The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-14
Senior Class Day at Franklin, and the
Police Called in to Suppress All
UnderclaSsmen.
VERY UNUSUAL EPISODE
Which the Rest of the Students
Called the "Baby Act"
Congressman HIT, of Illinois, Recipient
of a Degree from DePauw-
Grant County Schools.
to the Indianapolis journal.

GREENCASTLE, Ind, June 13.-Witn the
thermometer nearly 100 in the shade, De
Pauw's fifty-fifth annual commencement
closed at noon. to-day. TIL good attend
ance continued till the last. At 10 o'clock
this morning the last and the largest audi
ence Of the week, excepting possibly on
bac~calaureate day. assembled to hear the
commencement day exercises. DR.. Charles
Little, of the Carrot Biblical Institute, Of
fered prayer, after which Hon. Henry Wat
terson, OF Louisville, delivered the uni
versity grafton. Mr.. Watterson spoke for an
hour and a half on The Compromises of
Life" He began by saying that IL a man
ruled his actions as the physical laws rule
nature, his course would be in a straight
line. He does not advocate the telling of un-
truths, but says a man is not obliged to
tell all he knows. The world is full of
compromises. he says. Things compromise
with their opposites. Life goes with death.
Mr.. Watterson then went into a discussion
of the woman of the present time. He
gave an account Of a love affair which cul-
inmates in marriage and said: Man gets
the worst of the deal. In the garden OF
Eden Adam blamed Eve for eating the for
hidden fruit. Woman ever since has been
trying to get even with man, and she has
succeeded. 1t would be better for both If
a compromise could be effected. In the
great struggle of life men know the need
of compromises. Sometimes in social rela-
tons the man is at fault"
He portrayed two characters Of Jay Gould
and Napoleon, showing how they had been
helped by women and their subsequent un-
gratefulness. Everything should be COM
promised when otherwise hate, wretchedness
and despair would be brought on. This
does not imply that truth and right should
be subservient to demand. We should not
quarrel about that which Is not under our
control. He had never been able to dis
credit anyone for his religion. He respect
ed a mans opinion, but at the same time
he kept his own. In the dark ages ne
said, there were no compromises; but
those days are past. In the early strug-
giles the voice of God impelled the patriot
to liberty and directed him during the
dark period of the revolution. But when
the same natioE-makers came to frame a
government many compromises had to be
made. The government of to-day is a mon
ument of compromises for God and man.
kind. Where would the world be now If
it were not for compromises? Some things
We're left uncompromised by the designers
of the government, and were settled in the
great conflict of the North and South. But
We have seen good men come out OF this
conflict, though some compromises were
broken in order to secure the baser party
desires. We are here to-day and have come
from the dark times Of the war stronger
God moves In a mysterious way His Won
ders to perform He had a purpose In the
w @reat ana men mat Of p s1 aes = sSSHompi nrnsS ,b Tine
purposes and have had their day. In some
| mysterious way Abraham Lincoln was
brought in at the proper time and played
/ his mart In the great drama Of life ua
was the incarnation of compromise. and it
was a great disaster to the North when
he was stricken down by the assassin's
| bullet
In the final appeal Mr.. Watterson urged
| that compromises be according to reason.
we should be reasonable in ali things. We
are reaching a point when the government
must be conducted according 20 reason.
