Newark post., 1911-06-21

Delaware Commencement of 1911 pass
ed into history as a great success. Long
before the hour had arrived friends from
waiting for permission to enter. After
the entrance OF graduates, Board of
Trustees, ETC., the asles filled and stand
ing room was at premium.
The invocation by Archdeacon Hall, Of
Wilmington, preceded the orations of the
graduates, representative from each de-
partment enumerating the merits of his
chosen held.
Willard Perkins Shakespeare, who rep
resented the classical department, oS-
ing to illness, was unable to be present
The first oration by John VanGasken
Pos lies told of the engineers function
in conservation of our National Re-
sources He mentioned the period of
settlement when it was necessary to
clear the land, followed by careless
waste OF the timber characteristic of the
| later period, stating that at the pres
| ent rate our forest could only last 80
years. The past has dealt all our nat
| ural resources with too generous a hand.
70 gain like results with less expenditure
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| loys of iron construction of machines
| to save metals, irrigation, opening up
| of streams to navigation. Such men
| must be the product of colleges where
he has been taught to think.
| C. T. McChesney, of Elkton, Md, dis
cussed The Utility of Practical Educa-
| tion. The technically educated and the
| self made men were compared and the
point strongly emphasized that "tech-
nical education does not offer panacea
for negligence and inability"
H. s. Garrison, Cheswold, represented
che Agricultural Department. He told
| of the change of ideas in this teaching
! which now aims to reach all people, ra-
ther than merely the young. He be-
leves no other institution with the ex-
ception of the church is doing so much
for the country, and that the agricultural
college and church should work shoulder
to shoulder and side by side.
The commencement address by the
Hon, w. T. SmitE~rs was filled with
faith in this generation and apprecla-
tion of the times.
He stated his object: the dropping of
a few words of encouragement and sug-
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on "New World Problems in this age
of unparalleled opportunity.
The child of the century, the speaker
said, Is OPPORTUNITY. Now there is a
flower growing in every garden, on every
mountain top, at every cottage door, as
well as by the palace-the flower OP-
PORTUNITY. 1t has not always been so
To older civilizations the door was
shut and across it's front was carved in
toughest chara. ters-NO ADMITTANCE
In far-off ages the flower scarcely bloom
ed. The world never knew the mean
ing of the word until the beginning o1
the 10th century. The struggle of the
ancient world was tor power and pro-
motion Of vainglDrious things rather
than for human better.uent. The fifteen
tn century was well-nigh ended wher
u the little boat touched the West 1ndiar
shores and brought one faint glimmer tt
,he world On July 4th, 1776, the doors
lung wide and OPPORTUNITY scatter
ed her precious flowers. But man hat
b~en rendered stupid and recognized !
o-ly slowly It remained for the nine
teenth century to open the eyes-thi
age. the grandest that ever fell from
Gods benefcent hand.
Turning to the graduates, the speake
impressed upon them the richness 0
their environment. Little comes with
out effort. The eagles wings grew ou