Reason and Religion at Boston College Baccalaureate
The Boston College baccalaureate sermon, delivered by Rev. Father John B. Delany, urged graduates to balance faith and reason. He warned that faith may be tested after college, argued that belief in God, the church, and revelation can be justified by reason, and urged graduates to view money and status as means for service.
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Father Delany
Boston College
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Rainy baccalaureate ceremony at Wellesley College
Wellesley June rain did not dampen a white dressed student body at the chapel as Rev. George A. Gordon preached on "The Religion of Friendship." President Hazard sat beside him, and the sermon urged the value of friendship as a path to divine understanding through history’s great teachers and the master of the Christian world.
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Wellesley
Wellesley Chapel
George A. Gordon
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David
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Edward Irving
Annandale
Scotland
Thomas Carlyle
Eugene Field
Thomas Arnold
Great Britain
Buckham Delivers University Address at Vermont Baccalaureate
President M. H. Buckham of the University of Vermont delivers the baccalaureate sermon in Burlington on June 21, addressing graduates and faculty with remarks on higher learning and civic responsibility.
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Burlington, Vt
M. H. Buckham
University of Vermont
Yale President Hadley Urges Selfless Life of Action
Yale University’s baccalaureate sermon urged valuing life as a field of action and unselfish conduct. It contrasted Napoleon’s decline with Washington and Lincoln’s growth through service to others, calling for devotion to ideals underpinning social order and progress.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale University
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Washington
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Amherst commencement sermon urges social reform and public service
June 21 Amherst College opened commencement week with a baccalaureate sermon in the college church. President Harris urged alumni and students to improve social life with decency and temperance, pressed the case for public service, and noted educated women owe the country much and have gained political privileges from the nation's beneficence.
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Amherst
Amherst College
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Smith College Is The Child Of The State
President L. Clark Seelye addressed the Smith College graduating class in Northampton mass. He stated that Smith College is the child of the state and spoke on its role and responsibilities as part of public education and civic duty.
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Seelye
Smith College
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Missionary tribute at Dartmouth honors American college men abroad
Dartmouth seniors heard Rev. Francis E. Clark praise American missionaries in a June address. He warned that commerce often corrupts isolated Pacific peoples, while missionaries sustain life and prosperity, urging self sacrifice and enduring institutional memory.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Francis E. Clark
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Boston
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Pacific
Dartmouth
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