Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-05-18
HEAD or PRINCETON FORM
ALLY INDICTED INTO OFFICE
Many Notable Personages, Among
Them Pres. Taft and Justice White
Witness inauuuraI Ceremonies,

ucational institutions, and many thou
sand Princeton men and their guests as
Witnesses, John Grier Hibben, the
fourteenth president Of Princeton I'm
iversity, was formally indicted into
Office this morning.
4 The assemblage that crowded the
campus to see the inauguration was
one of the most brilliant that ever
gathered here, while the academic pa
rade, consisting of several thousand
! people led by President Taft and Chief
Justice White, was the largest ever
I held In Princeton. The parade con-
sisted of eleven different divisions.
/ containing the distinguished official
guests of the occasion; the many rep
resentatives from other institutions;
the trustees and faculty Of the Univer
/ sity; the alumni arranged according
to classes and finally the undergrad
yates led by Sam" White. the presi-
dent of the senior class.
\ DR.. Henry Van Dyke, Murray Pro
fessor of English in Princeton Univer-
sity, opened the inaugural exercises
with prayer and scripture reading af-
ter which the Hon. Mahlon Ptney 70
newly appointed Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court OF the United
states, delivered the oath of Office and
keys of the University we're delivered
to him by the Hon. John Altman Stew
art, senior trustee and ex-president
pro-tempore of the University. This
was followed by President Hibbon's
inaugural address on "The Essentials
of Liberal Education"
Immediately after the inaugural the
alumni guests and academic process
sion proceeded to the gymnasium
where luncheon was served. The big
gymnasium, beautifully decorated for
the OCCASION, was taxed to its utmost
the gallery being crowded with those
eager to hear the speeches following
the luncheon. X. Taylor Pyne 10 of
the board Of trustees acted as toast
master Speeches were made by Pres
ident Taft, Chief Justice White, Pres
ident Hibben, DR.. Frances Landley
Patton, president of the Princeton The
Princeton University President Abbot
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard Univer-
I sity, President Arthur Twlning Hadley
of Yale University, and President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University.
After the luncheon the annual base
ball game between Cornell and Prince
ton was held on Osborne Field, Presi-
dent Taft being an interested specta-
tor
President Hibben's inaugural adj
dress, The Essentials of Liberal Ed
ucation" treated with the various
phrases of erudition provided by the
colleges and outlined the precepts of
Princeton with relation to the instruc-
ton of the undergraduate, President
Hibben said in part.
I'm entering formally upon the du-
ties of the high Office of President of
Princeton University, | wish to pre-
sent in this inaugural address the es-
sential principles of our philosophy
of education. We believe that the
/,
ing of man. 1t is the process of de-
veloping a power within which enab-
les the human being to dominate the
instincts and habits of his animal ma
ture, assert himself as free person
ality and direct his life according to
the light OF reason.
"And freedom is the distinctive
mark of a vigorous personality, all
the processes of education must be
directed to secure this essential end.
Therefore the ideal university edu-
cation may be described as consist
ing of two phases,-a phase in which
every effort is directed to secure this
essential end Therefore, the ideal
university education may be described
as consisting of two phases.-a phase
"a which every effort is directed to
the attainment of freedom, and sec
ondly a progressive phase of develop
ment In which the freedom gained in
the earlier stages finds for itself verl-
ed pursuits and pleasures in the field
OF knowledge. There are indeed GER
tain fundamental ideas OF life. | do
not for a moment believe that the
whole world of knowledge is compos-
ed of shifting and variable elements,
so that we are constrained to acknow1-
edge that whatever is true today may
be false tomorrow. On the contrary,
| would urge with all the emphasis of
! my deepest conviction that there is a
body of universal truths, independent
of age and of race, which vitality con-
Germ the ultimate values of life and
which determine the possibilities of
human development. Such truths the
scholar must command II he in any
sense is to command the world in
which he lives.
THE University is not specifically
designed for the purpose of fitting a
man directly for the daily duties Of
his future work in life. II should not
attempt to develop particular talent
! for a particular task, but the whole
man No faculty of the mind can be