Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-01-15
NEW PRESIDENT
FOR OLD COLLEGE
Dr.. Apple Installed a thak Head
Of Franklin and M
LAUDED BY THE Cow or

Governor Stuart Refers to Eminent
Men Associated With the institution
of Learning-Many Prominent Men
of Country Take Part In the i'm
pressive Exercises.
! Lancaster, Pa, Jan. S.-With Gov
ernor Edwin S. Stuart and George F.
Baer, President of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad the latter president
of the institutions Board Of Trustees
as the most eminent speakers, Henry
! Harbaugh Apple was yesterday inaug.
urated as president OF Franklin and
Marshall College, in the presence oil
representatives of the leading institu.
tions of learning in the East. and an
audience that taxed the capacity of
the big Opera House. The most inter
ested spectator was the venerable
Mrs. Thomas G.. Apple, SO years cid,
widow of former president of the
institution, and mother of the incom-
ing executive.
Mr.. Baer formally indicted the new
president into Office, and President APP
pie in reply said:
1t is with keen scene of the high
honor and rich privilege, as well as
the great responsibility and heavy
burden, that I accept the office to
which | have been chosen. / dedicate
myself wholly to the cause, aims and
ideals for which Franklin and Mar
shall stands. In the prayer and con-
fidence that God may grant me needed
wisdom, patience and strength. shall
here conscientiously labor for the de-
velopment of true mani cd and sound
scholar ship il. American youth that
they may go out in the world inspired
with the sacred resolve to render
faithful service unto God and their
felloW-men.
Congratulatory addresses were de-
livered by DR.. Woodrow Wilson, of
Princeton University; Rev. DR.. John
S. Stair. who was Al years connected
with the college, 20 of which he was
president: Governor Stuart, Superin-
tendent Public Instruction Nathan C.
Schaeffer and Mayor McCaskey.
President Apple, in his inaugural, re-
ferred to Franklin and Marshall Col
lege having occupied an humble but
conspicuous place among American
colleges, and he instructively review
ed that history.
Gov. stuarta's Happy Tribute.
In his comprehensive but brief adj
dress Governor Stuart spoke, in part
as follows:
1t tradition be true, and 1t seems to
be based of fact Benjamin Franklin,
one of Americas foremost citizens, at
tanned the laying of the cornerstone
of the first building occupied by Frank
lin College. The records show that
Muhlenberg, the famous botanst, and
James Ross, the author of a Latin
grammar, were among its early pro
fesscrs.
After the ion of Franklin with
Marshall College, James Buchanan
was for many years president of the
board of trustees. On its roll OF stu
dents occur the names of Harbaugh,
the poet; Hartranft, the distinguished
sSdier and Governor: John Cessa, for
many years one of the leaders in Con-
gress, and DR.. Steiner. who organized
the Enoch Pratt Library at Baltimore.
I forbear to speak of the distinguished
sons of Franklin and Marshall who
are still in our midst Suffice 1t to
say that they have graced the bench
and the halls of legislature, achieved
fame on the field of battle in the
world of commerce. finance and trans
portation, in literature, science and art
in the professors chair, and in the
domain of public education.
Degrees Conferred.
After the Inauguration the follow
ing degrees We're conferred by the
new president:
Doctor of Laws-Woodrow Wilson.
Edgar Fahs Smith. Henry Sturgis
Drinker, John Herr Musser, Joseph
Spangler Kieffer 81 Hagerstown; VIII
liam Mann Irvine, Mercersburg Acad-
envy.
Doctor of Science-Richard Conrad
Schiedt
Doctor of Divinity-TheodOre Fred
erick Herman, Lewis S. Nudge, Chas
T.. Reitz.
Doctor of Letters-Gearge Fulmer
Null, Edward l.. Kemp. Amos c, Roth
ermel.
Doctor of Pedagogy George Leslie
OmWake.
Among the institutions represented
at the inauguration were:
Princeton University, University OF
Pennsylvania, Harvard University.
Yale University, Washington and Lee
University, Columbia. Rutgers, Dart
mouth Dickinson, Haverford, Wash
ington and Jefferson, Pennsylvania
State, Jefferson Medical, Swarthmore
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