Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-16
RUTGERS HOLDS
CLASS DAY FETE
Newark Men Take Prominent
Part in Festive Annual Col
lege Exercises.
[speclaI to the Newark star.l

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June 10.
The members of the Rutgers gradu-
ating class held their class day ex-
ereises today. The campus pre-
scented festive appearance from
early morning. gay with the colored
froeks of the mothers and aunts, SIS
ters and sweethearts of the seniors
The formal celebration of the day
started this afternoon in the Robert
r. Ballantine gymnasium with the
address of the president of the class,
Frederick ]. Johnson, of Point Pleas
ant, n. ]. The class Grafton was de-
livered by Harold w. Schenck, of
Plainfield, and the class poem was
read by Earl r. Silvers, of Railway.
Donald Ravens, of New Brunswick,
read the history of the class, recount
ing among the athletic achievements
of the class the scoring of touch
down against Princeton. The ad-
dress to the undergraduates was de-
livered by T. Vassar Morton, of New
ark. Then came the class prophecy
by Jesse B. Leslie, of Newark, in
which the honor men were depicted
as having to earn their daily bread
by the sweat of their brows while
the less diligent members of the class
were enjoying otium cum dignitate
leisure with dignity as captains of
industry and leaders in high finance.
Then the class mementoes were
presented by Francis E. Weis, of
Trenton. and G. Raymond Robinson,
of Moorestown.
The audience then moved over to
Queens campus, where the class me-
mortal, a beautiful bronze tablet,
was unveiled and presented to the
college on behalf of the class by
Ralph E. Cooper, of Newark.
After the presentation of the me-
mortal tablet the address to the pres
ident of the college was delivered by
Clifford E. Dennis, of Hamburg, n.
j., and the ivy GRAFTON was given by
Charles II. Connors, of Highland
Park. while the ivy was planted by
Henry A. Cozzens, jr., of Newark.
The class tree was planted with suit
able oratory by Lambert j. Leonard,
of Highland, n. Y, while the soil
was carefully packed about its roots
by Theodore Van Wrinkle, of Ruther-
ford Miles Ross. OF New Brunswick,
held the class entranced by a Pipe
Dream" given the more high-sound-
ing title of pipe Grafton on the pro-
gram and the class day exercises
were concluded with the singing of
ION the Banks of the Old Raritan."
President Demarest took for his text
Second Corinthians 517: Therefore
if any man be in Christ he is a new
creature; old things are passed away;
behold all things are become new"
President Demarest said in part:
Amid the changes of the world,
the new civilization, the new condi-
tons of any age or land, the great
est change is that of a soul reward.
1t means a new life-level, a new life
ideal a new life-vision, new life
power. The renewal is by the spirit
and power of Christ, who teaches,
inspires and controls Education is
at best the building of the new man
hood the increase of the power OF
the Christian life. A supreme truth
in the text is that the world itself
is new to the new Christian spirit.
Fields of highest human experience
are opened, unknown before. Going
out into the world. going out into
life is first of all and best of all
going out into possibilities and
achievements and enjoyments of the
spiritual and abiding sort. The king
dom of God is in some manner seen,
understood and possessed