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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, WEDESDAY. JUNE 7, 1916.
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OR. BLISS PERRY
ADDRESSES GRADUATES
TEXT FROM CARLYLE FURNISHES
THEME OF ORATION
Coherency in Individual Life and
Political Institutions la
Urged
Dr. Bliss Perry, professor of Eng
lish literature at Harvard, delivered
the commencement address at St.
Paul's this morning. Dr. Perry ar
rived' In Lincoln yesterday and has
been the guest of Chancellor Avery.
"But what is life except the knit
ting up of incoherences into coher
ence? Courage!" Taking this ex
clamation form Carlyle's Journal as a
text. Dr. Perry first pictured Carlyle's
own struggle to gain a coherent phil
osophy of life and to find the occupa
tion which would be most congenial
to him. He then described the strug
gle of society for unity of ideals and
coherency of conduct, citing the Eu
ropean struggle as evidence of the
need ot political world unity. The
speaker then applied this theme to
the life of the graduate, urging that
each should seek through self-directed
activity to gain the power which
comes with the. coherent life.
The following are come of the ex
cerpts from the address:
Our mortal task, then, according
to the Scotch prophet, is to bring
order out of chaos, consistency out
of inconsistency. The character of
each person should somehow hang to
gether. It should be all of one piece.
The ideal life, for the individual and
for society, is the coherent life. Co
herence Is not opposed to richness of
function or ornament, to manifold va
riety of organization and capacity.
But it does suggest the presence of
some unifying principle, some co-ordinating
force; and likewise the practi
cal ability not only to plan one's work
but to work one's plan. Engineers af
firm that a ship "finds herself" after
a voyage or two; there is a subtle ad
justment of part to part .until all that
complicated mechanism seems to take
on brain, soul, personality; so that
the ship instead of being an inert,
mechanical thing, becomes a "her
self." "She," not "it," breaks the
record. A man "pulls himself togeth
er," as we say, after some disintegrat
ing experience, such as bereavement,
failure, mental or physical dissipation,
op it may be after the shock of some
new ideas, the bewildering vision of
vlder horizons. He adjusts himself,
painfully or jouyfully, to the altered
conditions, and lives once more a self
directed life.
Now what is the practical lesson of
this contemporary incoherence? Is It
sot that the undefeated idealism of
the American people is quite willing
to turn and overturn until a better
basis for social justice shall be found?
Paradoxically enough, our business
and politics are just now incoherent
precisely because we are searching for
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VINCENT C. GEORGE
President Class of 1916, First
Semester
NEBRASKA MEN TO
LEAVE FORJSTES PARK
Y. M. C. A. Delegation Will Attend
Annual Conference in Colorado
Tomorrow afternoon, the Nebraska
university Y. M. C. A. delegation
leaves for Estes Park, Colorado. This
spot .with its rare beauty, has recent
ly been developed into a national
park. It lies in the heart of the Rock
ies, about eighty miles north of Den
ver and within "hiking" distance of
Long's Peak. The Y. M. C. A. and
the Y. W. C. A. hold annual student
conferences there, attended by delega
tions from the Rocky mountain and
This year the Y. M. C. A. conference
holds from June 9 to 18, and during
that period some of the best speakers
in America will give inspiration to the
group of about 300 students who repre
sent the colleges and universities of
the middle west. It is needless to say
that those who are privileged by cir
cumstances to hear these leaders and
come in personal contact with them
will leave there, changed men. They
will have deeper convictions, increased
vitality and broadened vision. They
never can be again the men they were
before.
We should not think only of the
serious for there is joy there. Even'
afternoon is given over to tennis,
swimming, fishing, hikes, horseback
rides and such things which make it
an attractiva outing from that side
alone. We read of the freedom of the
mountains, but this no one can under
stand until they have actually lived
that freedom.
The delegation from Nebraska is not
yet complete, but those who have al
ready decided to represent this school
this year are:
Louis Townsend.
Everett Carr.
