Newark post., 1915-06-09

Tha Oratorv was abandoned for
the campus today, the occasion Oh t
the snnual commencement eXer- T
ciseS at Delaware College. A per-
feet June day favored the plan +
which seemed to win the approval I
of everyone, and gave to hundreds t
who otherwise would have been {
crowded out, an opportunity to
eniov the splendid program. The
exercises opened with PRAYER by
Rev. G. T. Anderson, of Whining
ton, who has two sons in the grad
uating class. Student oratlons
followed: "The Importance OF a
College Training for the Engineer
inc Profession" by Allen Sher-
wood Wise; "The Widespread In
tarest in Agriculture" by Wash
ington Irving Brockson; The
Rible in the College Curriculum,
Russell Paynter.
DR.. S. C. Mitchell, president OF
the College, referred to the occa-
sion as prominently fathers ana
mothers day-the day when
crowned the sacrifices made that
their boys might be kept in col
lege. The commencement address
was made by DR.. Charles r.
Thwing, president of Western Re
serve University, whom Or.
Mitchell pronounced the foremost
,vri+er unon educational history in
our country.
DR.. Thwing in Introductory re-
marks referred to the beautlful
setting for the occasion-the cere-
monv in the month of roses, OF
green fields and of blossoming gar
dens: to the gothic arches made by
the old linden trees, carrying us
hack hundreds of years in sugges-
tiveness. DR.. Thwing's subject
was The Scholar" which he con-
sidered in five relations, first, as a
student; second, as a thinker
third, as an interpreter; fourth,
as an apostle; fifth, as a priest
The speaker emphasized the I'M
portance of continuing to be a stu
dent throughout ones life.
TO be a student in college Is
GOOD" DR.. Thwing declared, tic
be a student outside of college Is
better" He urged the young mer
now graduating to be students II
order that they may become THINK
ers. and referred to President Wi
son as an illustration of one Whf
bv means of scholarship had ac
uuired the power of becoming ONT
of the thinkers of the world.
thinking is both the cause AM
the result of Interpretation. IN
scholar must learn to interpre
life in the terms of personal ade
ouacy, social efficiency, and worl
vision." Great stress was lald D
the speaker on the Importance 0
attaining a world vision. I'm thl
time of the crisis of nations, Amer
ica must not forget the world V
sion. The differences and natlo1
alities are only superficial thlng
Our scientists tell us there IS
racial blood. No test of the mlcr'
scope can distinguish the blood
Hindu or Anglo-Saxon." AS a
example of a man of this type u
speaker referred to James bfyc
. Fifty years ago." he declare
''he wrote a history OF the no
Roman Empire, still recognized
a classic. In his American Cor
monwealth he helped US to al
cover ourselves. He has becor
the interpreter of South Africa,
South America, and of the Sou
Seas. A member of the Britl
cabinet, of the House of Lords ;
professor of History at OXfor
Ambassador of Great Britain
this country, he stands spleno
axamnle of the scholar, gentlems
and thinker.
= DR.. Thwing congratulated De
ware upon her great preside
whom he said he had known
wears, and upon the union
forces in the State institution
condition which exists in no gre
ar degree in any of the bevy
states. He referred to the NOR
bill, representing the support
a the~nation; the appropriate
Y representing the force OF
y State: and now the indlvld
hanefactor bearing his gifts
I asking the institution to acc
the offering.