The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-18

of $1,000 in gold to Mr.. hcheal Ed
munds Dubissette.
The Williston prize in Obstetrics,
I pair of obstetric forceps was
3 awarded to Mr. Henry Dodford Dis
mukes.
The following persons were an
( nounced as successful candidates for
\ interneship in the Freedman's Hos
pital: Henry d. Dismukes, Brltten
G. Mckenzie, Lloyd H. Newman, John
X. Rector, William b. Robson, Leon
A. Tancil, Nelson NJ Thomas Thorn
es H. Walker, Edwin II Williams.
In the School of Law. the Callag-
han and Company prize of an En-
Z clycopedic Law Dictionary for the
( highest average scholarship covering
the three years of work in the How
z ard University School of Law was
awarded to Louis Rotschild Nehlinger.
DIR. DRrkee's Charge 10 Graduates.
In the Baccalaureate Sermon by
President Durkee he made the fol-
lowing charge to the 1921 Graduates:
Graduates of 1921: Your years Of
work bring you to this hour with
high hopes. Against discouragtments,
defeat, hunger and cold even have
you fought, as well as foes both
within and without your own hearts.
In the face of every obstacle have
you pressed on until you stand here
I today certified by the different
schools of the University from which
! you graduate. as worthy in schol
arship and character to go out, rep
| resentatlves of your Alma Mater
congratulate you on your personal
achievements. / congratulate you for
winning the confidence and esteem
of your University. / congratulate
you that you are henceforth to be
recorded among American scholars.
"A significant expression is that
which speaks of your graduation as
a commencement. You are really
standing by the open gates which
invite you into the open gates which
or hill country, or, perchance, great
and wild mountainous regions. You
are commencing your careers as
educated men and women in the
special fields of endeavors as chosen
! by you.
For little while we hold you here
congratulating you, cherishing your
! friendships, rejoicing in your poten-
| tialtties, and then we must see you
| scatter out over these untried ways.
| We want you to have ideals. History
| teaches us that these noblest ideals
center in the life. and character OF
the Man of Nazareth. l have quoted
you His words as the key to your
power and your success.
] A.. 1n NgtrfrN
| from the power plant to far distant
places, that mechanical loads may
be lifted, streets, and homes lighted,
and human life everywhere blessed,
so you are to be Efe and light bring
ers to your village. town. city, ma
ton and world witnessing to the
supreme values in cultured bodies
cultured brains, cultured souls. Let
the light which shines from God
through you, so shine before those
( with whom you come in contact
that they may realize your power
and their own weakness. if uncon-
nected with God and the truest cul-
lures of life, and be led to glorify
their lives in God and glorify God S
! life in them. This is your mis-
sion, your task, your reach, grad
yates of 1921, and this your friends
and loved ones long to see you ac-
compHsh, and for this God waits to
crown you victors."
On Monday, June 9Th, the last
Chapel service of the school year,
as is the custom of previous years.
was conducted by the Senior Glass
In the evening, President and Mrs.
Durkee were AT Home" to the grad
yates of the various schools and col
leges of the University.
Trustees Meeting and GrOundbreak-
ing Exercises.
The Annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the University was
held on Tuesday, June 9TH, and Rev.
Charles H. Richards of New York
City; Mr.. Rolfe Cobeligh, Boston,
Mass. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
Washington, d. c.; Rev. Ulysses G.
B. Pierce, Washington; DIR. J. E.
Mooreland, New York City; Bishop
John Hurst, Baltimore; DR.. William
A. Sinclair, Philadelphia, Pa; DR..
Charles B. Purvis, Boston, Mass.
DR.. Marcus F. Wheatland Newport;
X. l.; Andrew F. Hilyer. Esq, Wash
ington, d. c.; William V. Cox, Esq,
Washington; DR.. J. II. N. Warning,
Hopkinton, Mass; and James c.
Napier, Esq, Nashville. Tenn, the
trustees present, took part in the
ground breaking exercises at 12:45
Tuesday afternoon for the Univer-
sity's new Dining Hall and Home
Economics Building which is to be
| Nv
the end of the year. Each member
of the Board of Trustees turned a
spadeful of dirt. A simple pros ram
of exercises was followed and the
University r. o. T. c. band played
the Howard "Alma Mater" song and
several other selections. DR.. }. Stan
| ley Durkee, President of the Uni
versity presided and DR.. Emmett ].
Scott, ecretary-Treasurer reported
the Congressional action providing
$4,000 for the erection of the build
ing.
Various Other Events.
On Tuesday evening a play was
presented by the Societe Franchise
on the steps of the Carnegie Library
and the Senior Prom was held in
Spaulding Hall.
An exhibition drill was he'd ON the
university campus on Wednesday,
June Sth, by the Senior Unit of the
Howard University r. o. T. c.. at
1880 in the afternoon. Later in the
afternoon, q library program was
given in the Chapel by the Pharma-
ceutical college, and in the evenin"
at 1880 o'clock. the Senior Glass Day
exercises were held on the Campus.
The Canterbury Pilgrims.
The Department of Dramatic Art
introduced a pleasing innovation in