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The Daily Bulletin Vol 1» College Station, Texas Monday, June 4, 1923 No. 198 SECOND DAY EVENTS Complete Program DRAW BIG CROWDS Baccalaureate Address by Dr. Willett | Military Ceremonies, Band Con- cert and R. V. Drill Features The baccalaureate sermon delivered | to the senior class yesterday by Dr. | Herbert L. Willett, professor of Old | Testament language and literature of | the University of Chicago was the | principal event of the second day of | commencement. { The day opened with the military | ceremony at 8:30 given in honor of | the star athletes of the College. With | the entire corps in formation the ath- | letes were called to the front and cen- | | i ter and presented with the “T” medals by Colonel Ike Ashburn, commandant and chairman of the Athletic Council in the presence of a board of officers from Fort Sam Houston and the reg- | ular army military staff of the Col- | lege. As a part of this ceremony the trophies won in competition by the various organizations of the cadet | corps were presented, each one of the | Fort Sam Houston officers officiating | in the presentations. Company A of which W. C. Weir of Georgetown is | captain was awarded the Howell tro- | phy as the. best drilled organization | in the Infantry regiment. Battery A Field Artillery of which Ross Phillips | of Corsicana is captain was declared | the best drilled battery in that branch | and was awarded the A. M. Waldrop | trophy. Troop B Cavalry of which M. | McConnell of Crockett is captain was awarded the Brandon & Lawrence | trophy as the best: drilled troop and | the Jacob F. Wolters cup as the most | ctficient troop. The cominencement processional | headed by President W. B. Bizzell and | the gpeaker of the day and including the deans, directors, faculty members | and seniors marched into Guion hall | 4130.15 and Dr. Willett started his | address at 10:30. An immense erowd | of local people and visitors, perhaps | the largest crowd of visitors ever as- sembled atthe Lollege listened at- tentively'as he talked on the sub- of Commencement 8:30 a.m.— Exhibition drill by the artillery. 9:00 a.m.—Mass athletics by the infantry. 9:30 a.m.—Livestock show, Ani- mal Husbandry building. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—Inspection of departments of the College. 12:00 m.—Luncheon and annual reunion of the classes of 1878 to 1883; 1893 to 1897; 1903 to 1906; 1913 to 1920; Shisa Hall Annex. 2:00 p.m.—Annual business meet- ing of the Association of For- mer Students, Y.M.C.A. audi- torium. 5:00 p.m.—Formal presentation of reserve commissions, address by Brigadier General Paul B. Malone, U.S.A. Guion Hall. 6:00 p.m.—Annual dinner of As- sociation of Former Students, barbecue, near Airdome. 9:00 p.m.—Final ball. :30 a.m.— Exhibition :45 a.m.—Commmencement TOMORROW : drill by cavalry. pro- cessional. 10:00 a.m.—Commencement exer- 1 Get those films for your commence- ment pictures at 20 Foster. ———— | FOR SALE cises: address, Honorable Phil- ander P. Claxton, provost of the University of Alabama. Valedictory, Cadet Major G. A. Hollowell. Announcing of honors, dent W. B. Bizzell. Granting of certificates to stu- dents completing the two-year courses, President W. B. Biz- zell, Awarding of diplomas, Honor- able LI. J. Hart, president of the Board of Directors. Presi- :30 p.m.—Graduating review. tl el — By — One Dodge touring car | book. BIBLE SHOULD BE ~ STUDIED AS HISTORY | No Necessity of Believing in Secon- ardy Elements or Such Items as Inerrancy or Virgin Birth Advising against the. “meticulous precision and supernaturalism’ of the the “thin, pallid and anaemic body of be- | “pseudo-fundamentalists” and nevolent ideas of the pseudo-liberal- |ists” Dr. Herbert L. Willett, profes- sor of Old Testament language and | literature of the University of Chi- cago in the baccalaureate address to the graduating class of the College here yesterday recommended a “faith for the times that would meet frank- ly and boldly all the facts of nature and history, discard all secondary ele- ments of insistence upon dogma, rit- ual, ordinances and organizations, ‘avoid the necessity of believing in |'such items as the verbal inspiration {and inerrancy of the Bible, miraculous narratives, including the virgin birth | of Jesus and his physical ressurection | such doctrines as election, divine de- | crees, the trinity, blood atonement and | angelic and saintly mediation,” and | which would “discover the changes | that Jesus would desire in the social, | industrial, economic, educational, po- | litical and religious life of the times land get them accomplished.” The faith of his recommendation to suit the modern age would be biblical, | scientific, liberal, and social. Those | were the fundamental elements of the faith that he would impose upon i the world today. | Dr. Willett described the Bible as | the “greatest of the sacred books of | the race.” “But the greatness of this | collection of writings does not lie in lany qualities of inerrancy or verbal | inspiration, or historical and scientif- ic exactness of statement,” he said. | “The Bible makes no such claims for | itself, and when they are made in its behalf there is imposed upon it a | burden of meticulous precision and | supernaturalism which it refuses to | bear. The Bible is not a fetish to be | worshipped, as the Sikh does his holy It is rather the record of spir- Jeet off religion from the standpoint | almost as good as new. Will sell |itual struggles in the history of a of a modern seientist. (Continued on pge three) | cheap. If interested see 0. B. Woot- | very notable portion of the race. It ‘en or ~hone 141 College. (Continued on page four)
