GRADUATE LAST CADET-CLASS

That the University Ensign School which graduated its last class of cadets yesterday, was the first Officers' Material School in the country to open during the war and the last to close, was the statement of Capt. P. W. Hourigan, commandant of the School, in his farewell address. It also, he said, had the reputation of turning out the best reserve officers of any one school, and had graduated 890 ensigns, second only to the Annapolis Reserve School which commissioned 1,000 men. President Lowell, and Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood also spoke, Lieutenant A. R. Parker, Chaplain U. S. N. gave the invocation.

In giving the farewell to the School on behalf of the University, President Lowell said: "This is rather a sad day for me. You are the last product of the effort of this University to help the government carry on the war for the last two years. The war has called for great efforts by everybody. Some of my friends have told me that they believe that there will be permanent benefit to the spirit of the country. History, however, shows that every great period of war has been followed by an age of materialism and selfishness. The Civil War was followed by the rise of Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring. The Napoleonic Wars were followed by the growth of the factory system.

"You gentlemen have had the benefit of a military training. You have learned the need of self-sacrifice and co-operation. If we are to avert the danger of materialism, it will be due to your efforts. You men are to meet the greatest need and the greatest opportunity. It can be met only by a spirit of co-operation."