The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1904, Page 11

y oQ & —— p— —r o (g () SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1904. BENIGN SKIES FAVOR HALCYON HOURS OF BERKELEY’'S COMMENCEMENT; IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY MARKS CONFERRING OF DEGREES AT STANFORD r PRES DERY EREEZER " | IHE DEGREES ComrEppN G- o2 T Ve, DEEr TP ERS 7 2w ITEDE Speeches by Pres- ident and the Governor. ©Y, May 18.—It has never lass to go forth der auspices so of Califor- There was a sermon by the m a the of matur a from mother's heart. It carried to every s versit ughter npus in g and commence- the Greek warmth pile. The and lassic day was perfect President Wheeler's address to graduates was a Spring running waters of hope and truth. It was only a tale of things the world knows w the stu dresses have been made of, but it was good to It inspired new resolu- tions in every breast. The addresses of Governor ‘Pardee end five distinguished graduates, rep- res lleges of the uni- versity, were no less interesting. These speakers raised their voices in the pres- hear. ence of 5000 people. There was a great crowd in front of them and back of them, upon the stage, faculties and graduates in full academic regalia. The acad procession, marshaled | by Professor Frank Soule, formed on the campus an hour before the exer- cises’began. It was subdivided by col- leges and t &nd women in cap and gown, stretched - out like an army. President Wheeler and Governor Par- . @ee and the alumni brought up the rear until the order of march was re- versed and then they marched through the double line of students to the thea- ter. EXERCISES BEGIN. The commencement exercises began with the invocation by the Rev. Carrol Melvin Davis of the clase of '79. The Einging of a hymn by the University Glee Club was followed by the intro- duction of Herbert McLean Evans as the first commencement speaker. Mr. vans’ subject was “The Relation of Jlogy to Modern Life,” and he said art B “in At a time like the present it is important ug, while preserving the venerable tradi. snd all of the ancient funetions of a university, 10 yet bear in mind. and, 1 need be. to have called to our attention. those sig uificant offices which has served . eerving tu modern civilization - these offices certainly not the least im- portant and perhaps the most dm(nmvzm:- that of fostering and promoting scientific re- search This, indeed, can be no unworthy of & university’s effort, for the extensiony 7 of human knowledge in whate direction must »e'aaom-q one of the lest activities of & free an Dobles 4 enlightened Let us consider its relation to the pry of human life. It is not eaying too ,r,n:gxh"l:: affim that from the many brilliant researches regarding the lower animals which the last half century has given us we have gained new inspiration and light into still deeper gques. tions of the origin and destiny of man him. welf. What is especially noteworthy, however, in this respect js the fact that from this #tudy we have been actually led to a clearer «nd more accurste comprebension of the func- tions ené life processes of the human body. The let of the chief later contributions of Puse biology to medicioe is Jong. It begins and of | at other commencement ad- | Jong line, with its 700 men | The faculties, with | vered about the | the | | earth, normal long and y devel st in this inqu! ena of pment hief biologists of the cen. ches were, in the main, on the worm, be of the last uest of iInfectious dis- to pure biology. Who is not stirred with gratitude for the work of that French blologist who, years ago, laid the foundation of heory of disease and serum treatmen care Iysis of the enses aiflic e silk worme and cattle b Louts Paste just which ansfers that dreac few nosquitoes d parasite. weeks ago that d sense, a dist the an investigation already = 'to justify the wisdom of 1f we pass from the domain of ths alleviation of human suffering, into more general spheres of public life, the service of biology has there only begun to prove itself. 1t affects vitally the entire status of public health and sanitation. Through the patient. ceaseless work of our Ficheries Bureau biologists have taught us the disttibution and habits of our chief food fishes and the proper conservation of these re- eources STUDYING THE UNIVERSE. An ideal physical environment has given our bservatorfes some of the best opportunities celestial investigation that the world af- fords; our mountain ranges, the very hills before us, afford geologists wonderful and in- structive lessons in the past history of our Their strata have yielded not a few remains of bygone life of remarkable interest and hitherto unknown. And for biology itself, where, indeed, could we go for rarer opportu- nities? With the facilities for research which the laboratories of this university already af- ford, and the increased facilities which they alsn ol | untimately will possess, we have but to turn | our attention