The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-22
BURROUGHS INAUGURATED
Insignia of Office Presented 10 the New
President of Wabash College.
Sixty-First Annual Commencement Excuses
and Reception by Mr.. and Mrs. Burroughs
st. Mary's Of the Woods Graduates.


OF. mary > OIL TIE w oOuS UTduudttS.
UNDER A NEW REGImE.
Fourth President Insugurated mt Wabash
with Impressive Ceremonies
Special Co the Indianapolis journal
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. Ind. June 2l.-COm-
mencement at Wabash College was an event
of more than ordinary interest. The exer-
cisss were held this morning. at Music Hall,
and IN addition to the usual order of things
the Inauguration of DE-. G. s. Burroughs as
the fourth president of Wabash College
took place. After prayer by Rev. Black
ford Condit, 81 of Terre Haute. DR.. w. r.
Kane, of Bloomington. Ill. delivered the
introductory address on behalf of the board
of trustees. The venerable Dr. j. L. Tut
tie. for thirty years president of the college,
with fitting words presented the charter,
seal and keys to his successor. This was
very rare occurrence. and was made very
Impressive. John A. Finch, '63. of Indian
apolis, delivered the address of welcome on
behalf of the alumni. President Fisher.
of Hanover College, the special
guest of Dr.. Burroughs. spoke
In behalf of sister colleges. The
sheep skins were then delivered to the
senior class, and degrees conferred on the
members. This class is only exceeded in
mum ers by one other in the history Of Wa
bash College. The past year he's been one
OF marked success in the college life. The
endowment of the college has been in
creased through the gifts of Hon. Simon
Yandes. of indianapolis. and other friends.
Four new professors have been added to
the tea ching force. which now numbers
twenty; and Wabash ia entering on q new
era oil prosperity. The first speech was the
address of DE-. w. p. Kane. He said in
part:
day an occasion of rare occurrence in the history
OF this c0llege-the transfer of administration
into the hands OF O new president. since the
founding of the college. sixty one years ago,
there have been but three presidential inaugura-
tions: President Baldwin in 1894, President
White in lS4l. and President futile in 1862.
Two of the three terminated their presidency
with their life work, and the third, after sue
cessful service of thirty years, asked and
received the privilege of laying aside the burden
that he had carried SO long. No other can ex-
tend TO the incoming president so hearty well
come. and SO fervent God-speed, and no one Is
30 well fitted as he to place In the hands of his
successor the symbols or Office which he has
carried and hOnOred so long.
TURNING OVER THE CHARTER.
Ex.President Tuttle then presented to
President Burroughs the college charter.
seal aud keys with the following remarks:
The board which has elected yon the fourth
president Of Wabash College has instructed me
to hand over to you "the charter and the keys"
tom. What that charter includes has been de-
fined by the Legislature of Indiana. You are 10
regulate your official life by that charter and
the amendments enacted by the same power
Tnee6 summarized
"Justice"-to the state to each laborer for 1t,
from its president to its janitor; to each student
whether he be hlgh-born or l0w-b0rn,
whether gifted or dull, rich or poor;
to each teacher and each beneficiary, to each
benefactor. from the boy who gave a dime TO the
openhanded man who has given thousands. In
the name of the board commit to you the char
ter of the college. See that you execute justice.
And not the charter only. but the Keys OF Wa
bash College. The first included justice In re-
spect to rights; tho second includes authority. 1
need only suggest that you carefully study these
chartered rights and 1.-THE authority of the keys"
which guard them. Yours Is the fourth inau-
gurati0n of a president of Wabash College.
The dead and living unite in invoking
blessings on you, my dear ana honored brother.
as you receive the mantle Of power which the
God whom they worshiped lays on your shout
dsrs And when You drop it may it fall on shonl.
the glory of GOd and the good of mankind!
Attic conclusion of x-President Tuttle's
address the new president stepped toward
and made his inaugural address. He TOOK
for his theme college Educa tion for
Christian Citizenship" The following Is
a synopsis:
.The days." says Emerson. "are made on a
loom whereof the warp and wool are past and
future time" This is true of the days of Wabash
College. The college has lived for three-score
years. As go the ages of our institutions of
higher learning, she is old. OF the wellnigh
three hundred of these. five of every Six are
younger than she. She rej0ioes In her alumni,
who to-day number over $50 scattered through
thirty three States and Territories and In lands
three thousand others who have enjoyed the
shelter OF her ro0f-tree. fed at her board and
warmed themselves at her hearthstone.
whom she would fam count as belonging,
In some true sense, to the family circle She re-
joices in the memory of noble founders and
teachers, OF devoted care-takers for her welfare,
OF generous benefactors. of two noble men who
stood at the helm until they We're translated; she
rejOfces In the presence or third, who, after
having his hand on the wheel for half the days
OF her life, gives us to-day his benediction.
- WABASH is PROGRESSING.
You ask me what of to-daya what of to-mor.
rowi / make answer: Wabash is in the max
ing, this State ia in the making, our country is In
ton age. Is Is the transition OF growth.
The revolution or orr time Is evolution.
to meet the needs of State and Nation as they "
disclose themselves. This, then, / conceive 10
be our present duty aud privilege: to train for
Christian citizenship. The college is no longer q
coister it's doors are standing open ON the
forum. There can be no divorce in the college
OF to-day between the search for knowledge and
the thought OF the activity TO which the studen,
goes. Just over the college threshold he sees
the responsibilities. the duties, the problems OF
which tomorrow he is to be part Training
for citizenship. therefore, demands dstinotively
the college, the college spirit the college work
When. on an Apri. day not long since, Bishop
Potter preached In St Paul's, New York, before
| the President and two ex-Presidents, together
| with a notable company OF public men, q sermon
which had as its text the ideal ruler, he made
some people who heard 10. and many more who
read it very uncomfortable. The notable value
| of the address lay IL the fact that 1t showed
| without fear and without passion, the king OF
these United States the people, the fact TINT this
Nation is not. as IL should be, faced toward the
| goal of righteousness. The problem of govern
ment Is not that OF the evolution OF con
| situations and laws as self-propagatng and
| seif-working meohanisms 10 is the problem OF
! the actions of men in their relations one to
another, the problem or righteousness in society
| regarded as living organism. How shall man
q social and religions being deal with himself In
| the circumstances or present lifel-this is the
comprehensive inquiry, including all others
| We have been falsely individualistic. We have
had the individualism OF self-seeking conceit; VIC
al Tra1f cd