Proceedings of the Inauguration 
19 
have the gift of understanding the heart of youth. Surround 
him by a faculty who love knowledge for men's sake, and support 
him by Trustees who shall cherish their responsibility as a sacred 
trust. Raise up friends who shall give of their means to 
strengthen and support this work. Unto President, officer, 
teacher and student may the vision of life shine forth with unfad- 
ing glory. 
May Thy benediction, 0 God, rest upon the sister institu- 
tions represented here today and upon every seat of learning 
in our land and in all the earth. We thank Thee for the fellow- 
ship of inquiring minds, for the brotherhood of those who love 
truth more than earthly treasure. May the calling of the teacher 
be highly exalted and may the future citizens of the Republic 
learn in order that they may be servants of God and of the 
people. Let truth prevail and ignorance flee away. Cast down 
the reign of hatred and error and speed the day when man to 
man the world o'er shall brothers be. And at last may the 
knowledge of the Lord illumine every land and may Thy king- 
dom come and Thy will be done in earth as it is done in heaven. 
Amen. 
THE INDUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF THE 
CHARTER. 
After the invocation, George Moore Peters, LL.D., ’67, in behalf 
of the Trustees of Denison University, thus addressed 
the President-elect : 
Dr. Clark Wells Chamberlain : It is with great pleasure 
we have come at last formally and publicly to recognize you 
as the President of Denison University, and to confer on you all 
the honors, titles and emoluments of the office. We might, per- 
haps, come to you with profounder reverence, did you present 
us with an abundance of gray locks. But we are quite content 
that your head is shingled o'er with black, for it is an indication 
of a strong and vigorous young manhood, and gives promise of 
many years of active and successful service. 
This is not the first time we have met you. It has not been 
many years since you climbed these hills, and walked to and fro 
in these halls, a quiet and earnest student in honest search of 
knowledge. You passed through the University with honors to 
