Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-24
U. OF P. OPENED
BY PROVOST in
Gym" SERVICE
Registration Figures Ex-
pected to Exceed 5000,
Breaking Records
NEW MEN IN FACULTY

Provost Smith opened the fail term of
the University of Pennsylvania in the
gymnasium today. The great crowd of
students who cheered the provost to the
echo in the assembly room was only
fraction OF the undergraduate body, which
it is confidently expected from all indica-
tions will exceed 5000 when the figures
are complete and ready for publication
early in November. Last year the regis
tration totaled 7152.
These figures, of course include the
graduate schools and the extension schools
upstate.
The big auditorium in the gymnasium
was packed to the doors when Provost
Smith at 10 o'clock asked the assembled
thousands to sing "Onward, Christian
Soldiers" On the platform was an i'm
pressive semicircle in which sat the nine
deans and the vice provost in their
academic robes, with the bright colors OF
their hoods showing their degrees
Provost Smith showed no effects of
his recent illness. He seemed greatly
moved by tine demonstration of the stu
dents and IN the reading of the lesson,
1 Corinthians, xiii. or, rather, the reel
tation of 1t from memory In his ad-
dress he referred to the great success OF
the summer school, which had had more
than 1000 students while his hearers had
been on their vacations, and he expressed
the belief the school had an even greater
future.
He spoke words of advice to the various
classes quoting from the writings of for
mer provosts, especially of those of the
18Th century. When he came to the fresh
men he made a most pressing plea that
they look forward to their careers as
precious things that no love of present
pleasure should impair Each freshman,
he said, should think of the man he
| ought to be in the '2Os and '9Os of this
century. when he would reap what he
had sown. He warned them against
sowing wild oats, and spoke of the sopho-
mores who had dropped out of last years
class because they had neglected theiI
opportunities.
The Provost announced the gift of th,
Maria Hosmer Penniman Memorial Ii.
brary to the University. 1t is presented
by James Hosmer Penniman, brother oi
Vice Provost Penniman, in memory oi
his mother, who was Mrs. James Ian.
man Penniman.
Several promotions of assistant pro
fessors and instructors were noted. Tn,
| most interesting of these. I'm view of tn,
| attitude of the trustees on Nearing's rad
| ical tendencies, was the promotion OF
+. NJ Patterson, instructor in finance, Il
be assistant professor of economics. He
| is Nearing man and radical enough Il
have written a book" IL being generally
understood these days that men with con
| SENTATIVE ideas on economics do not writ,
books, judging from student comment.
The true college spirit will be In evi
dence tonight at the University OF Penn
sylvania at a reception which will b,
| rendered the new students by the Chris
tian Association In the gymnasium.
The joys OF sport and the social sid,
of college life will be explained by tn,
leading athletes and officers of the senio
| class.
Then. too. there will be an abundanc,
of college songs and cheers by way o.
variety between the addresses.
Addresses win be made by the follow
ing team captains: Il. ID. Harris. football
j. e. Meredith, track; j. Mann. Jr., base
ball. and w. u. Chiekering, crew. Incl
| dentAlly. "Pick" Marshall will talk es
| peciRIly on football to the freshmen e
]. McNicholl will discuss basketball anC
Mike" Dorizas will talk on minor sports
Gordon A. Hardwick, president OF tn,
senior class, will preside.