The border vidette., 1932-06-11
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

Tucson, Ariz.. June 2-Speak
ing before the largest graduating
class in the history Of the Uni
versity of Arizona here tonight,
Dr.. Charles II. Loram. commence.
ment speaker and professor Of
con- parative education at Yale
University, told the outgoing
seniors that they we're entering
into the work Of complex civil
ization that called more loudly
that ever for clear thinking and
reconstruction.
A total of 335 young msn and
women received degrees from
the Institution at the annual
CON n sncam,nt exercises. D.
H. l. Shantz, president Of the
University conferred the various
degrees ia law, engineering,
mining, agriculture. music and
letters, arts and sciences.
D.. L,ram, who has spsnt
most OF his life close to the
problams OF S outb Africa, brought
q new attitude toward the ever
mounting problems OF western
civilization. Fl, tod the gradn
ates that today they must think
10 terms Of world welfare and
not isolation. If the student5
of this University are to bs
worthy Of their destiny, their
thoughts must extend beyond
the boundaries of the Atlantic
and Pacific. b E1rope needs you,
the Orient needs you. Yours
are the problems of economies
and soclology, Yours are the
problems OF peace and war, OF
the brotherhood of man and the
federation Of the world"
The speaker declared that too
often the youthful graduate is
carried away 10 the sweep Of the
machine age Of America, look
ing neither to left nor right but
conscious only Of material gain.
"Yoa will not get out Of the
world more than you put into
it," said Dr.. Loram. Who so
| lonely as the tyrant. who SO
desolate as tho world szing
capitalist, who so happy as the
man or woman who loves his
fellowmen? Away ia the heart
of Africa [ mat the happiest
person I have ever seen, an old
missionary lady. Why so hap
tpy, mother?' I asked. Why?
Because I have the best job,
she smilingly replied. May it
be the good fortune OF all of you
to find this best JOB"
DR. Loram admitted that the
future looks gloomy for many at
this time and that finding EN-
p!oyment has discourging as
poets. Luckily" be statad.
most Americans appreciate the
dignity of labor aud it is not as
bard for you as it il for the
| European students to tend a
furnace when you would prefer
| to fire a class with enthusia m
for higher mathematics, or to
become waitress in a cafe when
you hoped to be the bank presi
dents private secretary"
The Yale professor pictured
the University of Arizona as
standing at the transition point
in education. ITO ne your Uli.
versity resembles the Roman
god Janus. the two-faced diety,
with one look directed to the
culture and traditions of the
East, and the other looking for.
ward to the new and unsolved
problems Of the West. To me
the pioneer University in the
West has. first of all. the clear
duty Of keeping the new land
in touch with the achievements
Of the past. ...... But the pioneer
land is faced with special prob
lens of which the past and the
old world knows little or nothing.
The people of the western states
are still engaged to q consider
able extent ia struggle with
their environment, The west
ern University must provide US
with our engineers, our scient
lists, our doctors and our ex.
perts. Moreover our spiritual
peeds must Le met, our children
must be taught, our laws ex
planned and defended, and our
commercial and economic sys.
tens developed. Where but to
the Universities can we look for
our ministers, our teachers, our
lawyers, our economists and our
statemens?'