The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-11
BACCALAUREATE SPEA KER
SOUNDS WARNING POINTS TO
MODERN AMERICAN EVILS


DR.. W. j. Boone, president Of th'
College of Idaho, in delivering the bac
calaureate address Sunday before the
graduating class of the University Of
Idaho, deplored the tendency to lower
the cost of education by lowering
the standards, breaking up the mach
inery and laying aside the best-pre-
pared workmen.' To do this, he said
is poor patriotism.
The richest nation on earth," he
said, cannot afford to maintain SIX
per cent illiteracy Of its citizenship by
the selfish withholding of its dollars
for needless Iuxuries.'
A warning against three modern
evils of American life was also issued
by President Boone. These were:
"The tendency to violate or evade
laws; the ever widening gulf between
the employer and the employe, and
the loss of the sanctity and perman-
ency of the home, as is evidenced by
the ever-increasing divorce lists"
Crowd Fills Auditorium
The baccalaureate service was at
tended by a crowd which filled the
large auditorium. The stage was pro-
fusely decorated with flowers in honor
of the graduates. The faculty mem
bers and the 161 members of the gra-
duating class, the largest by far in
the history of the school, wore caps
and gowns, lending a. decidedly acade-
mic atmosphere to the occasion. The
professional was led by President A.
H. Upham and Dr.. Boone.
The service was opened with the in
vocation by the Rev. A. Andre, pastor
of the First Lutheran church. hymn
40 Worship the King was sung by
the congregation and the scripture
lesson read by the Rev. 3. Burton,
pastor of the Baptist church, after
which Prof. Carl Claus rendered vio-
lin solo, Following the address by
DR.. Boone, Miss Bernadine Adair
rendered soprano solo, !" Oh Divine
Redeemer" The benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Wayne ;. Snoddy
of the Presbyterian church.
Possessing Our Possessions
Taking as his topic, Possess Your
Possessions, President Boone urged
care first of physical possessions.
"Mans own bodys is his most i'm
portant physical possession" he said.
/" His title to ownership is absolute.
AAAOOAAAAA~o
freshmen at Harvard years ago,
Young gentlemen, your first business
is to make Of yourselves clean, health
full animals A strong mind works
through a strong body
f" Six years ago, one-th1rd OF the
pick of the country's manhood was
found physically unfit for the rlgors
of military service, and II unit for
this, also unfit for highest efficiency |
in any service. We have made the
bodies of certain animals quite III for
uses but of how much more
value is a man than sheep
democracy is no stronger physically
than the physical strength OF It's cltl-
zens. A neglected human body may
become a menace to society from ue-
pendence and may hand down It's
weakness to posterity. Know ye not
that your bodies are the temples OF
the living Cod? Let him that neg
lects, defiles this sacred temple be-
ware; him will God destroy.
Possess your mental possessions.
Mental hygiene, exercise and food are
demanded for the development of mind
efficiency. We usually call this edu-
cation. If the highest aim OF educa-
ion is correct thinking, then Abraham |
Lincoln was the best educated man OF {
his day. ]
"To enable our growing citizens to
possess their mental possessions, we
nave our wonderful school systems, {
,xpending over a billion dollars per !
year. Yet last December when the {
government pamphlet for education i
week arrived, we received jolt that E
lamaged our pride, for we found Ger l
nany only tWO-tenths of one per cent (
lliterate, Denmark the same, Sweden t
me per cent, England 1.8 per cent, {
france As per cent, and America, our
country, with six per cent of our adult
citizenship able neither to read nor
yrite. r
cit was a bit soothing to find that T
daho. of our 48 states, ranks third Q
4 literacy. b
cit is generally admitted that g
emocracy depends for efficiency and p
ven for it's very life upon the gen L
raj intelligence of it's citizens. A II
eglected human mind. like the neg
scted farm is unsightly and may be-
ONE a real menace to society, prey C
)r democracy.
" Possess your spiritual possessions. c
he soul needs to be protected by Fl
lQral hygiene, to be developed by d
hristian experience and to be nour- r.
she'd by spiritual food. r
Undoubtedly there is more real r.
sligion in the world today than ever
efore more regard for the fatherhood
{ God and the brotherhood of man, b
ct, because the world has come SO c.
lose together certain evils become O.
lanifest, among which are the ten 81
ency to violate or evade laws; the n
er-widening gulf between the en- it
Ioyer and employe; the loss Of the fc
anctity and permanency of the home, P
is evidenced by the ever-increasing W
vorce lists. These are really mat fl
RS Of morals and religion; laws and tt