The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-05-26
What President Declares Most Sue.
cessfuI Year In History of lnsti-
tuition, Comes to Close;
Confer Degrees.
ADDRESS rs DELIVERED
BY SHAWNEE EDUCATOR
State Superintendent Here; Board OF
Regents. Attend Graduation Pro-
gram Prepare Receive 500
Girls Next Year.

Simple but dignified and deeply
impressive throughout. the com
mcncement exercises of the Oklaho.
ma College for Women this morning
drew a crowd which filled the coi-
lege auditorium and brought to a
close year which President Aus
tin pronounced the best in the his
q poorer year than any we shall
ever have in the future" the presi.
dent added. "Nox. year we shall
be prepared to take car of 500 girls
lore and VIC shall have them"
The feature of tho commencement
program was the annual address
which was delivered by DR. j. w
Jent. professor of sociology at the
Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla,
who made a profound impression on
his hearers Seated on the platform
were the members of the board OIL
regents, State Supt. II. H. Wilson,
Mrs. L. b. Lawson of Nowata; Mr.
w E. Hooker, Of Elk City, and Mr..
J. d. Carmichael, of Cbickashl. Mrs.
Roy Hoffman, the other member Of
the board, was unable to be present |
Preceded by President Austin, the
speaker of the occasion and mem
bers Of the board, the graduates and
members of the faculty entered the
auditorium while professional. |
Lord In Thy Great, Thy Glorious
Name (Scaumann1, was being sung
by the college chorus. following |
which a piano solo, 'Scherzo in b.
Fiat Minor" Chopin, was effective
ly rendered by Miss Carol Rice. |
Then came the address after which I
Miss Mabel Fry sang a number I
from Madame Butterfly (Puccini,
which made a most pleasing impress I
sion With the usual formality the /
degrees were then conferred by Pres
ident Austin who added some fitting
parting words to the graduates and
also spoke briefly to the audience
A recessonal sung by the chorus
closed the program
THAT something is the matter
with the world everybody knows. but
what the matter is perhaps nobody
knows. If one might hazard a judg /
lnent. it would bo safe to affirm that |
the matter is neither political nor
economic, but moral. The human
problem is not a program but proper
people, and proper pepole are social
ly efficient"
SO declared Dr. J. w Jcnt, prcsi-
dent of the Oklahoma Baptist Uni /
versity at Shawnee in the commence
ment address delivered this morning
at the Oklahoma College for Women.
Social Efficiency" was the title OF
Dr.. Jent's address.
Continuing, DR.. Jent said, in part
THE minimum deman din social
is, therefore, self-support
TO be sure, the process of production
is complex. For instance, it may be
the task of the farmer, the minor,
the fisherman. all of whom directly /
turn the products of nature to the
needs of man; or it may be the
work of the manufacturer who trans
forms raw materials into usabie COM
modities ;or of the carrier VINO /
the products to those that
need them; finally, the tradesman
who turns them over to the consul
mcr.
"Thcn there is the physician who
conserves the maximum of produc-
tivity in safeguarding health the
whose is the task of purg-
ing from the life OF the people those
tendencies which mitigate against by
the stimulation of intelligence; the
LAWYER. the jurist and the statesman
who prevent waste by the adjudica-
ton of conflicting claims; finally
there are those who do their bit IN
the battle fro bread by providing
and entertainment whlcn
relieves the tension and renew the
energy of a workaday yworld.
"The analysis OF this complex pro-
cess is no mere scholastic specuIa-