The grafton was received with much an
plause at the speakers witty sallies and
his sarcastic filings at some men who go
to Washington"
conferred the diplomas on the following
graduates and candidates for degrees:
A. B,ILillian Pearl Bassett. Terry Claude
Brown, Jesse Franklin Brumback, James
Upton Cutler, Alta Louise Dale. Henry
Levi Davis, Alfred Emil Dickey, Lewis
don. oliver Perry Hoover. Frederick Au-
gustus Likely, Daisy Olive Mikels, Com
modore Brady Stanforth, Thomas Edward
Stephens. Ollie Hays Turk, John Ellis
Phi. B.-Max Dallas Aber, Mintie Alice
Allen. Cora Estella Bennett. David Rim
aldo Compton, Tom Reid Crowder, Edward
James Dunn, Max Ehrmann, Permelia
Cathrine Ellis, Frank Wilbur Foxworthy,
Frank Wilson Gee. William /. T. Hoover,
Lillian Howard, Orlando Buff lies. Charles
Henry Lesson. Florence Alexandria Line,
George Browning Lockwood, Oliver Lin
coin Lyon, Julia Mason. Lee Downing Ma
thias. Hoyt Newton Mccain. Jesse Elmer
McMullen: Charlotte Miller. William
Henry Brown Patton. Marie Polk, Edward
Benjamin Raub, Emma Roehl. Clarence
Arthur Royse. Mae Amelia Seaman, Ray
Minnie Amos Tribby, William Arthur
Whitcomb: Kate Olive .Wilkerson, Charles
Oren Willis. Joseph Alexander Wright,
B. S.-Hugh Hale Ewing. John Alpheus
Kenney, Frank Andrew Preston. Clarence
Edwin Smith. William Edgerton Sollen-
B.L-ota Irene Bartlett. Matte L. Har-
vey. Stella Beersheba Jordan. leila Mar
s. T. B.-Henry Thomas Davis. William
LaBerne Laufman, Charles Henry Lesson,
Charles Edward Line, David Winslow
Ii. B.-Thomas Wilson Annabal. Philip
Jacob Bohn Fariss. Thomas William Field,
Edward Calvin Hughes John Ha,ber,
John Mol, Howard Mountz. William Pres
ton Myles. Lee Phillips. Ruikitsu Tsugara,
lawrence Oscar Vaught, John Ellsworth
b. P.-Nannie Ayres. Matte L. Harvey
Isabella McEown.
A. NJ. lin cursu. )-Thurman d. Allen
Charles E. Bacon, James r. Baxter. Rus
sell X Bedgood, John L. benedict. Elmel
F. Botkin. William o. Bowers, Leonore A
Briggs. Henry H. Brighton, William j
Brinckley. William p. Burris, Harriet G
Burris. George A. CALDWELL, Clifton K.
Cameron, Oliver H. Carson. John NJ. Cas-
sell. Homer s. Chenoweth. Orville r
Dwyer, Charles F. Envart, Charles II
Erickson. Franklin F. Ferry, Leon.
ard Ferry. Warren W: Fiorer
don. Halle Hall, Ellery w. Heiss. Jane.
A. Higdon, Robert r. Hit. Melville c
Hester, William II. Hiss. Charles A. Houts
James II. Huckleberry. Herbert Hunt. Ro
da NJ. Kelly. William W. Kneale. Davif
w. Lewis. Frank l.. Lttleton, Richard F.
Locke. Mary l.. ]. Longden. Matte Il
Longden. Charles w. Mann. Daniel T. Mac
Dougai. Charles y. Mikels. John X. Miller
Paul NJ. Miller, William O.. Moore. Roberl
". p. Noble. Isaac e. Neff. Joseph l.
Nef. Libbie Price Neff. William II. Peter
H. Richards. Edgar E. Rhodes. Haisteat
J.. Ritter. Louise RomcI. Charles d. Rose
Elizabeth Rose. John Schurr, NAV Louis,
II. Sharp. John w. Sluss. Edward E. Sluss
Frank NJ. Smith, Writ c.. Smith, Berths
Darnan stanton. Steve 5. Stratton. Edward
w. STICKY, Charles r. Sturgis, Arthur J
Taylor, Mary Barwick Wright, Robb Ear
4. NJ. pro merito)-Myrta Abbott
George Chambers Calvert, Annie Laurf,
Chaffee, Wesley Walker Norman. Anna
Poucher, Lclah Preston
ID. D.. (honoris causa)-Rev. Albert Sid
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