The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25

music In the educational life at the Point.
II Is made 70 enter largely into the in
struction OF the children. and nowhere
are the advantages of thu system more
strikingiy Illustrated than in the dramatic
Fewer which can be called forth when
ever there is an absence Of self-coascious-
ness and OF vanity.
The drama, Ike music, IS regarded by
the world as one % the relaxations OF
life. because it Is supposed 10 deal with
the unrealiries. The drama points away
from the uarea.itics 70 the real life OF
the soul As such the drama should lead
and guide the public taste. providing It
with ideals toward which it can aspire.
Nowhere II the social life OF today is
the need OF reform more manifest than in
the drama In too many directions it has
been made TO serve the sersatio1aiism
and sensualism of the day and to slim
ulate the vicious thought which it might
be 50 powerful 10 suppress
The facilities for dramatic work a.
Point Iona are unsurpassed anywhere
in the world The gigantic open air an
rhitheatre which has been completed
is capable OF seating three thousand peo.
pie and is equipped with every necessity
and convenience for the proper perform
ance OF the work 70 which il has been
dedicated In conjunction with the IsiS
Theatre in San Diego. K forms the mos,
unique dramatic feature or the century
and has never failed 70 call forth unstint-
ed admiration from those best qualified
TO Judge OF It's capabilities We arc
within sight OF the day which win once
more restore the dTame 10 its righrful
position as one OF the great redenptive
forces OF the age.
Art az Point Iona follows faithfully
upon the lines OF the science 70 revive.
Under this science the true expression
OF the soul ideals. and both art and decor
alton are no longer aGveltitious or ca
PRECIOUS additions 10 our environments.
but they become integral parts OF that
IL v4hich they belong They become in
themselves the expression OF the law OF
evolution. and the demonstration of thc
reality of that Law. As is the case with
music. the art at Point Iona is a princi-
pie which pervades all the life and activ
ity.
" A1trs has II e1AA- Nlf - --eA-e -
exist must contain within itself the pos
sibility of existing beautifully. The power
beautiful expression is not an affair OF
the intellect. nor OF custom. nor couven-
ton, nor can il be learned intellectually
ncr from books II comes from the arous-
ing Of the inner powers OF the soul which
are in sympathy with whatever il high
and pure.
IL would be impossible 10 ind eondl-
tons more nearly ideal for the produc-
ton OF a worthy and permanent htera-
ture. Theosophy. even under its initial
and most adverse conditions. has already
s~pplled the world with literature which
has profoundly modified the thought and
enriched the language of the day. How
much greater will be the influence Of this
new literature which IS being prepared
and given 10 the world under conditions
SO well qualified TO call forth from the
writers the best work OF which their IA
lures are capable
In n review Of some Of the more prom
inent features Of the life at Point Iona
it must be carefully kept n mind shat
the object in thus establishing ideal con-
ditions is the uplifting and the 5etterment
of the world Point Lomna is 70 be. and
l. already. a centre from which streams
of hrotherly love radiate into the world
The institution at the Point has TO other
reason for its existence than 10 berent
humanity at large, TO show that the life
which is inspired by hope is necessarily
the life which is rich n achievement
and that does not indeed possess 20 the
fullest extent a dominion over nature.
vast and unimsginahle.
No man IS made happy by the mere POS
session of objects. The measure OF our
desires il the measure Of our slavery
Only by an requirement Of the science OF
life can happiness come. and II is only the
true philosophy OF life which can maxi
man triumphant IN the world. the master
OF the world and az himself
The value OF the Point Iona institution
lies in the fact char IL has proved the
truth Of its theories by It's successes 1t
tas ACCOMPLISHED the mission which
brought it into being. Il has rescued
theosophy from the domain or the intel
lectuaiism which might easily have be-
come more selfish because more subtle.
than the current thought OF the world
IL has demonstrated that the theosoFhic
life IS the life OF practical common sense.
and that IN the light Of its philosophy the
shadows pass away and man can enter
into mis- Osrthrizht OF Joy. The pTopagan
da Of such fllsosophy as this is no long
er an affair Of printed apologies nor %
oratoriczl defense II IS automatic and Is
srread throughout the world under its
our impetus and because Il f. allied %
all evolutio1ary forces which work To-
the well being % men
To ask VIII TIRE system change pres
ent conditions IS but 20 elicit the as
surzncs that IL has already changed them
IRE inertia CT custom ard convention has
teen already broken and TIE Unrest %
the world. at which so many look VIII
sis.r,Ist and with apprehension = but the
movement OF the ssi2 with the Incoming
OF A vurer and a better thought
Ideals have been thrown ort into thc
world. ard because they are spiritual
t5eai< they have entered into the minds
of men and have painted eut-a1riuE pie
lures Of what the world shah b = nan
~ s,,. re master % himself and - u.
These deals VII rot de away ur.i
thav have been accomplished uu;fl the
have zi~ea Birth - other deals vh'cs
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