Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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to God. I must be I. I am what I am because of others. I am what I am be- cause of the world, the universe, the Infinite. The concrete manifestation of this sense of oughtness is conscience. Each person possesses it. In it, we come upon the actual realization in each individual of the great fact of responsibility. III.-Fon XVHAT ARE WE RESPONSIBI,E? The hrst obligation of every man is to make the most of his gifts. But are We also responsible for society? The world at large today is learn- ing that Wealth is a social trust. These students must accept their education as a social trust, to be used not for seliish enjoyment, but for the improvement of our age. XVe must learn that there is rightfully nothing that is untied, that is isolated, that is selfish. Life is social. XVe are all obligated one to another, But the thing of vital importance concerns the relationship of the gifts and the responsibilities. Largeness o-f one means largeness of the other. Strong bodies, mental acumen, culture, character-these are indeed life's noblest gifts! But they mean obligations equally large and noble. If much is given, then much is required. Nobility of training means largeness of duty! May each of you relate your education to your life by accepting its obliga- tions in proportion to its gifts. Remember that sinallness of character is mani- fest not necessarily by positive deeds of evil, but more often by failure to rise to life's largest possibilities. Remember that nobility of character is often ex- pressed by a willingness to accept life's demands. To whomever much is given of him shall much be required. Nonmzssiz GBLIGE. LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE FLORA STONE MEMORIAL Vlfednesday afternoon, with simple and brief exercises the corner stone of the Flora Stone Mather Memorial build- ing situated upon the campus of the College for lVomen, was laid. The building was bequeathed to the University by the Mather family as a meniorial to the life of Mrs. , in X xx -.. Samuel Mather, whose father, ' Amasa Stone, founded Adel- L 4.., ' 'R' ..- I' bert College. QQ' , I' fi- '- -.dfffl-, ,f, 21

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Wednesday afternoon, just as the sun-dial in the center of the quadrangle cast a shadow across the figure two, a procession formed at Clark Hall and began to wend its way across the campus to Bellflower and thence to the Flor- ence Harkness lllemorial Chapel. The girls of the Glee Club led the way, fol- lowed by the senior girls in black gowns. Then came the faculty and the under class girls and lastly. the advisory council. At the chapel the seniors formed a lane through which the faculty and council passed. Ushered in by junior girls, each one carrying an American Beauty rose, the black robed seniors filed into seats which were ribboned off with broad white streamers. The altar and steps were adorned with banked palms and other potted plants and the whole building, aisles and corners, was crowded with friends and relatives of the graduates. The Glee Club sang the opening song Come now, and let us reason to- gether. Reverend Paul F. Sutphen offered prayer and President Marion Le Roy Burton of Smith College spoke to the graduates. Night Hymn at Sea was then sung by the Glee Club, after which Professor Aikens read the list of graduates. President Thwing then conferred forty-nine degrees of Bachelor of Arts. Thirteen were admitted to the Alpha chapter of Ohio of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. President Burton of Smith College spoke upon education and life and their relationship one to the other. The phrase Unoblesse oblige answers this pur- pose. Expressed in the ahnost paradoxical terminology of jesus, our subject is To whom much is given of him shall much be required. Stated in our own words it is that large opportunities mean large responsibilities. l-THE Gufrs or EDUCATION. llc have come to see the importance of the body. NVe recognize that it is the necessary prerequisite of all true mental or spiritual development. Une of the most important results of this broadening of the course of study is the worthy emphasis that is placed upon the training of the body. But again the school has always stood for knowledge. The minds of stu- dents have been stored with the love of the universe. They have at their disposal many of the facts of life. Their minds are open to truth. The consequence of this fact is that they possess the beginnings of originality, of spontaneity, of positive constructiveness which is absolutely essential to important mental activ- ity. In its ideals, standards, purposes, educational life is' always holding before the student the development of real character as the end and goal of life. ll.-THE FACT OF RESPONSIBILITY. XVhat do we mean by obligation? Each of us is related to self, to others, 20

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The exercises followed the commencement of the College for lVomen. President Thwing presided, and in a few words in t 1' o d uc e d Mr. Samuel Mather, who leveled the mortar on the stone, assisted by his children, Miss Con- stance, Philip, Amasa and Livingstone Mather and by Mrs. John Hay, sister of the late Mrs. Mather, and widow of the late John Hay, former Secretary of State. ' ' ln the corner stone were placed a copy of the memorial volume to Mrs. Mather, reports of the president of the University and copies of two of the local newspapers. The Reverend Hiram Haydn offered the prayer and the Reverend Andrew B. Meldrum pronounced the benediction. The building is to cost short of S250,000. It is of Tudor design of the late period. ln it will be situated the administrative and educational officers of the College for lliomen. ALUMNI NIGHT ln the past, Ade-lbert's alumni have been left quite to themselves. This year it was determined that an alumni night should bring the old boys back to the campus and to scenes of former years. 22