The Detroit times., 1911-06-26
CROWDS FLOCK TO
COMMENCEMENT
IvsIdent Hu1cI1lns Opens Exercises
with speech Urging Regulation
q 'Trasts.

ANN ARBoR. Mich. June 2ss-This
comn1encomen week at Ann Arbor,
ma the city IL diled with students,
|eIatives and retnrhing alumni, who
<et back each year 20 see how the old
town looks aimee they left r.
The exercises started last night
when President Harry b. .Hutchins. for
no second time since he became presi-
dent of the university OF Michigan, de-
lIvered the annual baccalureate adj
dress OF the grad The exercises
we're held i'm BniyeFsity hall which
was comfortabIY MED IN z adj tion
20 President Hutnhins'l address. form
or President James p. rAngelimade q
few remarks and there WAS d musical
program. -.----'3- ,....s-
President Hutchins said I'm part:
Until very recently university
eduoation as a preparation for q
purely business career was not only
very generally regarded as unnec-
cesary but IL was by not few con-
sidered to be n positive detriment.
The school Of life and experience was
said To- be the only school for develop
ing the practical man of affairs. High
er education, excepting as a prepare
ton for the professions or for ca
recr distinctly intellectual, was con-
sidered a luxury.
The great business concern Is now
organized and conducted I'm conform
ity 10 modern scientific principles; It
seeks moro and more the university
trained man. for experience has shown
that II he be of the right fiber and
one who can adapt himself to the
4 In. ~. va he q rI1la
IS the man who can best apply scien.
tific methods TO business conditions.
Private means, and individual ef.
fort and control are no longer ade-
ouafe for the carrying out or the
many and farreaching projects that
the modern brain conceives. Com
binations have come to stay. They
are necessities To attempt to elm
mate them would be futile. To de-
stroy them would be unwise for their
destruction would be fatal blow to
modern progress. But to regulate
them so that Individual rights and in
dividual interests and the rights and
interests OF the public shall be prop
erly conserved, this is the great prob
lem Of the present, and this will be
the continuing great problem OF the
future.
Today class day exercises were held
and tonight the annual senior prom,
undoubtedly the prettiest and most
spectacular feature Of commencement
week work. will be held on the cam
pus. The seniors. In past years have
not been very fortunate in the selec-
ton OF the date for the prom"
rain usually having spoiled the festiyi-
ties.
Thousands Of gaily colored Japanese
lanterns are strung from the trees on
the campus, the varsity band does Its
very best to make itself heard above
the noise OF the thousands of tongues,
and the seniors pc. ade up and down
the wide campus walks until they grow
tired. Then comes the annual play
3 BY the senior girls In Sarah Caswell
ANGEL hall, and the event is over.
The law class held its class day ex-
ercises today in University hall, and
they were witnessed by good-sized
crowd. The program was as followss
Address, Charles J. McFadden, class
president: history Of the class. Edward
B. Kewer: poem, Elmer e. Erb; ora
ton. William r. Schneider; prophecy,
John G. Murray: presentation of the
class memorial, q portrait Of Dean
Bates done In oil. Roy j. Adair; adj
dress, Regent J. = Beal
Tomorrow morning the literary class
. MI hold its class day exercises under
# Iappan Oak, and at 3 p. m, and again
~ night the Ben Greet Players will
present Shakespeare plays.
Wednesday will be alumni day, and
. hundreds of alumni are expected to
be here for the various exercises Re-
f Unions OF la.ge number Of classes
VIII be held and there win be ball
F games.
The week viii close with the COM
mencernent exercises and the COM
mencement dinner on Thursday, and
~ Sunday all save the summer stu
dents will have departed for their