these symbols OF the office to
which the governing boards have chosen
me.
You have laid on me a trust second
to none for the education of American
youth and for the development of the
intellectual and moral welfare of our
country.
Il pray to God that | may obtain the
wisdom, patience and strength which are
needed in no common measure that Har-
ward may stand for what my predeces-
fought for which was to develop
true manhood and sound learning, and
that her sons may go forth with the re-
solve that the world shall be better for
the years which they spent in these
walls.
President Lowell, replacing his academ-
ic cap, seated himself, for the first
time, in the presidents chair. Applause
burst forth from the assembly as the
newly installed president took his Off
cial place.