to the myriad life which nature | has #o lavishly nourished in hill and dale, and in all the waters about us. The blue sky of the Greeks bends perpetually above us; a placid sea touches our shores, & Sea Whose Waters teem with )ife. Here ‘also there® must ulti- mately rise marine stations even more favored than those which have so nobly served biology throughout the world. You may then well be glad that the uni- versity has her place in this most important of industries into the secrets of nature, and that in so kindly and favored a clime, ber sons may “'strive to seek to find and mot to yield “The Chivalry of the Legal Profes- sion” was the subject of the address by | Fred Louls Dreher of the class of "01 and now of Hastings College of Law. Mr. Dreher spoke of the sacrifices of | men in the legal calling and gebuked the traducers of its honorable men. Miss Elizabeth Arneill of the College of Letters then addressed herself to “The College Life of Women,” saying in part: The college world is practicall; ame 1t has its D — moreover. ‘Thousands Attend the Interesting Exercises. one finds that where. The: e long task work, and again the more of She has no reciatic the gir butterfly. Her pligh The th ; he is @ studen First of all college a serfous ration for her ie-making or does her work, even rage as the str the G: student_side But true A ental | comes he college to develop a well roun { character, not to phenomenal in one r | spect, Insignificant In another TYPE FOR WOME This type is the one to which the true eol- | lege woman should and does recognize this ct, and each own way tries to accomplish these result The mental and physical opment coma of necessity. The conscientious student fecls that she must complete her hours and do her gvmnasium work. Then, too, there is basket ball. tennis, rowing. Ail are offered In such tanglble and evident forms that one cannot avoid them. But the side that often needs the greatest developm cannot be brought under the courses of study and is overlooked by the girl herself. There must be mome- thing to change the raw girl Into a refined woman. This social side of a girl's charac- ter is at such a_stage of development when she comes to college that college life may make or mar it. And so this must of nece sity be the chief formative power, at lea for the girl away from home. For the a errrn’rvl:.~hm-nl of this very definite result the ditions of the Fastern woman's | coile seem more auspicious than those that o obtain in this university. their homes in either a dormitory or cottages with the teachers. They work together, have their good times together, Then the personal influence is felt correcting imperfections, giving refinement and ease of manner. S0 1t Is that the average college woman's life is a busy one, full of college work and outside activity. Her day is one continual mixture of work and play—with its recita- tions, its study, committee work, rehearsa &nd exercises, not to mention those happy, | lazy hours when she and - her best friends {alk and build their casties in Spain. ~Xnd #0 she lives healthy, haj » keen!, lnTl;'ll Pt PPy, nly Interested is s the life that tells, the It molde a raw freshman info & strong - erna ble and cultivated woman. It gives her high | ideals, yet provides her with means of at- taining them. She has & well stored mind, but best of all, she is sincere and generous. with a fervent desire to do her part in the world well, whatever that work may be. “The Educative Character of Medical Study” was the subject of the address by George Asa Harker of the medical | department. Mr. Harker devoted him- self briefly to the problems that a stu- dent entering the profession must face, saying in part: ‘The medical student realizes that his under- graduate work is the least part of his medieal study and that he is necessarily limited dur- ing his course to work which In many direc- tions can be at most suggestive. He has pre- sented to him certaln phases of different studies, each having more particular signifi- cance in its relation to the modern conception of medicine, in that he advances the stu- dent finds that he h uncansciously gained a point of view: that he has bscome a fair critic of medicine. He learns to appreciats the value of work that is being done £nd looke toward the still unsolved problems with g personal interest. And he cannot look upon the to-day or follow the discoveries which have brought medicine to it present stage without taking = lt:en interest in the history of its devel e Ands errors wers com. soend thett time iy fi":“ el T Lollowed the doctrines formulated by Galem conform. All college In researches of 4 ||DR. PARDEE now | The students make | become a’ unit. | ALUVNI MEET - AROUND TABLE Graduates of University of| California at a Luncfl Talk About the Old Timesj SPEAKS | - | Professor Bernard Moses Re- | grets the “Florodora™ Days and Girls Hum Disapproval | S ki Jerkeley Oftice San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, May 