The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
COMMENCEMENT AT STEVENS
TEE INSTITUTE GRADUATES 4
CLASS o. SETENTI-THREE.

thirty-eighth annual commencement eK-
enrisea in the institute auditorium.
After prayer by the Rev George
Ernest MaRill. rector 81 Holy Innocents
Episcopal Church Of Hoboken. Alexander
C. Humphreys. NJ. D.. Nc, d.. LIE D..
president u the board u trustees and
faculty. made an address. IN which he
said in part:
As We have been for three years running
With an operating deficit We must secure
promptly a considerable addition to our
productive endowment FOr seven years
We have been considering the Advisablily
Of increasing our tuition fees knowing
how difficult u Il for some OF our best stu.
dents 70 End the means TO pay their way
through college / have opposed any in
crease. but the increased costs which We
have been called upon 10 meet have forced
M 10 this change So from september,
ioii. all students entering then and there
after VIII be- charged uniform rate Of ts2s
a year. the rate n0u charged those residing
outside the state
Last year I stated that we needed 81 go
OOO We still need nearly that amount. for
during the year We have only secured about
tiSi.OOO 5000 Of that having been sub
scribed by our alumni N lift the debt from
their building the Morton Memorial Labo-
rAiory Of Chemistry THIS building Il nov
/ practically free Of debt and very shortly
/ will 10 free entirely Nhen the las, Of The sub
scrip,ions are raid in
Que hundred thousand dollars has been
subscribed 70 purchase stevens Castle. TO
/ which ve shall shortly take title ami which
We shall take possession Of Just before com
mencemsui next year u - gratifying 10
state that Il was an alumnus uho subscribed
/ the hrs, quarter Of this sIoo oOo and -
I gave me courage 70 again apply myself To
the begging task after many defeats
/ This fine old historic building will thus
/ he Kept within the stevens fold and will
continue. I hope. for years to serve the
I youth Of cu- country IN developing that
! breadth Of culture and character Which
comes from daily association With ones
/ fellows In a community devoted 10 the task
/ n preparing for lies work ana re-pOnsi.
| buities
hope thar before long We nav be able
( - secure the means ~ erect a dOTmitOry
70 be operated N conjunction With the
/ castle
/ Plans are almOs, completed for iahO-
/ ra'ory ~ mechanics. 10 ne erected along the
\ front Of our athletic field II we succeed
| in carving our our plans No shall have a
laboratory which for beauty NJ de-iRn and
practical efficiency cannot be surpassed N
1 this country
! Rut N carry OUT these unselhsh plans for
| he dey slopmenf of vocational efficiency
/ and good citizenship Ne must secure the
support NJ The men who have rTo-peTed
! through or industri-- Tho industries which
I We are training men 20 engage m effectively
| Part 81 the money 40 urgently needed would
| he IN hand " the Tinted states Goyernmeut
I couid hs iaducsi through re members ~
| congress and senators n restore 20 The
J trustees the ssS.s'o taken from The ~ ginal
| stevens endowment thus uniu-'iv dis
} eliminating rEainsi an institution hen
starting pioneer educafiona movement
4 uhich bv 10 success presented a model for
l me guidance ~ many separate colleges ~
I engineering and departns Ms OF uuiveT.
/ stic>
! IN his parting t1lk n the graduates
I Dr. Humpnrcys sad There are many
! reform movements. so-clllei. hong
f u-es-ad for approval which are often
MT whai they zs.in ~ ua They are
not infreguen,ly advoratei by thns"
WIN grn absolutely incompetent N give
, Expert advice "a W" gue~firnS involved
] am surry - Siv that to- often u ~
lnlleEe men WIN nre IN" blind le7ding
tho blind Remember that IN these
Iuestiuns II public policy there must
-. ~ IN the engineering studies which
have been occupying ynur attention a.
Stevens. a balance between theory and
practice. Remember that the college
man of an men needs the ha lance wheel
y practical experience % prevent his
theory from running Mid
b careful how YOU accept the dictum
Il tho college professor - economies.
n that professor hls studied IN bpoSs
alone. rpart from the real activities ~
life Beware 70 tho advice II the prp-
fessional ref0ruer and the enthusiast
who h ready &, reform anything and
everything except tho movements m
| which he IL directly concerned.
/ Prof. Charles y kr1sh. 4. NJ, secre-
tarv u the faculty. presented the grad
yates upon whom DR. Humphreys CON
ferred the degree - mcdaniel engineer
The members ~ ~ VINO got the greatest
I anplause ~ they received their diplomas
were Hong Marx. a young Chinese who
was born In this country. and Gil Nelgz-
qIek. a Porto Ricrn.
Charles MacKay 81 InwoOd-on-the-
Hudson was the valeriictorian and Nelson
Ogden - summit. \. j.. was the sgluta-
torian.
The address ~ tho graduatlng class
vas delivered ~ Walter VI Mcfarland
A graduate ot Annapolis. Tor ten years
an engineer connected with the hahc ok
A wilcox company. His subject was
The Utility of EnNnoeung Education y
! Or Humphreys and Mr. Humphreys
gave a reception from 10 : = VI IN the
] Camegie laboratory u engineering ~
III. trustees. faculty. alumni graduating
class. undergraduates aud friends.