Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-12
KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY.
Second Days Session of the Eleventh
Biennial ConclaVe.

The Kappa Sigma Fraternity continued
its conclave at the Exchange Hotel yes
terday. The morning session was taken
up with routine work. consisting prin-
cipally Of revision of the constitution Of
the order The sitting was adjourned AZ
noon. and the representatives repaired 10
the Capitol Square. where -hOtoSra-
phic group OF them was taken. with
Commonwealth sAttOrney II. NJ Smith,
Jr. as the central figure. he being IA
past-supreme officer of the fraternity.
The evening session was devoted largely
10 the exempliicltion Of the secret work,
including the initiation OF candidate
from the University Of Virginia. who
was put through in due form. This was
followed by the great feature OF the con-
clave-;hc Grafton Of Mr.. l.. c. Long. of
the University Of Michigan. Mr Long
recently won the prize in the Northern
Interstate OratOrical contest HIS ehort
yesterday ably sustained his enviable
reputation as an orator.
TIE ADDRESS.
Mr.. Longs subject was Unity OF
Thought, Fraternity Of Action" 1t was
handled in a mastery manner. and treat
ed under three main heads He first ad-
vanced the proposition that thought
but from individual minds. He next gave
the various motives for fraternal action.
and third, presented a classification of
fraternties. In opening Mr.. Long said
fraternity was the watchword Of the age.
The human race was drifting toward
brotherhood. All the forces of history
were drawing and binding men together.
The poet. the philosopher. the statesman,
the ph;lanthropist. all uniting in bringing
mankind into closer relations. on the
other hand men stood alone In thought.
Men act In bodies, they think in solitude.
The worlds thought was the product OF
Il few master minds. Few were they who
thought who created: but the world was
full OF critics and commentators.
SUCCESS OF IDEAS.
Only the success of a new idea renders
its author famous. An idea succeeds.
said Mr.. Long, when 1t ceases to be a
pure mental abstraction and becomes a
real entity bodied forth IN some visible.
tangible form. TO carry these ideas into
execution demands interaction and co.
operation. This forms the basis Of fra
ternal action.
Under the head of motives to fraternal
organization, Mr.. Long noted seven. The
first three were. he said. crime. fear. and
revenge. These were negative in charac-
ter, transient in nature. and seldom justi-
fable. The last four were common suffer-
ing. common interest. common belief and
the greatest of all. love. Love, he said.
was the ultimate ground OF all fraternity.
POSITIVE MOTIVES.
These four motives were positive in
character. permanent in nature, and
always justiiiable.
Mr.. Long divided fraternities into four
general classes-industrial political. reli-
giOus. and social. There was, he contend
ed, industrial fraternity In general. but
each specific interest might have its
specific fraternity The labor union was
freighted with more meaning to modern
society than any other industrial fra
ternity. In republics political fraternties
were rare and unnecessary. They throve
most under monarchical and aristocratic
governments. They were the nstru-
ments Of liberty. Religious fraternities,
he said. infused new life-bloOd into the
stagnant veins of the Church. They
modernized the Church and brought to
practical realization the principles taught
within the Church. The fourth class was
the social fra;ernal. Man. he said, was
pre-eminently social being. The social
nature was mans highest nature.
THE BRICKS AND MORTAR.
All his other natures were only the
bricks and mortar. out of which his social
nature was constructed. Social fraternl-
ties were general and special The coll
lege fraternity was of special nature
In his conclusion MIR Long gave many
evidences of fraternity In nature and in
his last sentence he said nature. man, and
God speak with single voice, and that
the voice Of fraternity.
Mr. Long is a native Of Ohio. His pre-
paTatory education was secured at the
Ohio Wesleyan University. at Delaware.
Ohio. In the fall of 1881 he entered the
sophomore class of Michigan University,
where he Is now a senior In both literary
and law departments
A large number Of delegates came in
during the morning and the attendance
Is rapidly increasing. Last night there
was a business session for the further
consideration OF constitutional revision.
lasting far into the night in order to give
more time for social features to-day.
The conclave will close with a banquet
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