18. The largest number of alumni of | the university that have ever come to . | Berk for commencement gathered | this afterrvon at Hearst Hall to take | Juncheon and talk over the affairs of ! the univer This was the twenty- fifth a y of the class of '79. and that class was given the place of honor. Governor George C. Pardee | answered the toast to '79, and spoke of himself as “the youngest graduate | of the youngest class. The prominent | members of the class who attended the | reunion were G. Knapp and Dr. C. | M. David. the latter of whom had | come from §t. Louis to attend. Clin- ton Day the class of '68 and one of the pioneer graduates was one of the gue: Edward Booth, 'T7, the vice presi- 1 t of the A ted Alumni, acted | as toastm er, and responses were | made by Dr. David, Governor Pardee. | Judge J. R. Aiken, J. E. Roadhouse | and P Moses. Profes Moses spoke good old days and re- ferred with regret to the “Florodora | days” that have come upon the col- lege. I graduates who The acted as waitresses showed their dis- pretty approv of this statement by setting up a vigorous murmur. Every one | thought the tilt between P rofessor | Moses and the girls was a good joke, and so the incident passed. BB R e ik L MILIL COLLEGE GRADUATES RECEIVE THEIR DII'LOM:\SI Annual Class Day Exercises at Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute at Berkeley. May 18.—The com- ises of Mills College to-morrow aftennoon when the fol- be presented OAKLAND, mencement exe: will take place fat 2:30 in Lisser Hall, lowing graduates will with their diplomas: class—Ethelwynne Alexander _Cralg, Dorrance, Potter Gardiner, Gertrude _Stuart Anna Isabelle lege Semtnary Brown, Anita cla Huston Bishop a Boone, Ann d Bradley, Belle Spencer Stanford, ys May Parry. Lutie Ruth Cook, n Mainhart, Rheta Lorraine Kahn, Helen Hadley, Winifred Mar. Helen Hortense Bui . Merril Ceta ta Cluff, s day Dumb and Katherine Violet C! h Munger. larguerite ire Brown, Edna_Ber Hill Alys Ma | Mildre: Blake, o of the Institute at Berkeley were held this afterno | in Strauss Hall, where the following The Deaf, Blind s rendered: | programme w Address of welcome, John Dondero; vocal solo. John Paxton s history, Catherine Morrison: piano ven Gay; address, Ben- jamin David: vocal class song. John Pax- ton; class prophecy: voeal solo, John Dondero; farewell address, John Paxton, e — - =0 men now are only too willing to accept without question the results”of others. Hazel | R GREAT MEMORIAL T OF THE INSTT | l S |‘ PRESIDE YUNDS OF 04, WHEN STANFORD UNIVER NEARLY TWO HU One hundred and ninety-seven young men and women received the degree versity at the thirteenth annual com- mencement exercises held-in Assembly Hall this morning. In addition to the regular graduates of the 1904 class twenty-five students were recipients of advanced degrees. The ceremonies attending the grad- uation were impressive. Promptly at 10:30 o'clock the candidates filed into TWOFOLD MORAL. moral be drawn is twofold: The eseity of training the senses and the will- css to use them. ere must alm be a willingness to keep in touch with the development of laboratory | methods, many of which have become indis- pencable to the modern worker in medicine. And becguss financlal success is possible without theke factors the individual can easily | arirt into bhabits of inaccuracy and indolence. Prejudice and lsnorance of the simplest facts cf bacteriology and physiology are large- {1y resnonsible for disease, ‘and even in his und:rgraduate clinical work the student finds iimself facing not alone the problem of heal- ing, but that of educating. it _is here that he begins meaning of his medical work his peculiar study and to _ses the new He finds that training have givi him a value in the community mere technical performance of his duties as a physician, Max Thelen addressed himself to the | subject of “Practical Leadership,” in | which he pointed out the obligation of | the students of the university and the service they might render their alma mater by honest leadership and initia- tive. He said in part: College trains men to be leaders. At the same time It trains these leaders to use their power for the good of soclety, When college ineets college and team meets team the athlete struggles not for himself., but for the student body which !s behind him. He who leads for the sake of his fellow-students wil) in after life lead for the sake of his fellowmen. This 1s the kind of leadership which the world demands. It s the kind for which the college man should train_ himself, Tt is the kind for the development of Which the university fur- nishes abundant opportunity. Great have been the services of universities in the creation of scholars. No less nNecessary and useful are men Who can apply thelr trained thought to the realm of practice. makes a labor-saving invention, who leads men toward good government who makes their lives more useful and happy has not lived o 14 eds _practical colly Tne world