Putnam patriot., 1929-06-27
DIR. BOLTON DELIVERS
 GRADUATION ADDRESS

uates of this new day must learn tc do if they are not to be the victims, hut the victors of their age. This is what, l understand Professor Rogers was hitting at ir his address last week. which has received such widespread notice, and aroused such vigorous discussion. He was calling upon the educated men and women Go have the courage to stand out from among their fellows, and to personify In themselves the ideals and the indivi- duality. that their schools and col- leges have sought to give them. He Is calling for a new aristocracy of those who have trained minds, and large understanding. Something like this must come to pass if We are to es- cape the blight of mediocrity which the mob psychology is laying upon us. The educated man must come to stand out, he must feel that he is the master of his fate, and the captain of his soul.
 Struggle of the Soul
 Now. finally. the youth of this new day will best de this. l am sure, by winning the battle on the last front that l have mentioned, the struggle of the soul against the animal. There are two ideas of man that are current in all this welter of chance and transition which charaeterizes this new day. One idea is that after all he is only higher animal, a bundle of refiexes and reactions. He is most normal when he is giving full play to the animal that is in him. Nor al and religious sanctions belong to the age that is past He is emanci- pated he needs neither religion or philosophy, he is a stark realist This is not a new idea. it has always had it's followers. But it makes inevitably for the disintegration of the soul, 1t makes man the victim of his lower nature and not it's victor. The other idea is that while he began as an animal, he has come a long way from that state. and he is the child of 3 great destiny. The old sanction must be replaced by new ones which are founded in the very nature cf the nor al universe, principle for right liv- ing must emerge, which shall be ever lastingly valid. The great formula O. the Hebrew Prophets and the Christian Gospel must reassert itself, namely that the good life consists in love for God, and love for men, or better. loyalty to the highest, and friendliness with all ones fellows. We must come to see that right is right, and that it is not good to lie, and that truth and right have the universe on their side. Here then is the final battle field of this new day. Here will be the issue decided whether our young friends are to be the victims or the yictors in this new day in the old world
 Personally l do not fear for the outcome. Just as a son can drive the automobile more skillfully, often, than can his father, because he has grown up with 1t. so the youth of the new day will be more able to be the mas ters of the machine. and not it's vic tins. They will also begin to realize their splendid heritage and so will begin to grow individualities that will stand out from the crowd, and they will not be content with being merely higher animals, they will enter into their great heritage as the sons and daughters of God.
 Glass Reception
 The last affair of the class of 1929, as a class, was the reception held in the State Armory, Friday evening. The class metto and the class colors were in evidence during the evening.
 The patronesses of the senior re- ception were: Mrs. Leon NJ. Farrin, Mrs. Edwin l. Robinson, Mrs Lauris- ton F. Moves. Miss Abbie II. Keith, Miss Edith NJ. Kent, Miss Irene R. Bernier, Miss Hannah r. Pease, Miss Elizabeth M. Smith. Miss Ethel P. Spooner, Miss Marjorie McGillieuddy, Miss Winifrcd E. Duffee, Miss Sarah C. Barber, Miss Jeanette C. Jacques, Miss Belinda E. Snow, Miss M. Err nestine Mitchell.
 Following the reception there was dancing until midnight.
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