Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-14
The Spirit OF The Pionee b
Subject OF Commences, \
ment Address; Presideat
Thoma. F. Kane Deliver
80 Se sEStaksf
Final Charge To Class.

ne OuAVeThJ OIL 1NOfln DAkOLd tH1Sh.
morning graduated class Of e1zS
young people from its various departrS
ments The commencement speaker
was Dean Melvin f. Haggerty OF the
school of education of the University
Of Minnesota, and he spoke on The |
Spirit o! the Pioneer
The commencement exercises were
opened With the academic processtGn
starting from Davis hall, going north
past the presidents house, east In
front CO the commons building, south
in front Of the Science han. aid
1r,;:inder of The exercises were held.
Invocation was given by Rev. David
stoeye, following which the University
Women's Glee club sang And the
Smoke Rose Slowly" from the Peace
Pipe of Converse.
Education is more; than the teach
ing of certain subjects" Dean Hax-,
gerty said in opening his address. 1t
is the maker Of modern civilizations
At the end Of the Revolutionary
war the population Of the country was
confined to narrow strip on the At
.antic coast, but shortly after the war
a western movement began. this being
encouraged by the states in order to
open up the frontier, Dean Haggerty
continued. He then portrayed some
cf the hardships met with by the pto-
reers, ami told Of the final disappeaT-
ance OF the frontier.
Ideal Of Conquest.
The primary ideal of the pioneef
was that of conquest, he declared, not
only by exploration but in the making
OF new tools, the building Of cities,
the invention of new machinery. La
ter came the railroad, and the teIe-
graph: New devices soon were In
vented on every side. The people
switched from the pioneering on the
frontier to pioneering in the field Of
invention. q
The great pioneer movement OF tHe
American people was coincident with
the discoveries of science. Given frSss
dom OF research and expression, SCI
ence made rapid strides, and MANY
scientific books were published IN
the present day the methods Of SCI
ences are applied in every possible
way. fs,
Democracy was almost the religion
of the pioneers. The esta blishment
Of schools. log cabin schools, was one
of the first and most common steps
taken. Harvard college was founded
q few years after the settlement sof
the example Thomas Jefferson set
In the founding Of the University of
Virginia. and discussed the ideals
brought forth from Jefferson's letters
! regarding the schools. These ideals
have become the philosophy Of mod
ern progress.
In 1870 the average schooling per.
individual amounted to 208 days; in
$40 to 5Sc days; at present to ZOE
days. America does not deny the
value of the public school. The in
crease in the cost Of education is due
to the demand of better educators.
better teachers And more money will
be spent for education in the future.
7, Compared to the sum of $1,100.000,-
| 600 spent annually for tobaccos the
sum of $4,000, 100000 does not appear
| much to be spent for education In
the same length of time.
There is an increase in the quality
as we'll as the cost Of education. Dean
| Haggerty said. There is no enterprise
| in the state so important for the main
tenance Of the state as the welfare OF
the schools. Nothing is so important
as good man or woman, he remark
ed in closing.
Prizes Awarded.
! Following the address announce
ments concerning the honors and pri1-
es awarded ythe university during
the past year, announcements OF rec
ognition to various members Of the
! faculty, and the comforting Of de-
grees were made by President Thomas
F. Kane. who presided at the exer-
i cises.
! Presidents Charge.
| In his final charge to the gradual
ing class, President Kane urged that
/ each member Of the class remain true
! to the standards Of the University Of
North Dakota. He referred them to
the stand of the Belgians in the re-
cent war, in which the people Of Bel
GUM still upheld the standard that
was shown by that country in war
against Caesar. and also to the Ptl-
grim Fathers, who clung 20 steadfast-
1 ly to their standards. "As you 90 out
from the university have the demo-
cratic SPIRIT" the president said. also
modesty. and be willing to stand ON
the merits Of what your diploma rep
;;sresents, not on the diploma itself. Al
the pledge to live up to the ideals OF
! the university and take 4 stand sa
/ the side Of right. Il. s3
The exercises closed with .benedic-
tion by Rev. David stbeve.
i go Class Day. s.
The clans day exercises took placs
Monday evening on the green between
4 Merrifield hall and the University
;Commons, Frank Richards president
of The class. presiding. Tho program
INas opened by the Statutory addrsS
i given by Clarence E.. Robbins.
i In speaking Of the work OF the nslS
!lcge trained man. Mr.. Robbins men
! toned the connection between two
/ students graduating from high schep1
4 together, the one entering Immediate
Iy UP q business career. the other tA&-
4 ing up further study. The one who
enters, business takes his placs ~
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