New-York tribune., 1918-06-13
Calls ON College
Youths to Stick
To Their Studies
Chancellor Brown of N. Y.
u. Advises Against
Leaving Books

Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown of
the New York University, at the eighty
sixth annual commencement exercises
yesterday, made forccful appeal to
college undergraduates in the United
States to resist the lure OF adventure
and, instead of rushing to the nearest
recruiting station, to stick to their
books until the completion Of their
regular courses Of instruction.
Chancellor Brown told the $50 mem
bcrs OF the graduating class that the
country is facing a grave danger be-
cause Of the lowering of educational
standards. An arn,y oe undergraduates
has hocked to the coIors. he explained.
and many universities are graduating
students Drematurcly so that the young
men may enter the service.
"We shall soon be entering upon a
period OF world reconstruction he
said, "and it is obvious that the need
of thoroughly trained men will be
Of us. Many years of stress and diff
ticulty arc undoubtedly stretching out
before us.
"We must counsel our half trained
students to get themselves trained up
to standard form for that struggle.
il they really love their country more
than they love adventure, more than
they love the glorious eXhilaration of
danger, they will make themselves
ready now for the need that only long
and laborions training can satisfy
Owe know perfectly well that. with
rare exceptions, a young college man
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country by sticking to his present
task than by rushing off to the recruit
ing office that, according to his guess,
Will bring him soonest to the firing
line. This country is settling down
to struggle, not for weeks, but for
years"
Now York University has about 1890
students and members Of the faculty
in various branches of the service.
Because of the war the graduating
class showed a decrease of $50 students
from last year, when diplomas were
given to 800.
Dr.. David Jayne Hill, former Ambas
sador to Germany, in the commence
ment day address declared that with
a few exceptions the German univer-
stiles have been proragandists of i'm
pcrialistic doctrines in the realms of
law, economies, history and philoso-
ply:
"All the sciences have marched like
soldiers in this war" he said. "Al,
their resources have been devoted in
some manner to make war more ter
rible than it ever should be-
"If human science is thus to be per-
verified for the wholesale destruction
Of those who oppose an imperial will
it would be better for mankind if ii
were wholly forgotten and that we
should all return to the conditions OF
! the Age Of Stone.
The university conferred the degree
| OF Master of Humane Letters upor
Mrs. Ruth Ferriss Russell, member oil
! New York's Board of Education. Other
| honorary degrees conferred were:
! Henry Pomeroy Dawson, New Yorl
banker, LII. D.; Charles Hitchcock Sher
rill. Adjustant General of the State O.
New York, Ii. D.. Justice Luke DAME
Stapleton, of the Supreme Court Of
the State of New York, LII. D.;
Surgeon General William Craw
ford Gorgas of the United States
Army, who received his degree weeh
ago, LII. D.; the Rev. Daniel Russell
pastor of Rutgers Presbyterian Church
d. D.; Charles Edward Amory Winslow
! professor of public health, Yale Uni.
versity, Doctor of Public Health
| Charles Michael Schwab, Director Gen
eral of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton, Doctor of Commercial Science.
Scores of alumni of the university
wearing uniforms Of the army and navy
attended the commencement day ex