The Greeley tribune., 1911-08-03

quarterly event at the State Teach
ers' college hereafter. each class re-
ceiving its diplomas at the end OF
the fall, winter, and spring terms,
and at the close of summer school.
Appropriate exercises will be held,
depending in elaborateness some
what upon the number OF graduates
at each commencement. The June
copvocation, when al those who
have finished their course during
the preceding school year will be
present. will continue to be the big
event.
Thursday night the summer school
commencement was held In the
Christian church, when eighty-seven
graduates received diplomas consti-
tuting life certificates to teach. Nine
received the degree Of A. B. in Edu-
cation, "a the degree of Pd. NJ, and
"A the degree of Pd. B.
The eighty-seyen students VINO
were to receive graduation honors
at the hands of the board fled up
from the basement. properly capped
and gowned, and took the seats re-
served for them in front of the
platform, upon which were seated
Professor Kepner. acting president
Of the board of trustees, DIR. 2. X.
Snyder, president of the school,
Mrs. Thalia NJ. Rhoades and W. p.
Dunlavy, members of the board; DR..
Hamlin Garland, who made the
principal address, and Revs. NJ. R.
Kerr and ]. L. Thompson.
The summer school chorus OF
thirty members under the leader
ship of Prof. Theo. Fitz. rendered
the Infamatus from the Stabet
Mater, and Rev. Kerr gave the in
vocation.
Address to Graduates
President Snyder then made the
statement that in the future each
class having finished the prescribed
course would be graduated at the
close of a term, thus making four
graduations each school year, in
Guiding the one at the close of the
summer school. The class gradual
ing last night is the first installment
of the graduates of the class Of
1912. President Markham of the
board being unavoidably absent, DF.
Snyder presented Acting President
Kepner, who, in a few brief words
spoke of the unconscious influence
Of the teachers character and per-
sonality upon pupils and especially
upon the young mind of the child
of from six to ten years.
To illustrate his point he told the
story of William Duncan, Scotch
man, who went among the Siwash
Indians in British Columbia, and
who, almost unaided, succeeded in
raising them from the utmost
depths OF human degradation to
state of industry. honesty and COM
parative civilization, finally, when
pushed to make his charges regular
"churchmen". rebelling and moving
1000 members of the tribe to an
Island of the Alaskan coast, on
unaided and apart from white as
sociation or assistance, a post office,
large stores, a saw mill and other
Industries, all of which has been
brought about through the influence
of this one earnest Scotchman. who
lived consistently the principles
which he taught.
Following President Kepner's re-
marks the class rose, filed past the
platform and received their di-
plomas at his hands. Professor Fftz
then sang THE Border Ballade"
from the "Monasterie', and DR..
Snyder presented DR.. Hamlin Gar
land, whom he called the first critic
of western art.
Hamlin Garland Explains
DR.. Garland prefaced his address
with the statement that America
should have an art of its own, a
literature of it's own, and stop bor-
rowing from those of other nations.
He stated that his mornings talk at
the school had been misquoted by
the newspaper. in that he had said
that 1.-The Americans are too eccen-
tric". What he actually said was,
Americans are too eclectic, very
different word He believes in the
New Nationalism, and the larger
patriotism, and the steady develop
ment of the national side of our
lives. The railroad, the telephone
and the telegraph are binding the
nation closer and bringing about a
broad, deeper feeling of patriotism.
The colonials did not understand
each other. They were not really
acquainted with each other. When
it took two weeks to travel from
New York to Boston, and when the
man to whom a letter was addressed
was frequently dead before it reach
national feeling that exists today
He believes in the federal govern
ment. and has not sympathy with
sectionalism as against that govern
ment. The Newer Patriotism that
puts the nation before any section
or locality will bring about closer
union of the states than has ever
been dreamed of. He declared, how
ever. that he had lectured enough
He wanted to introduce a new hero,
the cowboy and the pioneer. the
forest ranger. To be q forest ranger
means to be q man. II his duty IL
fulflled. man Is a hero. He thought
he had said enough of pedagogy.
tHe stumbled on pedagogy-And
admitted it. Said It was the most
distressing word In the English
panguage.) Bat he would open .
window, and let the cool air in. He
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