The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-25
DEAN {. c. PERISHO
DELIVERS ADDRESS :
At COLLEGE TODAY
South Dakota Educator Urg)
eS Earlham Graduates
TO Aid Humanity.
HE GETS A DEGREE,
EX-Speaker Cannon Princi-
pal Speaker AT Exercises
Late Yesterday.

The Fifty-second Commencement OF
Earlham ended this morning when for
ty-eight young men and women were
sent forth into the world bearing the
Earlham stamp" as Dean Perisho re-
marked.
The address was delivered by Dean
Ellwood Chappell Perisho. ST. of the
University of South Dakota.
That the college is more than a
place to learn philosophy. history. and
literature was the message of Dean
Perisho TO the graduating class II Is
the training school for citizenship. and
should concern itself with the prob
lens which must be solved to main
tain this great and independent repub-
lie. The questions facing the grad
yates OF the decade are those of con-
servation. industrial progress the
proper distribution Of the population,
and international peace. Dean Per
isho pleaded with the class of 1913 to
attack these issues with all the en-
, thusiasm and energy OF their youth.
The Degrees Conferred.
OF the forty-eight degrees conferred
there were thirty-two bachelors OF
art; fifteen bachelors of science and
one master of arts.
BY a vote of the Trustees. honorary
degrees were granted to John Albert
Thompson. b. s., so, and Deem
Perisho. B. s., ST.
Professor Thompson was given an
| honorary Master OF Arts.
For some time he was Professor OF
Medicine in the Miami Medical Col.
lege. and later instructor in the med
ical school of the University Of Gin
cinnati.
A Degree for Perisho.
The degree Doctor of Law was con.
ferred on Dean Ellwood Perisno v ho
was for some time a graduate fellow
in the University of Chicago. has
since been a prominent theologist and
educator, and is now Dean of the Uni
versity of South Dakota.
After the invocation by DR.. s. r..
Lyons. President Robert l. Kelly In
troduced Dean Perisho whose subject
was The College and the State"
ITO a man who sometimes speaks
in public" said Dean Perisho, there
| is no greater pleasure than In ad-
dressing young men and young wom-
en- who have not lost the pleasure OF
youth. Today my pleasure is maxi
mum. Here are young men and wom-
en-, and their friends enthusiastic
about what they have achieved In the
past, and what they will accomplish
in the future"
Recalled Former Days.
1 IL -
trasted the commencement exercises
of his class with those of the present
/ graduating class.
| Paying a tribute ito Earlham, he
said, Somehow or other. whether IL
can be explained or not, IL is a pleas
ure to those of us who 60 out and re-
main interested. that Earlham will al
ways put a stamp on the young men
and women which is not lost In the
years that follow
/ There is a certain rope company
| that for years has woven a silk cord
/ into the center of every inch of rope
IL manufactured. You can cut the rope
I wherever you may be and IL will speak
. for itself. Some how or other, Mr..
/ President, you and the faculty have
I put SlIkcH IuFtAO. In6 E<afln&m
stamp, on every student that has gone
from these halls.
A Distinctive Mark.
There is a trade mark made in
Germany. Wherever you go you will
find men wearing on their faces and
marked on their hearts Educated in
Earlham.
I'VE heard. yesterday. from a distin-
guished man. that there are many
false prophets. many rulers who are no
longer statesmen. politicians who bow
to the depths Of being mere dema-
gogues.
We speak about education as get
ting ready TO live. We are living in q
time. when political parties and their
factions are trying TO let the people
have a voice in the government Popu-
lar government by the people Is the
cry. Everywhere we hear Let the
People Rule
Must Educate Voters.
How are the people going to rule
if they do not know how TO rule One
Of the duties OF the college should be
training you, young men and women,
to cast your votes. as intelligent
American citizens. The existence Of
our Republic depends upon training
and educating the masses.
What are the questions with which
the schools and colleges should con-
cern themseIves'
Before The people can expect TO
maintain great states and an indepen-
dent nation. the masses must have an
education coextensive with the needs
of citizenship. The last census reveal
ed that less than fifteen per cent OF
the people have studied civics and the
science of government How can We
expect to build up great republic and
maintain an independent nation. when
not one-fourth, or even one-hfth, OF
the people have studied the funda-