Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-12


"It would not be proper. and I should
b remiss In my duties. II should pcr-
nit tho class OF 1922 to 20 forth with
out = parting word on behalf OF your
University. 1t may be n commonplace
hayinE, but It In einRularly appropriate
at tho samo time. to gay that you
stand at the parting OF tho ways. Your
University sends you forth to enter
upon tho practice OF various profess
sions or to follow different industrial
or commercial pursuits. You go forth
with the Scal OF your University upon
you, not TO signify TINT you are
finished and polished to tho point of
perfection. but that tho term allotted
by common practice and term eduoa-
tion or training, has expired. You are
now called upon to acquire tho com
plcment of what the University has
given you. practice and experience. and
today we send you forth, hoping that
you will contribute, both by precopt
and example. to tho formation OF that
enlightened public opinion To which
the speaker has just referred. With
the injunction that you do nIl in your
power TO contribute your share to-
ward tho advancement ana progress of
the great University which this will
ono day become. In love and trust,
and with best wishes for your sue
cess. wc bid you Godspced."
Praised by President Thompson.
Henry II. Thompson. in an address
congratulated the graduates. 1Ie said
In part: This is really cnusc of
hearty congratuation, and while
would not want you to think that n
diploma II tho only key that will open
tho door TO the road OF ultimate sue
cess. still YOU will always find II an
asset in your life'e inventory. The
stamp of tho University is n good
thing for you. and for this ,ren son
there is always tho sense, In tho mind
of any right MINDED alumnus. OF n
feeling OF obligation to his Alma Mater
There is the feeling that no must make
como return for what ehe has given
hun, and that knowledge is apt to be
constant throughout your entire life,
and believing that you must make
good. you will make good.
Il would not want you 10 feel ths,
today your education Is ended. for ae
a matter OF fact this IL CSmmence-
ment Day. the commencement of your
| education.
There Ia ono thing that we have
not done Tor you. md that is not the
fault OF our faculty, nor the fault OF
our curriculum. We have not made
out of you reading mon in the sens,
that the term Is used I'm tho Engliei
and Continental Universities. and Fl
n few of our own leading Am.r1ca,
Universities. If we had been able I,
assist you in the collateral readIns
which should go with ell your studie,
and had the advisers TO steer you 4,
that reading. You would be bette,
equipped ae scholars than YOU ere to
, day, and this brings me 10 the rev
, subject that | want to present TO yo,
today
, President Hulllhen presented TO III
2 Board OF Trustees last fall n very ful
D and clear statement Of the need of
. library with its proper equipment 70
r the university. While the trustee
were In accord with his viewr. it wa
r felt-due 10 the financial and com
NN'f'ihffhS ih inh FUANc-fn1
II was inadviaable to 20 ahead wi,
@ THIS project for the present. 1t is no-
h proposed TO present our program for
a new library within tho year. and IN
responsibility for our success or fat
ure in carrying out THE program wi
, rest with the trustees the alumni. an
- with the friends at large OF the un
:. versity.
n Il think we are all in accord q
. this proposition; that tho last 10
years this country has been psssi,
through an era OF social unrest
dissatisfaction with things as the
are-& restlessness-not confined
any ono class. Life is not comple-
without Rolls Royce or Ford. ar
we are willing 10 stretch body ar
:, soul to tho limit 10 crafty this d.
" sire for possession. There il no be
ter antidote for the cure Of this d,
" ease of materialism than TO cultiya
the intellectual life.
'' Naturally, as a refuge from u
- confusion and the stress of today oi
= minds drift back 10 that period in Il
'e history Of the Republic which we ha,
~ been In the habit of speaking of as Il
! period OF low-living and high -thinI
20 ing
" In every community you will fin
l. some soft headed Parlor Bolshevisi
p who look upon the possession of mon,
as crime. and deny the value
work. Frankly / like the possessi,
l. OF a pocketbook, and ] believe in
le days work and no soldering on Il
l. Job; would be a Pharisee If / shou
ID say less. Nevertheless. the ultima
,e object of life Is not the pocketboo
W and we find men so starved in the
is intellectual life that we can only fe
,v them through their bodies"
ir The Luncheon.
= At the luncheon following the cor
4. menoement exercises Henry r. Thorn
n. son was toastmaster and short a
- dresses were made by Bishop Phi
- Cook, Colonel Thomas W. Miller. DIR.
- V. Holloway state superintendent
:, public instruction and John s. II,
sell. president of the Security Trl
~ and Safe Deposit Company. Wilmir
~ ton. The principals of all the hi
q schools of the state had been invit
10 the commencement and lunche
u and many of them attended
ce The commencement will close w
'e- the farewell hop TO be held in
Armory tonight.
Degrees Conferred
he Two Professional degrees were c.
he ferred as follows: Civil Enginee
ar George France Anderson rs. Kenr
q Square. Pa; Electrical Enginee
,te William Bigelow Hoey, Is. Wilmi
,ai ton.