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and then kneeling before his sovereign, swore to protect with his sword the rights of the helpless and those who could not defend themselves. The Oglethorpe Seniors took no oath of service, but Dr. Vance, in a powerful sermon preceding the accolade, pointed out the old truth, ever new, that a world without God is headed for disaster, that modern society needs men who cannot do without God, but who can do, when necessity demands, with- out money gains. And the minds of the audience, flashing ahead of Dr. Vance ' s words, added, we need champions to defend mankind against wrong, greed, oppression, avarice and political cunning. Then, as education, when it is good education is always sacred, the graduates of Oglethorpe, in caps and gowns, came to the pulpit to receive their diplomas. They were introduced, the graduates in the humanities by Dr. Nicolassen, those in literature by Dr. Routh, those in science by Dr. Sellers, those in business administration by Dr. Libby and the graduate students who had attained the master ' s degree by Dr. Gaertner. As the President handed each man his diploma, the man kneeled and the professor who presented him threw over his head the collegiate hood. OTHER HONORARY DEGREES Honorary degrees in divinity were conferred upon the Rev. Henry D. Phillips of Sewanee in recognition of the religion of General Oglethorpe, who was himself a member of the Church of England; upon the Rev. Clarence W. Rouse of Newton, New Jersey, in recognition of the Northern Presbyterian Church, and of the fact that old Oglethorpe knew no Northern and Southern churches; and upon the Rev. C. I. Stacey, whose connection with old Ogle- thorpe forms a tie binding the new traditions to the old college. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS The sermon preached by Dr. Vance of Nashville, President of the Ogle- thorpe Board of Trustees, was one of the most eloquent and powerful ever delivered in the country. Another talk, though shorter and of secular character, made a mark for itself in the annals of Oglethorpe, the ad- dress of Mrs. Harry Hermance, President of the Women ' s Board, whose distinguished and graceful personality and fresh, inspiring sentiments will long be remembered by those present. Other distinguished participants in the ceremony were Rev. Dr. Flynn, who won the official representation of the Presbytery of Atlanta, Rev. Dr. Ham, pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle and Mr. Sheldon, city organist and organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, who with Miss Wood- berry lead the music. The Executive Committee of the Oglethorpe Board of Trustees, the Exec- utive Committee of the Women ' s Board, a part of the Faculty, the student underclassmen and other officials of the University, occupied the choir halls behind the pulpit platform. Mr. Warren Maddox of the Seniors spoke the salutatory address, Mr. Wil- liam Rhodes Carlyle the valedictory. g ' gMACRA
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Oglethorpe ' s First Commencement Announcements OGLETHORPE ' S first commencement was marked by a series of sen- sational events and announcements. At the banquet preceding the announcement proper, and again during that ceremony, Dr. Jacobs reported that the University for the first time was out of debt, that it had received gifts and pledges amounting to one million and fifty thousand dol- lars, and that the year just passed had witnessed four large gifts to the col- lege, fifty thousand dollars for a stadium from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hermance, a gift from Dr. Cheston King of a library of English books worth about twenty thousand dollars, a gift from Mrs. Lee Ashcraft of band instruments worth one thousand dollars, and a gift of about twelve hundred dollars from the Oglethorpe Women ' s Board. The new stadium, which will stand near Peachtree Road, south of the present college buildings, will be the finest in this part of the world, and comparable with any elsewhere. The Cheston King Library of English will be the first real research library to be established south of Washington. There are other research libraries, but they are incomplete, and their efficiency lies in the realm of future hopes. Oglethorpe ' s is now a reality. This library was the property of one of the most distinguished German students of English, the late Dr. Victor of Mar- burg, in Germany. The band instruments given by Mrs. Ashcraft are silver plated, and up to the Oglethorpe standard, which is to say they are the best that can be procured. The money raised by the Women ' s Board will be used for several pur- poses, library, campus and student orchestra. Another gift of a year ago is beginning to show its fruits in the splendid blue-grey granite walls of Lupton Hall, the second of the permanent univer- sity buildings, now about half finished. THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY One of the most beautiful ceremonies that ever marked the end of a col- lege year was incorporated into the church service at the Baptist Tabernacle on the morning of Sunday, June sixth, when the official commencement of Oglethorpe took place. The first degree of all was conferred not upon a student, but upon a valiant knight, upon a gentleman whose father was a trustee of the old Ogle- thorpe of ante-bellum days, and whose uncle was there, a professor. The gentleman was Woodrow Wilson, whose gracious letter of acknowledgment was read with appropriate remarks by Mr. Edgar Watkins, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Oglethorpe. Next came the conferring of the academic degrees. In the days of chiv- alry the young knight, after a period of fasting, bathed, took the sacrament. gMACRA
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