New-York tribune., 1921-05-30
commencement
Program Begun
AT Columbia
Graduating Classes of Vari.
ous Colleges Attend the
Baccalaureate Service
Held in ST. PauI's Chapel
Chaplain Knox Speaker
"Who Shall Do the Worlds
Work." Is Declared the
Pressing Problem of Day

Formal commencement exercises be-
gan at Columbia University yesterday
with the bacealsureate service, at
which the Rev. Raymond c. Knox.
chaplain Of the university, was the
syeaker. The service took place in
the afternoon in St. Pauls Memorial
Chapel.
Chaplain Knox asserted that the task
Of Americas youth and the foremost
problem before the world to-day is,
aWho shall do the worlds work, and
what shall be the reward for which men
tol?" He declared the distinctive
mark Of the college graduate "is not
in his degree, or even in his culture,
but in the way he responds to his
task
Taking as mis- text Revelations SIS,
~Behold, have set before thee an
open door, and no man can shut it, &"
casplain Knox defined Columbia's gift
e her graduates as the "door of ever
increasing capacity to do; the door of
vision: the door leading to the high
shall tread.
ave look out upon 8 world devas-
.sted by the angry hand Of war" said
Chaplain Knox. "Ours is the task of
reconstruction; TO provide bread and
homes for the millions left starving
and shelteriess; to bind UP the wounds
and restore the waste places, and to
knit together the torn tissues of
humanity.
Work Foremost Problem
sand who shall do it if it be not you
Beneath the unrest and the clash Of
class. more fundamental than any
scheme for Industrial reorganization,
the foremost problem now 20 be solved
is. Who shall do the worlds work and
what shall be the reward for which men
toll? If college education and train
ing mean anything, if they justify the
cost and the sacrifices that have made
them possible, then every one who is
their privileged possessor must find
his incentive and reward in work we'll
done. that thereby he may have power
to do it better and in even greater
amount.
'The distinctive mark of the college
graduate is not in his degree nor in
his culture. 1t is found in the way he
responds to his task"
Emphasizing the Importance Of the
task before the graduating generation
IN working out the problems of recon
struction. Chaplain Knox said:
Urge America to Lead
"We want America first in service.
To lose sight of this standard would be
TO accept view of our na1ion which
was Germany's downfall. We would
see America nation TO which much
mas been given and from which much
shall therefore be required nation
that accepts for itself, as we accent
for ourselves, the rule of life. the
greatest among you shall be he that
serves"
The Rev. Duncan II. Browne, class
o. 1905 and chaplain of the 3O6th In
tantry who recently has been appointed
dean Of the Denver Cathedral, con-
Quoted the services, at which Stephen
Baker, member of the board Of trus-
Lees, read the lesson. Walter Henry
Hall, professor of church and choral
music, was in charge Of the musical
service and augmented choir.
me procession to the chapel wa
headed by candidates for the bache-
1ors degree in Columbia, Barnard and
Ieaehers colleges and the School Of
journalism and Business. The choir.
resident Nicholas Murray Butler
ssephen Baker. Chaplain Knox and DT
1roWne marched behind the graduating