Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-14
STATE UNIVERSITY
DR.. THOMAS PLEA
His Inaugural as President a
Call for Expansion
Of College
MANY PROMINENT GUESTS
By q Stg8 C.,,..srondr,,

Bu Std7 Cn,n- srondrn'
State College. Pa. oct l4.-Dr
John NJ. Thomas. in his inaugural ad
dress on the occasion Of his formal in
duction into office o. president Of tn,
PENNSYLVANIA State Co'lrge made u
plea for q change of tho name TO TINT OF
Pennsylvania St3tr Inirorsi'v and 'uD
the expansion - the INST 'l.lou III il
takes rank wii!' tl.r glou' S'u'r .r.rrr-
stiles Of the West
The days rAcryis", began wuH "
parado by IL" Students ui ! u'ri.rh.
with floats representing the vuri"u> ,."-
partments, Will" thr main ,'r,', Wa>
lined with people awaiting the proc.~-
sion. Governor Suru4l arrived il an
automobile under military escort
The Inauguration crrcmorr,S proper
begOn with procession of guests iroL
130 other colleges and thirty loarnni
societies. Il marched from fh, Library
to the S"hWah Auditor ium Armor, III"
guests Wo~': Artur I"otu,r prIin-
man. Of thr luil"r>i'l PHn,vIv.
MIA; -. A'.r.u.... 'r.>.d""' ~
Swarthmorv rr'I,g, H.. H. ~. N,h-
ert FiIzgc. ui "f Ni'an's. Culrg
Dean Dunhom Of Tcurlr Cu,lcsu. ami
Or. Edwin C. Rroom,, Superintendent
Of Schools. PhiIadclphia.
Installed as College Head
Judge H. Walton Mitchell. pres dent
Of the Board Of Trustees. presided The
invocation was offered by the Rev DR..
Lewis Nudge stated clerk of the ten.
eral Assembly of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church. The address in hehalt OF
the faculty was made by Dean Il. /.
Watts. end John f. Shields Of the
class Of 1872. spoke for the alumni
f. +. Oyrrdori. If the class of 1927
spoke for tie Students
Former President SPARKS rrcsoutrd
the keys Of tho college to iEr nrw pres
idcut. and the oath Of office WA, sd
ministcrNd by Robert Won MoSchzisler.
Chief Justice Of the State Supreme
Court.
Governor Sproul. who madc the for
NAL Introduction Of President Thomas,
was heartily aDplaGded when ,Gdvc
Mitchell called on him. AS he had made
promises Of help for the college from
the State that the Legislature had not
kelt, there had been some fear that
his welcome might he cool, but it proved
10 be groundlcss.
The Governor laid that one OF tn"
chief things President Thomas would
have to do would be. to teach the people
of the State TO value the Institution
properly only thus could he get for 1t
the support it deserved.
There i no example. said DR.
Thomas. in the history Of American
higher education Of large and sue
cessful STATE university built upon Il
private foundation.
In tn!s learned company. | make
that statement without fear Of cLai-
lenge. 1t has not been done because it
cannot be done. You cannot inject the
quality and genius Of the American
State universities into an old ashioned
institution fatherrd by private motive
and developed under private control d"
He contcndcd that no State rduca-
Nt4onal system j. complete without a free
State university uS it, apex and crown
and that for many years public senti-
ment in Peua>ylvauia has been moving
In that direction. He urged that Penn
sylvania can well afford State uni
vergity and cannot afford ~ deny TO
It's youth edu7at!"naI advantages pgu-
vided by such States rs I'tnh and Ari-
zona
eve have now a STATE university in
all but name" Pre~idrn, Thomas Goa
tinued telling how the School Of Agri-
culture is recognized bv experts a, one
of the strongest in the Nation. and how