The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-27

west with men who have become
famous original thinkers in many pro-
fessions. Purdue university has so de-
yelOped the sciences of mechanical.
civil and electrical engineering, that
1t has drawn to it students, not only
from every state in the Union, but from
foreign countries. Besides these state
schools, who has not heard of or en-
ljoyed the advantages of De PAW,
Hanover, Eartham, Rose, Polytechnec,
Notre Dame, Valparaiso Merom, Vim
cennes and many other institutions?
And now these topics lead me to the
pleasant consideration of our cele-
brated men. Iii the trying ordeal Of
expansion since the Spanish American
war, our government has recognized
DR. w. I. Bryan in sending him with
an able corps of1ndiana trained teachers
to organize normal schools Of the Phil
/ lipines and guide the educational in
terests there.
David Star Jordan the ichthyologist,
is recognized in scientific circles as the
modern Agassiz. The medical profes-
sion point to DR.. franklin. Miles as en-
inent in his science.
Benjamin Andrews, Chicago's WORTH
est superintendent of public schools,
was an Indiana man.
For ten years Henry Ward Beecher,
the celebrated minister, was pastor Of
an indianapolis congregation A. A.
Jones, now guest in Oregon, is presi-
dent Of the national grange, the organi-
zation of agricultural interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Haillman, formerly Of
La Porte, have been the organizers Of
eastern kindergarten teachers, and are
now in Indian Territory training the
Indians.
Paul Dresser has given TO music
lovers the beautiful "0n the Banks OF
the Wabash, sung from coast to coast.
Pfrimmer, of Kankakee, and Carleton
and Riley, the Hoosier poets, have en-
riched the literary world with theii
poems of Indiana lore.
Lew Wallace has become famous
through his Ben Hur, Prince Of India
and other books. His military career in
the Mexican and civil wars, as well as
his governorship of Utah and ministry
to Constantinople are national services.
Maurice Thompson has given us, IN
Alice of Old Vincennes, a living picture
of the struggles Of Indiana's pioneers.
| Eggleston, the Hooser preacher, i'm
mortalizes the early Hoosier school
master, while Booth Harrington in his
Gentleman from Indiana porlrays an
other phase OF characters produced on
Indiana soil.
| Who has not laughed with George
! Ade at the slang which he utlizes in
his famous fables, and McCntcheon in
his catchy history preserving cartoons.
Most proudly do we recall that
Lincoln's early years were spent in In
diana. Save Kentucky and Illinois no
state can claim nobler life in the SER
vice of his country.
The women of our state have not
reached eminence by simply being the
mothers OF great men, but have an able
mouthpiece in Helen Cougar the w. G.
t. U. and temperance advocate, and
later, political speaker.
Colonel Richard Thompson, Govern
or O. p. Morton and Senator Voorhees,,
by their craftsmanship endeared them
selves to Indianans generation ago.
President Harrison and Vice President
Hendricks have enriched the national
life OF our own generation while such
able men as Indiana has now before the
nation in the persons OF representative
Lands and Senators Beveridge and
Fairbanks, insures a future as brilliant
as any state can produce.
And now in conclusion let me say
this, that as the eastern states have
poured into Indiana substantial citizens
and capital upon which to build, so has
Indiana contributed her share OF citi-
zens and brain power to eastern and
western states. No great state or nation
has existed, has progressed, but through
expansion.
We are proud Of Oregon, we are loyal
to Oregon, nor are we lacking in enthu-
siasm and ambition for the state Of our
adoption, when memory takes us back
to our Indiana home and we seek to per-
pituate her memory by such happy oc-
casions as this.