Evening star., 1926-06-07
c. v. j. PRESIDENT
URGES TOLERANCE
Defends Modern University in
Il N1O5th Annual Baccalau-
II reate Address.

sTaking for his subject The Inner
Kingdom" President William Mather
1mwis declared at the l05th bacca-
lahreate Sunday observance held at
G<orge Washington University yes
tetday afternoon. that despite the
cfS OF fanatics that our universities
hive become cesspools of material.
iSrn and strongholds of skepticism.
there exists in no human institution
nShre of the love for the beautiful,
r1nre of. the spirit of search for truth,
wherever that truth may lead. four
hssndred and fifty graduates. com
missing the largest class in the history
oE the institution, heard PRESIDENT
Ifwis' sermon.
lContinuing, President Lewis saiu.
1.-THE Kingdom of God is WITHIN you.
Yf.from the entire realm of philosophy
"a raupion I were asked to choose
tTe words which would be OF greatest
significance to those who are ABOUT
70 90 forth from academic halls. they
would be these. If any words ex'
plain the value of cultural develop,
ment and the broadening OF meh'ai
capacity these are the|.,
Are YOU concerned with the clamor
that is arising between the pro,
moments of something which IS caieu
modernism and something thaI 10
called fundamentalism? Are you ~
ritated and made skeptlcsi py tlis
alleged conflict between science ana
rslieIon7 Then I ask YOU to refresh
yourself with Christ's Sermon on the
Mount for [ hazard the guess that
yo,, will come from that experience
feeling that auarrels are childish. Inc
Kingdom of God is within you not III
forn,lae nor in dogma, but In the IN
nermost depths of life itself
DR.. Lewis pointed out the dls-
tinctive human quality OF self -deter-
mjnation and called attention TO the
fact that the university opens up
channels of thought and Information: %:
Dr Lewis spoke upon the hope OF
universal peace resting upon a spirit
Of broad tolerance and sympathetlc
understanding. He questioned the
right of America to assume a no!er
than thou" attitude as to the ethlc3
and morals of countries abroad. De-
claring that it was wise to set ou.
own house in order, DR.. Lewis snoWeu
the necessity for a personal appllca-
tion of the same principle.
FINALLY. in the confidence that the
r,inedom Of God is within us, we
should look out upon life win Wis,
dom and high hope for the future,
declared DIR. Lewis.
Glee Club Sings.
The George Washington UNIVERSITY
r,lee Club and Fred East. baritone,
furnished the musical program. Dean
William Allen Wilbur or Columbian
College. read the Scripture. Rev. Dr.
u. G.. B. Pierce delivered the oene-
diction.
Members of the board of trustees.
the members of the faculties ana tne
graduating claSSs procession nl
some $50 in academic costume, made
a colorful procession.
This morning the annual pilgrim
age to Mount Vernon was MADE.
Huston Thompson was on the pro-
gram to deliver an address at tne
tomb of Gen. Washington.
Tomorrow the annual Faculty
Pyramid Honor Society base ball
game will be played on the Monu .
n1ent Lot. In the evening the annual
class night activities will be held IN
Corcoran Hall.
Wednesday afternoon the annual
reception of DIR. and Mrs. Lewis viii
he held at the Washington Club, l1ol
K street northwest. at O'Clock. The
1o5th graduating exercises will be held
in the Washington Auditorium Wed
nesday night DIR. Daeid Allan Robert
son, assistant director of the Ameri-
can Council on Education. Is the prin-
cipal speaker.