The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-18

grew still and they now lie on the nelds OF
and unmarked. But here to-day they all
meet, the living and the dead. the renowned
and obscure. the officer and the prlVate'
they meet on the same level and they le-
ceive the same homage from patrlouc
hearts. There is no rank nor precedence
recognized In our all-embracing enthusiasm
for their worthy deeds We honor them
them Hail, We noble men, Wabash Col
lege greets you and the sun in the heavens
will grow dim before she forgets you
There is one whose name does not APP
pear on this tablet. He was civilian. He
never set a squadron in the field nor the
division of battle knew, but ms spirit
with the soldiers went ana ms cneerlng
counsel urged them on. You know him he
was the war president OF Wabash College
DR.. Joseph futile.
ION this June day. when the earth is
singing the anthems of peace and the forces
of nature vying with each other TO
make the world forget that life is stern ana
hard: in these quiet precincts devoted 10
contemplation and study we seem very far
from the raging fever of war, but memory
in a moment transforms the scene. We
hear the roll of the drum, the stirring call
TO arms, the imprisoned appeal 10 enlist
We see the boys gather TO go 10 the front,
the last fareweIls. the i'll concealed tears
of mothers and fathers. We recall the
anxious days, the ever Alternating Iears
and hopes; the sadness and the glory OF
that time come back TO us. 1hey were
heroic DAYS full of the very essence ana
tragedy of life. In remembering them we
get a new baptism of patriotism. W. tnink
better of men and humanity, knowing that
so much has been suffered unself1shly for
the common good
THE GLORY OF WABASH
In his earnest response President Kane
said the greatest glory of Wabash College
has always been the patriotism of her stu
dents. They have honored their alma mater
he said. with a glory that will not tarnish-
President Kane related that during the war.
when President Tuttle was at Harvard
College, he found that that college took
pride in the fact that one of its students
had enlisted in the war. There was only
one volunteer, but he was made much of
and brought forward on every occasion.
President Tuttle could not refrain from the
justifable pride of remarking that ne was
president of a little college out in Indiana
that had a student roll of 100 and yet that
had twice as many men in the war as there
were students in the college IN any one
for their gracious gift and said that the
college would always endeavor in the fu-
ture to inculcate in its students the same
love of country and of the principles or
liberty that the great men who established
it had implanted in the breasts OF the
earlier students.
Lewis Rowland. of indianapolis, read his
poem written for the occasion-''The Call
to Duty" The last stanza is as follows:
"And when in dimly distant days
Our chldrens children, wondering, gaze
On this old tabet-wheD they ask,
Who were the men, and what their task
May not the college proudly say,
These are my sons who in the day
OF tribulation and distress
stood firm for God and righteousness
Led bv the college glee club the audience
stood while il sang Marching Through
Georgia and those whose voices rose high
est and most clearly in the joyous refrain
were the old veterans who sat in the seats
of honor. Their notes were little weak. a
little ouavery, but they threw into the old
war song the spirit which filled them.
Introduced by President Kane, Capt John
e CIsland, of Indianapolis, delivered
memorial address, simple, but OF powerful
eloouence One by one Captain Cleland re-
called the gallant college boys that went SO
fearlessly and proudly TO the battlefelds
and told how death took them; some in the
prison pens of Andersonvile and Libby.
some in fever-haunted hospitals some in
battle and others In their homes after the
war, where they lay enfeebled on beds of
pain In conclusion Captain Cleland said:
II see a phantom army marching by,
their banners falling in the lifeless air.
Our heroes are in the line and we salute
them with uncovered heads, but they an
swer not marching on toward the sunset
with their eyes to the front. look again
and all that mystic pageant is gone from
sight But out of our memories they can
never go-these brothers academic, these
brothers of the war!
ness, Mr.. Clelands address was very affect
ing 10 many in the audience who had had
relatives or friends that went out with
those brothers academic and whose
thrown carelessly in hastily digged trenches
by the battle line.
WALLACE AND RILEY.
Gen Lew Wallace and James Whitcomb
Riley were the last speakers on the pro-
gramme General Wallace delivered a me-
morable address on 1.-The Spirit OF g. and
in words that pictured the stirring scenes
more clearly than a painters brush could
have done il, related how the boys of Wa
bash went out to answer the Nations ap-
peal. The reception that accorded to
General Wallace at the conclusion OF his
address was enthusiastic. His hand was
grasped by many of the old soldiers and
he was warmly congratulated by the otner
distinguished speakers of the afternoon.
Mr.. Riley read his poem, "Old Glory,
and his simple, effective style was so SIN
gularly appropriate TO the occasion that
its influence permeated the large audience
and reused IL to height of enthusiasm
and patriotic fervor hitherto unreached.
The benediction was pronounced by the
Rev. Mr.. Hobbs. and President Kane dis
missed the assembly with a few words or
thanks for the many who had joined the
alumni in paying honor to the heroes OF
the institution.
The model of the bronze tablet which
was put in place yesterday afternoon by
Sculptor Rudolph Schwartz was the subject
of much praise on the part of the visitors.
On the front wall of the right wing of Cen
ter hall ii stands, twelve and half feet In
height and seven feet wide. On one side
the sculptor has modelled the trunk of a
sturdy oak, and on the other the trunk of
a maple tree. The tops of the two reach
out over the scroll of names on the body
Of the tablet. and the leaves and branches
are intermingled. Beneath the branches
are the words Roll of Honor" and the
names Of the student volunteers, arranged
in the order of their rank. are placed in
four rows. A great eagle with wings out
bottom is the inscription: Wabash Col
lege Students Who Served in the Civil
War" Its cost was about 81 900, the amount
being raised among the alumni OF the col
lege by the efforts OF the committee APP
pointed for that purpose about $500 having
been collected in Indianapolis
ROLL OF HONOR.
The roll of names on the tablet is as fol.
lows:
Major Generals-Joseph Reynolds. Rich
ard S Candy. Lewis Wallace.
Brigadier Generals-John G. Black
Charles Cruft. Smith S Fry, John P. Haw.
kins. William II. Morgan.
Colonels-J. W. S Alexander. John CO.
burn, Samuel (. Vance. Thomas Harrison
Jesse l.. Holman. William c. Wilson, Gus
| tavus A. Wood.
Lieutenant Colonels-Ozro j. Dodds IZaaC
| c. Elston, Samuel Merrill, Webster Mills
| James NJ. Sh5nklin. Chester 3. Thompson
William j.. Twining Joseph r. Webster.
Majors-Levin j. Miller. John w. Rabb
| David Shelby.
Captains-E. A Andrew William p
Black, John j. P. Bill, j. W. Brown
/ Robert Braden George Bowman, Rober
/ h. Bryant, James r. Carnahan William b