The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-06
ITO GET POWER
is AIM OF LIFE
According to DR.. w. A. QuayIe
of Kansas City.
CULTURE FOR ITS SAKE
Was the Keynote Of Master
full Address TO Friends Class.
CULTURE FOR ITS SAKE

morning when Dr. ". 4. Quayie OF Kan
sas city made his address to the grad
yates of the school Of arts Of the Uni
fversity. Yesterday morning was the sec
ondannual commencement OF the Friends
and nine young men and women passed
out OF its doors after four years Of solid
college work and with the degree Of bach
elor of. arts. Rev. DR.. Quayle had been
secured to deliver the annual address TO
the members of the class, and the fame
Of this divine has gone before him. ard
/ hundreds of Wichita people who neTer
before were within the walls OF the Uni
versity went to the hall yesterday 70 hear
the man who has made name for him
self. as a lecturer. humorist, after-dinner
! speaker and a divine, and not one was
disappointed. Every one who entered
the large hall yesterday expected 10 hear
a lecture out of the ordinary and each
one fully realized his expectations.
The subject of DR.. Quayles lecture was
| Culture" and the work OF the master
mind of the speaker was evident in every
sentence and every thought. he painted
| the various definitions Of the word in
terms fresh and glowing. With wonder
ful acumen he blended the different mean
i ings of the word and with mis- subtle ex-
preston made his words and illustrations
all the more vivid and realistic. He COM
bined wit and pathos with the best of
common sense and his intervals with the
imaginative and real branches OF human
character were such that the audience
Vas first moved TO tears and then TO
laughter and then sober down to the nard
realities of life.
With clin1aXes of the most vivid type
centrasted with illustrations sometimes
OF the most serious style and others Of
humor served 70 bring out his points with
startling dIstinctness and would cause his
words and thoughts to be virtually
burned into the minds Of his hearers. Not
one person in that immense audience but
Will pick out some parts from the many
good ones in that discourse and carry
with them to their grave, to think and
study the various subtleties of expression
and the good thoughts which the speaker
brought out.
DR.. Quayle adduced many thoughts
which can never be forgotten by his hear
ence with an unquestionable spirit and
an animated delivery. His description OF
mountain scenery was matchless and the
auditor could almost see the snow on the
mountain tops as it changed from SHIN
mering white to pink, and then to the
darker crimson under the influence of the
sun as DIR. Quayle spokethe words. There
probably never has been an orator in this
city who in his delivery and versatility of
language and depth Of thought that could
equal DR. Quayle. He has an ability to
portray his thoughts in terms mild and
beautiful or in language passionate and
fun of fire. He injected humor Of the
most enjoyable kind into his discourse
and would follow the laughter with bit
of pathos that almost moved the audience
TO tears and outlined his thoughts in a
manner both vivid and real
Dr. Juayle's enunciation is clear. and
the words are spoken sharply at times.
but always with emphasis. On the plat
form he has charming personality, and
his voice and action are magnetic. and he
holds his audience in rapt attention
throughout his discourse. He has won
an enyiable reputation and in All prob
ability he stands prominent among the
pulpit and platform orators of the west.
DIR. ouayle opened his address with a
view of boat on the lakes just a it is
being pushed from the shore ''SUch is.
life" said he. 1T Is a boat and To give
il little dig into the big water is what
we are here for. Man IS beast. exalted
and exultant with superhuous powers.
and. moreover. he is a superior animal.
Man is an angel, vet without the wings
to soar among the lofty clouds and court
familiarity with the stars. That is Gods
notion OF man.
The animal has desires. while man
masters desires. The animal is mute
while man IS articulate The animal is a
creature of destiny. while man is the
master Of his own destiny. The animal Is
a creature Of the earth, while man is
creature OF heaven. You cannot make
sunset without clouds and a sun. snd you
cannot build Immortality unless YOU have
the Immortal truths
Culture as I ind it is the problem OF
the prevention Of the degradation OF nan
II his enemies. Did you ever try to take
a photograph The art IS rot simply in
exposing the object TO the glass and then
the glass to the sun. II is exposing tho
object to 8 sensitized plate and such IS
the mind of u.sn- God has given rs mem
DRY. which IS a sensitized rI8te. on which
IS projected the objects that 80 To make
the worlds history ard which are ~ in
terest to Us.
The question that IS confronting the
people OF this age Is. who are we
would not waste a crumb of bread On a
common auimality. objects thar are grow
cling at the mouth Of their den but l
am willing 70 give bread % people who
have a soul. and that IS the problem q
life
when a father or a mother looks u
their child. is there not mist coming
Of their child he father aud r1other
want to know whether yoa are go.rs To
he 4 beast OF a nan or woman wIJh
soni. The father and mother net cnly see
hu5 they fsel thi1ss that may come 10
in their chadS future EeeiaE thines IS
70 have good eyes. bat fecliug 5hlues j.
to have a good heart The eyes ruev -
destroyed. and hey can ~ REPAIRED. but
sa injury 70 the heart IS permanent. ard
that organ never dries M On. nov af-
n,irv a man who Is q man. master.
nan who sees and feels things
Or. ouayle then gave az illustration n
the engineer e n locomotive lie tola
how kc sat N The Ger s. the traia rlshcs
aioas Il thc rate ~ sixsy mnes ar h7ur.
bat when ~ thousht q ms f-an. ere
master. The nan Whn fees thizss sitting
n the cao ~ the eariec - fris ssss lie
knew thas a MAJ Il that sraur xocls