2 ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
(E.xtracts from tlie Raleigh Neu’s and Observer)
The call of (lod for the (lualitics of life which
we term leadership are needed more today than
ever before, declared Arthur Jlowe, president of
irampton Institute, in his address yesterday
morning at the graduating e.xereises of St. Augus
tine’s (’ollege.
President JTowe s])oke on the subject, “The
Challenge of the .\ges” and i)ointed out to the
graduates the (jualities most needed by those fac
ing life’s test. The speaker was introdticed by
Rev. Kdgar II. (ioold, j)resident of St. Augus
tine’s.
TIk^ (‘.xereises mark(>d the end of the second year
of tile life of St. Augustine’s as a college and the
fiSth year as one of the leading IVegro institu
tions in the South.
“lluselfishness, obedience and moral courage
are tlie three basic (pialities of true leadership,”
said President IIowc' in his address. “Perhaps
the first is the more important.
“The (piality of leadership is not confined by
any means to those in the front rank. It may be
com])ared to the Mi.ssissippi Kiver, a vast expanse
and i>owerful body of water at its mouth, but
made uj) of numbers of riverlets and creeks, all of
which ])ossess that same quality as the great river,
but not to the same degree.”
I'he speaker referred to the French statesman’s
opinion of Col. K. AI. House, advisor of President
Wilson, to bring out his ])oint of unselfishness as
a quality of leadership.
“He is the most seliless nuin I have ever
known,” said the statesnuin of Col. House.
()bedi(‘nce, although somewhat discarded in botii
school and home, is nevertheless an outstanding
(puility of leadership, said President Howe. One
must be obcdicMit to tlu' duty before him, never
wasing to put forth I'fforts to reach the goal.
1 h> third eleuK’nt, moral eonragc*, requires one
to do what he thinks best and not wiuit other j)eo-
ple do. It is best, said the speaker, to j)ay atten
tion only to how thinking ])eo])le regard one and
not “th(‘ crowd.”
Interesting features of the program included
several .selections by the choral club, demonstra
tion by nurses of St. .Vgnes Hospital and several
addri'sses by gradtiating students.
EVENTS OF THE COMMENCEMENT
SEASON
Friday, May 20, S:(H) P. M.—Senior High School
Class £.xercises with play, “It Happened in June,” by
E. G. Hafer.
Saturday, May 21, 8:00 P. M.—Dramatic Club Pro
gram. Two One-Act Plays, “The Cure,” Anonymous;
“Overtones,” by Susan Glaspell.
Sunday, May 22, .T:00 P. M.—Baccalaureate Service.
Sermon by Rev. Emmet E. Miller. Warden of the
Bishop Payne Divinity School, Petersburg, Virginia.
Monday, May 2.3, 8:00 P. M.—Senior College Play,
“Tartuffe” by Moliere.
Tuesday, May 24, 4:(M) P. M.—Class Day Exercises
of the Senior College Class, held on the Campus.
Tuesday, May 24, S:(K) P. M.—Musicale, “II Trova-
tore,” a Drama with Music. Adapted from Verdi’s
Opera of the same name. Rendered by the Choral
Club.
Wednesday, Jlay 2.j, 10:00 A. M.—Annual Com
mencement.
Wednesday. May 2.‘>, l:Ot) P. M.—Refreshments will
be served in the Cheshire Building for Alumni and
families of the Graduating Class.
Wednesday, May 2.">, 2:00 P. M.—Meeting of the
Alumni (Hunter Building).
THE PLACE OF THE LIBRARY IN
COLLEGE EDUCATION
((iradiiatiou Address by Edith Thom2)Son, Class
of 1932)
A building is not a library, although it can ami
.should be a beautiful home for a library. Books
are not a library any more than blood is a nuui,
although they are just as indispensible to it. A
library is a collection of books housed adequately,
and if possible nobly, but most of all organizecl
for use. The library was called by its founder.
King Osymandos, of Egj-pt, “The iledicine House
of the Soul.” It has been called often a treasure
house of intellectual wealth. Rather, I like the
uni)oetic figure that it is a cafeteria where mental
food and drink arc spread out in a way to fill
(‘very new!, and suit every taste, and meet every
demand of the various departments.
The relation of the library to the educational
work of an institution is unique and peculiar.
True is the statement that the library is the heart
of the college. Xo other division of the college
articulates with all departments of instriiction on
the (xlucational side; and certainly no department
ean rank with the library, which conserves and
nuikes available the thought and capitalizes the
e.xperiences of mankind. It is indeed far more
than a department; it is a common meeting
ground and unifying infiuenee for all depart
ments. The intellectual growth and vitality of
every school and division, of every professor and
student dej)ends on the vitality of the library. If
the accession of l>ooks and periodicals should
e(‘ase, or if the .taff of the library were dis-
charg('d, elucation on the campus where stieh an
event ha[)i)eu(‘l would imnuHliately become stag
nant.