Evening journal., 1921-06-17
GRADUATES s AT
FRIENDS SCHOOL
DR.. Kelsey, of Haverford,
Voices Plea For World
Disarmament
GIVE BEST, GET BEST
IN RETURN HE SAYS

with more than three hundred
relatives and friends present eight
students Of Friends School were grad
uated at commencement exercises
held in Friends Meeting House at
Fourth and West streets this morn
ing. The graduates were Eldred
Troutman Boynton. Robert Wier
Comfy. Mary Sanborn Eliason. Thorn
as Luke Stirling. Ira Douglas Cham
bers, David Mitchell Dougherty. Vir-
ginia Gold Rheuby and George Win
chester.
Exercises opened with the reading
Of the 18th Psalm by the principal
Of the school. Professor II. A. Nor
ris. This was followed by silent
prayer. Four Of the eight graduates
spoke at the commencement. The
first was Robert wier Comfy, who
gave a graphic STORY Of the Steam
boat" explaining its progress from
the first attempts at running boats
by other than sails and man power
up to the perfection OF the ocean
going liner and freighters. ''The
Story OF John Keats" by Ira Doug
las Chambers presented the Eng
lish poets life and his rise from a
stable boy. "The Growth Of the
Newspaper" by Thomas Luke
Chambers. and the story Of Darius" 3"
one Of the greatest soldiers and
leaders OF the old Persian Empire
by George Winchester. completed
the speaking by the students.
Professor Norris preseted the stu
dents with their diplomas He i'm
pressed upon them the great respon-
sibility that rested upon their shoul-
ders in going out from school into
the world. Professor Norris then
introduced Dr. Rayner W. Kelsey,
OF Haverford College, who delivered
the commencement day address.
DR.. Kelsey spoke Of The Best
Thing" "Give the world the best
you have and the best will come
back 10 you" he quoted. I'm order
to give the best things to the world
we must get the best things into our
lives" he added. This does not
mean we are to rob some one else
in order to get the best. You never
heard OF any one with so much char
acter and faith that every one else
had to go without these fine traits
because that particular person had
scooped up all the character or faith
There never was a time in the
history OF the world when the very
best that is in you was needed more
than It is today. There has been g
much more marked change in civi
lization since 1850. than there wa
at any time prior to that date.
1T is only recently that we havl
had democracy on the scale we nov
have Il. The number OF people VIII
voted ten or twenty years ago. ha
been doubled with the women get
ting the vote. and other countrie
adopting the democratic form q
government And for this reason W
ought to give the best we have int
the world.
Il am one OF those favoring dis
armament" said DR.. Kelsey. "and
disagree with Ambassador Harve,
that the United States went into tn
World War purely from selfish mo
tives. I think we went into tn
struggle with highest ldealism as
war to end war. The question is. I
America going TO live in peace an,
prosperity, or 10 be continually livini
in a state o. internationalism. wher
we will be continually at war? Eve
II we wero to disarm. and adopt
budget system in our government
as has been talked OF. our children
children win have to pay the las
war debt and II we continue to go {
war It will be so on through genera
ton after generation.
The senior class OF Friends Schoi
will entertain tho faculty at MAI
mans Tea-House-on-the-Delawa
this afternoon.