meeds a) ) menwho 1epd in Order (hat they may meve: May many such o.forth from this university. Upon Governor Pardee devolved the duty of presenting to the officers of the cadet regiment their commissions. Be- fore this formality he delivered a brief address, calling upon the graduates to uphold the honor of the always. President Wheeler announced the award to Calvin O. Esterly of the Conte Fellowship and to Max Thelen of the university, medals for scholarship. He then delivered the following address, preliminary to the formality of deliver- ing the degrees, saying in part: Members of the graduating classes of all Continued on Page 14, Column 6, He who | university | the hall and marched down the center aisle between rows of admiring friends and relatives. All the young ladies were garbed in flowing black gowns and scholars’ caps, a becoming and dignified costume for the occasion. Bringing up the rear of the procession were the aspirants for advanced de- grees, both ladies and men wearing gowns with hoods designating their special departments of study. The graduates were seated immediately in front of the rostrum and at the close of the exercises stepped upon the stage one at a time to receive their di- plomas from Registrar Elliott. Ap- plause, varying in intensity with dif- ferent ones, was accorded each grad- uate. on the subject, “Higher Education and Progress,” was delivered by Dr. O. L. Elliott, the university registrar. His speech dwelt mainly on the powers, opportunities and influence of educa- | tion in the world. In a scholarly elab- | oration of the thought that “in the fresh page of childhood is the hope of the world,” he showed how nations are coming more and more to depend on their youth and how the education of the youth is the great factor in na- tional development. Dr. Jordan addressed a parting word to the graduates after their di- plomas were conferred. He spoke on “The College Man in American Life,” with all his characteristic force. His speech was brief, but -exceptionally strong and full of meaning. In part it was as follows: This diploma of the university is now In your hands at last. It grants you all the powers and privileges which any diploma ever gave—those which you have already. It cer- | tifies that you are youth of promise. college men and women, ready for life—the life which each of you is best fitted to live. 1 had occasion not long ago to say that the future of our country lies in the hands of three classes of men—young men, strenuous men and college men. " These constitute our first, our second and our third estate, as they used to say in France, but with this differ- ence—which is all the difference In the world —that all three form but ome class. The future of America lies in the hands of her ng, strong college men. It lies | Jands of her young men because they sre of bachelor of arts from Stanford Uni- | Great Audience Witnesses Hears Address by David Starr Jordan. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 18. | were born and reared The main commencement address, | Not e cou be the office-holders of t som m will become such will have a clean sweep at the poils or a sure thing at conventions, though some of them may have this: not that they will carry the mails or hold the ffices, or go as consuls to Zanzibar, the fleets, or be | deputy sheriffs, or anything else which dr; the eyes of th multitude. Such po- sitions belong to service, not to_leadership though service and leadership ave never far in the affairs of the republic He is leader who can forecast the future and is not afraid to trust it, who understands men and can bring out the best they have in them, who can make his country respected because he can help 1o hold her just and true and thus worthy of respect, who can stand with the party if need be but who can, in equal need, force the party to stand with him. It is one hope of democracy that a man's in- fluence is not shown by the office he holds, but by the service he renders. If the service be moral and intellectual, so much more does it count. . Because action which counts rests on right and consclence, and there is nothing endur- ing which is not wrought by good men—be- cause of the great deeds to be done by a na- | e and real- tion of free men—our young men shall visions, like those of the prophet Jonah, these visions they shall live to make ities. Because you are young men and strong you shall be wanted for the life of action. Be- cause you have been trained in mind and in morals, because you have a scholar's horizon, because above all you have a sense of solidar- | you are college men, | ity, because. in short, you will find yourselves devoted to the noblest of missionary work—the service of a free people. You will find everywhers about you evi- dences of all this. A typical college man is President of the United States; typical college men comprise his Cabinet; typical college men hold positions of trust in ‘every quarter. Har- ard men, with the