GRADUATION It is doubtful whether there is ever any other solemn occasion where people gather that there can be found a greater admixture of thought and emotion than are present at commencement day exercises. In the eyes of parents. wives and sweethearts who wandered about the campus in the moments preceding the academic procession filing from St. Mary's Hall. there was reflected that soft. warm approval of sons. daughters. wives and husbands that robs pride of any taint of egotism. The bustling graduates who hurried about and in the buildings could be seen to pause momentarily for a long look at some familiar spot or scene which had impressed itself upon a mind which would carry that Dicture only in memory for many vears. The solemn. r:olorful and meaninqful academic procession was the beqinning of thp. 'last official act for 379 younq men and women as students of the University of Davton. There was a dramatic story in the stage "",ttino: several hundred formed a livinq stairway rro'11 th", Etaae floor to thp. backdrop. Here. concentrated into a lOmall SDace was a np.w force of intellect and "outhful vitalit" soon to be felt in the utt"rmo",t Dartc; of th", enrth. Hprp. werp. thp. enfJineers who wO'lld SDan the rivers of forcrotten places. build thp. nE'W skvscraDers. des ian thp. new cars; the chemi"tc; who would dic;cover new formulas for lenathenina life and addina to itc; standardc; of living; the doctors of mercy and healinq; the Dhilo<oophers and educators. It was power refined by education for
its highest purpose- the service of fellowmenstraining at the leash. The front row. representing the deans of the various divisions and the two preSidents. Father George J. Renneker. S. M. of Dayton. and Dr. Howard L. Bevis. the commencement speaker from Ohio State University. reminded all that wisdom tempered by the experience of age should never be set aside nor forgotten in an ungUided burst of enthusiastic vitality. Three men were awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Humanities. These three. civic leaders in Dayton. were ex-Governor James M. Cox. "Boss" Charles F. Kettering. and. in absentia. Edward A. Deeds. These men revealed the stature possible in human life to all men of intellect. ability and insight who see that human resources Wisely mixed with human compassion lead to success in its broadest meaning. Every occasion has its anticlimax and this came at the N. C. R. followinq the formalities of the graduation. Off-staqe and after the procession of graduates that filed from the auditorium the University deans. officials and honored guests qathered for an informal snack and chat. Auqust educators with doctors' stripes on their robes and brightly-colored hoods, quickly shed their formal airs and cloaks to breathe deep, cool lunafulls of air. It's all over. The students of yesterday are the alumni at to-day. Carl Lllndqllist-Daily N ews Staff If/ rit el'
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