The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31
A DAY GIVEN TO BUTLER
COLLEGE OBsERvANCEst AT BETH
ANY PARK YESTERDAY.
An Address by Rev. j.. Cumming
smith-Large Crowd Expected
at Acton To-day.

Yesterday was Butler day at Bethany
Park. and students were very much in evil
dence, Judging by the number of college
yells one heard on every side. Rev. j. l..
Pounds presided at the meeting and Rev.
Jabez Hall delivered the assembly address,
on THE Ministry as a Whole" The man
agement met disappointment in the morn
ing. j. L. Grifiths was to deliver an ad-
dress but failed to arrive and Rev. j. Cum
ming Smith spoke in his stead. Mr.. Smith
is pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian
Church, of Indianapolis, and preached on
THE Catholicity of Culture in part as fol-
lows:
1.-THE principle of the prize ring is found
beneath broadcloth. Men have to fight and
then call it a higA art. No man Is scholar
unless he has acquired lofty tone of mag
nanimity, by which we mean the power of
seeing how partial theories all coalesce in
some large and comprehensive theories. The
history Of culture has too often been pugiiis-
tic and this very zeal has lost sight of the
symmetry of truth. Churches have drawn
swords when they should have had a love
feast. Too many men carry their intellects
down In the abdomen and have vulgarzed
our best culture with base ideals. BY
magnanimous man we do not mean fawn
ing caterer. Too often a, man goes into a
merry go-round and fancies the whole world
is whirling as it is. These men ask what is
the trend of local opinion and then re-echo
it for sordid purposes. These men do not
move in the currents of progress. A real
scholar feels the planetary movement, not
the merry-go-round movement A real
scholar asks what the men of alpine lofti
ness think, what the lordly and careful
minds are catching sight of. A real scholar
asks for truth first and popularity second.
A plebeian preacher reverses that order.
Among the vast army of men who are to-
day flooding the world with their aching
ideas, one can CLEAN out few who loom
up above all others, who are doing more to
mold the active life of to-day and closer
look at these munificent and glorious lead
ers reveals fundamental openness to all
light, frank brow, a love for truth as the
main issue of, history. He neither scathes
nor courts the crowd, but tries to lead the
crowd to larger realms of life and thought"
After the lecture the Butler Quartet sang
college songs and a general reunion fol-
lowed. Mrs. Brown, who has the manage
ment of the dining room at the hotel served
an exceptionally good dinner which the
boys did full justice to.
AT o'clock in the afternoon Rev Burris
A. Jenkins, of the Third Christian Church,
of Indianapolis, delivered an address on
Butler Bible College. The address was fol-
lowed by short speeches from H. o. Breed
en-, of DeS Moines Ia, and A. G. Smithers,
of Los Angeles, Cal, and o. G. Hertzog, of
Hiram, 0. The text was a general one on
Butler College. During the afternoon it
rained considerably, but it did not seem to
mar the pleasure of the guests at the park.
Most of the people, after the services at
the tabernacle, sat around on the verandas
of the hotel and the different cottages, In
honor of the college boys all the cottages
put on decorations and looked very bright
and pretty in spite of the rain. A sunset
boating party was to be one of the features
of the evening, but owing to the cloudiness
it was. postponed and the time was occu-
pied in singing songs and other amuse-
ments President Butler delivered an adj
reception was held
A party of cottagers, consisting of Misses
Showers Richey. Thomas, Messrs. Powell,
Martinsville yesterday evening. The party
was chaperoned by Mrs. Maud E. Showers,
of Indianapolis.
The late arrivals are: A. c. smther and
wife, Los Angeles, Cal; Effie P. Blount,
Ina L. Conner. E. p: Wise and wife, Mrs.
ley S. Walton Dave 1 Cole william liam
r. Moore, NJ Kies. all Of irving
ton; G; Thistlethwaite, Lola Thistlethwaite,
Miss Jean F. Blair. Martinsville: p M.
Dill Howard Gale. Charles T. Whitsett of
Indianapols; W. H. H. Graham, Winnipeg,
B. N. A.; j. S. Cole and wife, Mansfield;
Adelaide Smith. Fountaintown; Mrs. A B.
Smith, Marguerite Smith, Avon Edward
Beach, Indianapolis; Julia Hunt, Elizabeth
Hunter, Cleo Hunt, of Brownshurg.s
The vitascope entertainment Friday night
was such a success that by specialf request
Rev. j. l.. Brandt will give another on Sat
urday night. Aug. 13, showing scenes from
the life of Garfield. The entertainment will
take the place of the concert announced for
that day.
To-day is Assembly day. The Bible class
at 8 o'clock will be conducted by j. II. Legg;
the sermon at 1890 o'clock will be preached
by H. o. Breeder, of DeS Moines, Ia. At 2
o'clock Rev. ]. L. Parsons will talk on 1.-The
Indwelling of the Holy Spirit in Christians"
after which II. r. Benton and E. L. Conner
will preside at the communion service. At
1880 the Christian Endeavor will hold a
praise service, and there will be an adj
dress by o. G. HertZog. Tomorrow the
state Sunday school will begin its session.