New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Perpetuation P of Triumph on
Battlefield Theme of Pres
ident Hibben's Baccalau-
reate Sermon at Princeton
Specinl Corresnondence

Special Correspondence
PRINCETON, N. j., June d5.-John
Grier Hibben, president Of Princeton
University, in his baccalaureate sermon
to-day exhorted the graduating class to
go forth into the world as fighters to
advance still further those same ideals
for which many of them battled re-
Gently overseas.
"The day of peace is past" he said.
"We dare not return to the old order
of things. We cannot, if we would.
We must move on to advanced posi-
tions, there consolidate our forces and
push forward the shock troops, which
alone avail in the great emergency
The call comes to you at this critical
hour. You are ordered to the front.
Never has there been such a respon-
sibility or such an opportunity as
yours. You are to be the builders of
the new world"
DR.. Hbben chose as his text the
eighth and ninth verses of the twenty
first chapter of the First Book of Sam
uel:
"And David said unto Abimelech,
and is there not here under thine hand
spear or sword. For l have neither
brought my sword nor my weapons
with me because the kings business
requires haste.
"And the priest said, the sword of
Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slew
est in the valley of Elah, behold it is
here, wrapped in a cloth behind the
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for there is no other save that here.
And David said, there is none like
that; give it me-"
New Conflict Ahead
II would place." said DR.. Hibbcn.
within your reach and grasp, an
other sword. 1t is the sword of the
spirit. Yesterday we fought for the
things of the spirit To-day we re-
Joice in the victory gallantly won. To-
morrow new conflict is before you
to which we send you forth with high
hopes and expectations.
"The conflict which was waged and
won is an eternal conflict, the perpetual
warfare of the human race; the strue-
gle between the things of the earth and
the things of the spirit. The fight
must be maintained, in other and new
forms, it is true, but it is the same foe
and it is the same issue. And to arm
you for the conflict | would place be-
fore your eyes the sword of the spirit.
the symbol of past triumph and
glory, the prophecy and inspiration of
future achievement"
Toward the conclusion of his sermon
DR.. Hibben said
"Whatever be your station, YOU will
sooner or later be called upon to deal
at close quarters with your fellow men.
Your success in life will depend upon
your ability to work with them and
through them in mutual understanding
and cooperation.
College Man Challenged
"The restlessness of the great masses
Of mankind, which is a constantly in
creasing menace to all our political,
social and economic life, challenges the
serious attention and study of the col
lege man. The problems created by
this condition cannot be solved until
they are understood Who can under
stand if not the man of trained mind?
'"Members of the graduating class.
1Ou StanQ DeIOrc me composite
body, members of the class of 1919,
with those also of the classes of 1917
and 1918 who have returned from SER
vice TO complete their Interrupted
course. There are others whose place
to-day among their comrades is
vacant. They have freely given their
lives for the great cause. They viii!
always be held by US in loring an.
grateful remembrance.
"And as we name them now in our
hearts we thank God that at the cali
CT duty they did not falter and in the
hour of death they knew no fear. In
the name of their unfinished work it
is your privilege to assume a res2on-
sibility which would have been theirs
They represented you in Their death;
so also may you represent them in
life and prove yourselves worthy Of
them and If the cause in devotion to
which these, our beloved dead, laid
the glory and the promise of heir
youth upon the high altar Of sacri.
1icc."
In Days of Plenty Think