Evening star., 1911-06-07
MANY GET DEGREES SEES A DOUBLE DU
George Washington University Relation of the Government
Holds Commencement individuals.
ADDRESS OF DR.. BROWN VIEW OF CHAIRMAN GA
Says College Man Has Much Appears Again
to Change American Ideals. Investigating COMMITTEE
STUDENT ORAT1ONS DELIVERED DENIES MONOPOLY Is s0UG
Changed commends
tions Of PresentDay Tennessee Coal Com
Their Theme. pany's Case n 1907.
ADDRESS OF DR.. BROWN
Says College Man Has Done Much
to Change American Ideals.
STUDENT ORAT10Ns DELIVERED
Both Speakers Take Changed Condi-
tions Of Present-Day Life
as Their Theme.

out Of the changed conditions with re-
spect to the thoughts. customs and insti-
tutions OF the people Of this country was
the principal theme Of every address de-
1ivered at the ninetieth annual commence
ment Of George Washington University.
held In the Belasco Theater this morning.
The coincidence Of each speaker having
selected the same subject was striking
factor in support of'their assertions that
a new order Of things has been ushered In
Delivering the two student orations OF
the occasion, Roy Linney Deal OF the
college Of arts and sciences, and PAU
Earl Bradley of the department OF law
discussed government control OF INDUS
tries and the achievement of American
ideals in education as being necessarily
accompaniment of the new regime
Their addresses paved the way Tor the
principal speaker. DR.. Elmer Ellsworth
Brown, United States commissioner OF
education and chancellOr-eect OF New
York University. who asserted tnat the
college man has welded no little innu-
ence in bringing about the vast change
In American democracy, and that he
must become a leader as that democracy
expands.
Theater Is Crowded.
The theater was packed with the rela-
tives and friends Of the graduates when
the exercises began promptly at 1880
O'Clock. Rear Admiral Charles II. Stock
ton. president Of the university, and MEM
bers Of the faculty and of the board OF
trustees occupied seats on the stage,
which was decorated with cut flowers,
palms and banners Of the institution. The
graduates sat in body In front OF the
stage.
After the invocation had been pro-
nounced by the Rev. John e. Briggs,
Mr.. Doal was introduced as the hrst
speaker. He discussed the future OF
monopolies and declared that while
the Standard Oil and American Tobacco
companies may reorganize In such
one for a moment believes they will
lose their control over the markets
which they have built up. Large scale
production has come to stay, he as
serted, despite what decisions the Su-
preme Court may render or what laws
Congress may pass. The only remedy,
he urged. will be governmental control
Of prices.
"The federal government must secure
the power to fix rates and prices" he
an interstate business. The fact that on
the day following tho Supreme Court
decision In the OIL case Standard OH
stock advanced shows that hath, the company my
market, and the public does not think It
WILL"
When the government shall have Sc
cured power to fix prices. Mr.. Deal said,
guaranteed the stocks of corporations
and made them almost as firm as gov
ernment bonds. He urged that the m
terstate commerce commission be the
Of industries. as the commission has
clearly indicated that 1t possesses the
machinery for such work.
Production Will Be Larger.
Large scale production will become
larger" he said. But when we have
governmental control we will have more
wealth at less cost. And then there will
not be 1oo0O, 90 people In poverty in this
country to mock civilization and raise
the red flag OF anarchy"
In tracing the growth Of American
ideals in education Mr.. Bradley at
tributed the new democracy to an in
crease in the intelligence of the masses.
declaring that our form of government
is based on that intelligence. There have
been many educational forces at work.
he asserted, and Americans generally
have grasped at all the opportunities
offered to extend their education. The
result has been that the masses have
begun to center their thoughts on the
social and political needs Of the country
and have furnished the stimulus for the
new national life.
Mr. Bradley lauded the efforts Of An
drew Carnegie in behalf of international
peace and declared that the men of
America are teaching the world the les
SONS cf peace.
Commissioner Brown was introduced as
the third speaker.
Commissioner Browns Address.
In his address Commissioner Brown de-
clared that American colleges are chang
ing and that a new form of democracy
is arising in America He discussed the
relationship Of college art and science to
this form of democracy and the part
that the college man of the future will