Earnest Lundeen.
Alfred Hint.
Steele Holcombe.
bordering states.
Earl Forbes.
John Ibson.
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EVERETT B. SCOTT i
President Class of 1916, Second . .
Semester
PHI BETA KAPPA CHANGES
ELIG1BILIIY RULES
Latin, Greek and Mathematics Are
No Longer Required
The faculty council Of the Nebras
ka chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has de
cided, last week, to change one of the
requirements for eligibility to the so
ciety. It has been necessary for a
student to have ten hours In mathe
matics or ancient languages to be ell
gible for membership. The faculty
council decided, against ony three
negative votes, that this restriction
should be abolished. This step has
been taken by most other universi
ties, the usual requirement for eligi
bility to the society being the same,
in range of studies, as the require
ments for graduation.
Prof. M. M. Fogg was elected dele
gate to the national convention of
the society.
PALLADIANS TO
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
The Palladian society will open its
hall on the third floor of the Temple
for a reception to all summer stu
dents, Friday evening. A mixed pro
gram of social and literary nature,
followed by refreshments, is being
planned. This is the first time this
has been attempted at summer ses
session, and it is felt that it is a
step in the direction of bringing the
summer students closer together so
cially. The society has a membership of
sixty students, who meet once a week
in Palladian hall. It is the oldest
student organization in the university,
having been founded during the first
year of the school.
Some twenty or thirty members of
the society will be - present at the
reception.
The reception will be held at 8:16
o'clock, and it Is hoped that a large
number of summer students will be
able to attend.
NO. 2.
THE CLASS OF 1916
RECEIVE DE6REES
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXER
CISES HELD AT ST. PAUL'S
Twenty-Three Advanced Degrees Are
Granted Cadet Officers Re- -ceive
Commissions
The class of 1916 completed the fi
nal chapter of its university course
at the commencement exercises held
at St Paul's today. An unusually
large number ot students graduated
this year, the total number of de
grees granted being 520.
The class is the fony-eecond which
has graduated from the University
of Nebraska, the first class being that
of 1873, of. which J. Stuart Dales, sec
retaryof "the board'ofregentsr'aa'a
member. There were no graduates in
1871, 1872 and 1873.
As usual, the College of Arts and
Sciences furnished the largest num
ber of graduates. In this college, 177
B. A.'s and 16 B. Sc's were conferred.
Of the B. A.'s, 61 were men and 116
women. Of the B. Sc's, in the Arts
and Sciences college, 15 of the 16
were men.
The College of Agriculture was sec
ond in the number of graduates, 23
men receiving the degree of B. Sc.
in agriculture, and 21 women in home
economics.
From the College of Law, 41 receiv
ed the LL. B. Of the 18 engineers
receiving the bachelor's degree, one
was from the department of agricul
ture, 5 from the department of civil,
and 12 from the department ot elec
trical engineering.
The College of Medicine in Omaha
granted the degree of M. D. to 18
graduates. From the new College of
Pharmacy, 3 received degrees, and 7
diplomas as graduates in pharmacy.
University teachers' certificates
were given to 64 graduates, first grade
city-state certificates to 44, physical
education to 7, School of Commerce
to 4, and graduate teachers' diplomas
to 4.
No degrees of Ph. D. were confer
red at this time, but 20 were made
Masters of Arts .
Harry T. Bennett received the de
gree of Master of Science in agricul
tural chemistry, M. F. P. Costelloe
that of agricultural engineer, and
George J. Lyon of civil engineer.
The commissioned officers of the
cadet regiment received state mili
tary commifions from Governor
Morehead. Four majors, fourteen cap
tains, six second lieutenants and one
second lieutenant were commissioned.
The class of 1916 left an unusually
good record tn scholarship, as is evi
denced by the large number, receiving
scholarship honors. Phi Beta Kappa
elected thirty-eight members from the
class last spring, and thirteen were
recently elected intc Sigma XI, the
honorary scientific fraternity.