The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-25
Sixteen, One From Detroit, Are
Granted Honorary Titles by
State University
"WORLD APPEARS MAD"
SAYS PRESIDENT JAMES
Cites Present Conditions and
Says Spread of Learning is
Only Remedy

gan upon the occasion OF the celebra-
ton OF it's SEVENTEEN annual com
mencement exercises in tHill audi
torium.
In addition to the degrees granted
( the graduates, honorary degrees were
conferred upon the following 10 per
sons: Hon. Henry S. Hurlbut, De-
troit, master OF laws; Pob TuthiH,
Kansas City, Mo-, and William w.
\ Follett, Ell Paso, Tex, master of en-
( cheering: DR.. Dean T. Smith. Ann
Arbor, and. Andrew S. Mitchell, Wash
& ington, ID. c., master Of science;
Franklin Pierce Adams, New York
city, DIR. Victor Hugo Jackson, New
! York city, Mrs. Cornelia Steketes
Hulst, Grand Rapids, Mich, Miss An
ME Duxbury Clark, kalamazoo, and
DIR. Robert Bruce Preble, Chicago,
master OF arts; Prof. Henry Crew,
Evanston, H., and Hon. Dean G. Wor-
cester, the Philippine islands, doctor
OF science; John Maxcy, Chicago,
7 Hon. Francis S. Baker, Chicago, DR..
Edmund James James, president OF
the University or Illinois, and DR..
Rudolph e. Brunnow. Princeton, n.
! j., doctor OF laws.
Preceding the commencement ex'
ercises proper was an academic pro
cession from the campus to Hill audi
forum which was at once a dignitied
and q spectacular event The gradu-
ates, led by a band, headed the pro-
cession, wearing the academic dress
prescribed for them, and following
them came the heads Of the institu.
ton, the faculty members, the candi-
dates for honorary degrees, and the
alumni of the institution.
President Edmund James James of
the University OF Illinois, who deliv-
cred the commencement address, con-
graduated the graduates upon their
choice Of an institution in which to
acquire their higher learning.
He spoke in part as follows:
II congratulate the members Of the
class, first of all, in starting In life
as college graduates, for in spite OF
the jests and gibes at the expense of
the college graduate, there never was
time In which the mere fact OF col
lege graduation came so near making
out a prima facie case of desirability
and effciepcy as at the present time.
/ wish to emphasize the great good
fortune OF these young people In en-
tering the great republic OF letters
and science through the doorway OF
an American university; for, in my
opinion, the American university is
built today upon broader lines, on
sounder foundations, on a more demo
cratic plan, and has a more promising
outlook than the universities OF any
other country, not even excepting
Germany itself
Finally, / congratulate the MEM
bers OF the class because they chose
TO enter the great guild OF learning
through the doors OF Michigan univer-
sity, the mother of state universities,
the leader in the field OF state educa-
ton, the greatest and most renowned
institution In the Mississippi valley.
The state OF Michigan was the frst
state In the Union TO plan a univer-
sity system which was to be an inte-
grail part OF comprehensive educa-
scheme. AS Michigan was the first
great American state university, so II
has remained the greatest OF them all
down to the present time.
x wish to urge upon the graduates
two things which should be OF COM
mon interest to you all, no matter
what career you may choose. First,
that you should be animated by a de-
sire. 10 be OF service to society, to
demonstrate that the state was wise
in making the sacrifice involved in
building up and supporting these
state universities. You owe a debt
70 the people of this commonwealth,
which you can only return by service
70 the community. IL you use your
vantage ground simply TO get cinch
upon your less fortunate neighbors,
and exploit your superior education
and superior opportunities to the dis
advantage of your fellow citizens, you
viii become a menace and curse to
society instead of a blessing.
The university man ought, in the
second place, to do his work in the
community not only in the spirit OF
service but in the spirit of science.
The whole world at present seems
10 have become hysterical. Every
country In the world is going through
ferment spiritual, intellectual, NOR
al the like Of which We haven't seen
for a century past. The wild antics
OF the suffragets In Great Britain. the
bloodthirsty orgies In Macedonia and
Thrace and Turkey, the terrific and
destructive contest In Mexico. the
condition OF anarchy in Colorado. and
corresponding conditions In Italy. in
France, In Germany, all seem TO show
that somehow or other the world has
at certain points gone mad. The GU
rious superstitions and vagaries OF all
kinds TO which even college, bred PEG
pie are subject prove how slow our
progress is from that world OF igno-
rance and superstition and inefi.
cheney and apathy and Indifference,
which we call barbarism, and which
we aatter ourselves lies behind us,
into that condition OF enlightenment
to which we give the name civiliza-
ton.
II believe that the greatest prog
ress which can come 10 the American
people and 10 the human race in the
years TO come, must spring from an
ever wider spread Of the kingdom OF
knowledge"
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discovered In Vincent Stanley. Watch
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down and severely injured but insist.