down still on their cheeks, Yale men, Princeton men, Cornell men, Cali- fornia men, Stanford men—young, strong and skilied in "team work—are directing mines, are holding courts, are filling professorships. are managing newspapers, are ministers t churcbes, are in positions everywhere whic direct popular thought and control public ac- tion. Stanford is very young, with very few alumni—not one aplece for each of the many citles of the United States—yet every city which I visit, Fast or West, North or South seems to have plenty of them—one, ten, twen- ty. fitty maybe—each one the center of the Stanford spirit, the spirit of team work, which we claim as our own. It is indeed our own, our revised version, our Stanford version, of the true American’ spirit. the spirit of him to whom “‘America means opportunity,”” the opportunity to act and to help and to stand together while we do it. A college education means much more than intellectual awakening, much more than mental discipline. It means’ the capacity for team work in the higher affairs of Iife. It means the ability to act together. It means generalship of sympathy, the power to know men and to assign to each the work he can do best and most loyally. It is this tralt of collegs men, the social trait, the moral trait of loyal solidarity, which most appeals to the world. It is this which gives the ad- vantage to the college-bred men as compared with other men who may have equal native ability, equal skill, or equivalent experfence. In considering the future of our country, her power to weather storms or to solve prob. fems, her abllity to cut the Gordian knots of tangiing tyrannies, we can not lay too much stress on the part the college man shall take He is everywhere. He is self-confldent, rese. jute, kindly, joyous, tremendous and frresiat. ible. When need arises, he and his kind will stand together. There is a freemasonry among them beyond any grip or sign ar magic pass word. They know how to help each bther out, and they will do it. In face of tha carcless, jesting earmestness, the terrible, jov. . consclentiousness of the college man, ty. ranny and superstition can not stand. These have their foundations In ignorance and dull. men of the future, because they can do|ness. The man who knows afma {hins. because the light o:hmmm to do. with the tree T the Dew century' fill their hearts, becanse the mnwpn%m :.mn:: ‘winds of freedom were blowing whers they er an asacetlo resort, & dim ‘where men Annual the | and Function world has to same punish- erhood, of loy- all be as pow- 1 the small have pass- We now have ful- met all our petty burdens we have weighed and meas- bac You have great the | erful ured and lald upon your shown yourselves vouth of promise—youn: strong, loyal coliege men and women. Ou ation is waiting for you outside the campus zate. To our nation we commend you in the fullest hope and confidence. Wa shall know a Stanford man in the life of him that over- cometh, of him who stands for truth and Justice. ho never loses his hope or his tem- per and who Is never ashamed or afrald. —_———————— | SAN MATEO TRUSTEES | ORDER IMPROVEMENTS | Streets Are to Be Repaved and Side- Walks Are to Be Uniform Throughont City. SAN MATEO, May 18.—San Mateo is at length to realize the improve. ments which a large number of he: citizens have so long labored for. The new Board of Trustees has taken hold of the work with a zeal that promis | the best results in very short order. | At the meeting last night the City E | gineer was instructed to prepare with- | out an instant’s delay specifications for | the repaving of the principal streets in the most approved bitumen method. | They are Second, Third and Baldwin |avenues and B street, the principal | trade mart. They also passed reso- | lutions which call for the laying of | five-foot sidewalks throughout the en- tire section of the city lying west of the Southern Pacific Raliroad, known | as the Western Addition, and embrac- ing the greater part of the settled |area, both business and residential. ;On many of these streets or portions | of them substantial walks are already | 12id, but they are now to be made uni- |form and universal. A penalty or- dinance also was adopted by the board requiring all houses to be renumbered on the decimal system of 100 numbers to the block. The Street Superintend- ent was directed to require all hedg=s to be kept trimmed and all overhang- ing branches to be removed. In va- rious other ways the city is to be im- proved and beautified under the al- most unlimited authority of the Vroo- man street law. The board is thor- oughly in earnest and will permit of no delay in the inauguration and com- pletion of the work. With the bright prospect of a tourist hotel the future of San Mateo is very alluring. —_——————— Holy Cross Parish Outing. The annual outing of Holy Cross parish will be held at Fernbrook Park Thursday, June 2. Rev. Father P. L. Ryan has general charge of the ar- rangements for the affalr, {