Evening journal., 1918-06-11
80 IN FIRST CLASS
AT WOMAN 5 COLLEGE
almost as Good TO be a
Woman as a Man." Says
DR.. Shaw
SHE MAKES SPECIAL
PLEA FOR TEACHERS

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, June 1.-THE frst
commencement exercises OF the
Womans College OF Delaware. fca-
tured by the graduation Of the pioneer
class OF the college. was largely at
tended, when diplomas were awarded Ia
thirty young women, whose names
were printed IN these columns yester-
day Or. Anna Howard Shaw, former
President OF the National Equal Suff-
rage Association. was the principal
speaker and was introduced by Dean
Winifred j. Robinson, OF the Woman's
College.
Or. shaw spoke OF the Significance
OF this first class OF college women
10 be graduated In Delaware as a token
Of the increasing recognition Of the
value OF educated motherhood She
said she would go further back in his
tory than Dr. William r. Taft, In his
address at Delaware College and show
what made II possible for the German
mind to accept the conditions imposed
by their warlord. Men do not pass
from civilization 10 barbarism In
day, she said The result can be traced
back to the education OF the people.
There Is a lesson In this for the
United States. remarked Dr. Shaw.
showing that education. environment
and ideals control and regulate con
duct
Dr. Shaw said she would take for her
text II / Were Young Again. She
admonished the graduates not TO dream
Of an age that was 10 come or one that
had passed, but 10 seek for opportuni-
/ ties In the present She said 10 is al
most as good today TO be a woman az
/ 10 be a man. Civilization is not mate
rial equipment but the progressive
emancipation OF the human spirit" she
said
She went back 10 her own days al
college and told something Of the strug-
giles al the time when Il was hardly
considered that women had minds.
They might have instinct or Intuition
She spoke OF ideals as the founda-
, tions OF the spiritual and political de-
: mocracy and defined ideal as the real
= and the realist thing in the world Il
, an ideal In speaking Of a recent con
a yersation she had with President WI
A son, she quoted him as saying that IN
Il most diflcult thing was 10 convinc
Il the European nations that we ar
u sincere in our ideals
re- Dr. Shaw was aplauded when sh
e. said 10 is better 10 be human than
Ir. be Just man or woman. She pa
ir. tribute 10 the womeh who have dil
rs for the cause Of freedom in this mo
an recent struggle.
re Two things she would do, II 81
sh were young again BE so possessed
In the principle Of right, so absorbed !
an ideal that that ideal will live
no me. and so filled with a love Of huma
an ity that ! could never lose faith in q
D ultimate triumph Of the human spiI
en- over the power OF evil"
an Or. shaw said she did not agree wi
- Colonel Roosevelt when he remarks
be that a woman was unit 10 be a moth
Ct unless she would raise her boy 10 be
ze soldier. "A woman is only unflt TO
Is a mother when she fails 10 raise ht
le boy 10 be a man." she said. u is bt
e cause our boys are men" that the
make such splendid soldiers. In speak
ing OF war work for women, DR.. shaw
: said her duties were less clearly de
nned than the mems. She made a spe
cial plea for teachers.
some OF the men present may say
that ] have said nothing about these
young women getting married and
making homes" said DR.. Shaw. fThey
are so much TO get resdy 10 be mar
ried as 10 get married when they
are ready"
Whatever broadens and educates a
woman, or makes her Of more use
to the world. said Or. Shaw, makes
!. her a better success in marriage.
% In conclusion the speaker said.
Thank God for the splendid men
J and women Of this country, who viii
i give their best efforts and their lives II
necessary for an IDEAL"
}. Miss Violet oakley, artist. was given
= the honorary degree OF Doctor Letters
0 art and Miss Annie Cannon the hon
e orsry degree Of Doctor Of Science (As-
< tronomy)