The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

part of Purdue the assurance of the same
spirit of respect, affection and willing serV-
ice that has accompanied our relations
heretofore"
TIME FOR EULoGIEs.
Superintendent Carr's address was IN
part, as follows: This is a time for eulo-
gies-eulogies not only upon the university
and our high schools. but upon our ma
tional life. We as a nation, are rich be-
yond the dreams of avarice. We are pow
erful in fleets and armies and position and
men. We are fortunate in our history and
achievements. We are blessed In climate,
soil and resources. We need never want
for the comforts, yes even the luxuries of
life. We need fear no invasion from for
eign foe or conquest by foreign despot.
Indeed, we need fear nothing-but the
wickedness of our own hearts and the
wrath of Almighty God.
1--WE like to think of our country as the
fayorite OF heaven. We can see the hand
of God in our history. We see His guidance
and deliverance in war and peace. We be-
right and that our nation will endure We
believe that God promised Solomon of
old to establish his kingdom forever He
promises us eternal national existence, but
His commandments and to execute His
judgments. God has ever blessed the right
eous nation, but the way Of the ungodly
has or shall perish
''I am an optimist. 1 believe that in most
respects the world Is growing better. Yet
it is possible while gazing at the beauties
the ocean. There Is a belief among our peo-
pie that no matter what follies and sins
we In the end all W ee we M Le
that shall we also reap, Is as true OF ma
tions as individuals.
''Of our national sins perhaps none other
q So SOClptV
the disregard of law. This manifests itself
in various ways. In Its milder forms Ii is
the disregard of children for parental and
school authority, or of students for the laws
of college and in some instances, even the
laws of the State. Again 1t manifests it
self by so-called good citizens using brib-
cry and fraud to secure contracts, or to OBJ
tain franchises, or TO dictate nominations,
or to control elections. The boss and the
human or divine unless % il will ill., in some way.
aid them in their nefarious business. Many
of the great trusts. notably the Standard
Oil, have risen to power by corruption,
bribery and oppression-a total disregard
for law. In its more aggravated forms it
manifests itself by officials protecting in
stead of Furnishing criminals-or by them be-
traying and plundering the people that have
elected them to office. Such things finally
terminate in rioting, mobs, violence and
anarchy itself. 1t is the deadly virus.
which, If allowed TO spread, will bring death
to the body polite.
DISREGARD FOR LAW.
THE spirit of lawlessness is fostered in
many ways. Disregard for law has always
been a weakness, sometimes the fatal weak
ness, Of republics. The large foreign ele-
ment especially in our cities, intensifes the
disregard for law. The laxity Of parental
discipline in the home is partially RESPONSE
BILE. A sensational press that paints vice
and crime in glowing colors is partially re-
sponsible. The church with its timid min
listers and with its lukewarm and disunited
membership is partially responsible The
schools colleges and universities which
have exalted knowledge above character are
partly responsible. The saloon and the
| brothel and the gambling den are largely
responsible. The alderman and the legisla-
tor and the representative In Congress and
| the senator In the United States Senate who
| betray their trusts or whose fingers are con-
| taminated with bribes are responsible. The
| prosecuting attorney, the juror, the judge.
| the patrolman. the mayor, the police COM
| missioners who wink at crimes or protect
| criminals are partially responsible. And
| finally the voter who elects dishonest men
| to office Is responsible
| What is the remedy? Is the disregard
| for law really a serious matter, or is 1t
| only imaginary? Let US hope Ii Is chiefly
| imaginary yet We should not lull ourselves
| to sleep in the lap of Deilah, lest the Philis-
| tines come upon us and blind our eyes so
/ that we cannot discern right from wrong,
| and bind us hand and foot so that we cam
Il
rights. We do not need an opiate, but a
| discerning eye, a courageous heart and a
| strong hand. An army may quell mebs and
/ stop riots, but 1t takes more to make a
| virtuous and law-abiding people. The
| man on horseback may restore order and
4 protect property, but In so doing the people
/ may lose their liberties. Education of the
intellect alone will not suffice, for many
/ of the most fragrant acts of lawlessness
| have been committed by the so-caled high
| ly educated. There is but one remedy. We
L a T.
| Gus, courageous, patriotic. God-fearing peo-
pie. This and this only is the remedy.
nd caf abs suGm Dc sdhoo % anS tbe coeee
| and the university and church OF Jesus
| Christ and all other agencies and insti-
tutions that make for righteousness must
! unite on one proposition-the production of
manly men and womanly women. Charac-
ter must be exalted above shrewdness or
knowledge, or skill or anything else For
| thirty years, in the west room Of the old
| college building at Bloomington Daniel
| Kirkwood taught mathematics and man.
hood In similar way children should be
| out this broad land. for one believe that
| the eternal verities of the Bible should be
taught in every school-public and private
| high school, college, university or what not.
| The Christian virtues should not only be
taught but practiced in every school.
CLEAN COLLEGE LIFE.
"In this work the college and the uni
versity must play great part. The teach
ers in our high schools come from our col
leges. High school practices and high school
ideals are determined largely by college
| practices and college ideals. Most OF the
cases of high school discipline result from
| an attempt to initiate certain Objectionable
college practices. The class rush. the pc
riodic scrap, the occasional disregard for
| and defiance of college law are serious and
dangerous things when introduced into u
| high school.
THE members of the faculties OF our
| high schools and colleges should be not
only scholars. but men and women of power
and Of the highest Christian character. The
| student life should be clean, wholesome,
| uplifting and inspiring. The college gradu-
ate, yes the high-school graduate, should
| be so trained in mind and developed In
| character that he will not only be an inn
mune TO the folies and sins OF society, but
that he will be a champion of truth and
Justice and honesty and law and order and
temperance and education and religion and
everything else that makes for righteous
| ness"
| The Rev. Matthew Simpson Hughes. pas
tor of the Independent Boulevard Church
| of Kapsas City, Mo-, brother of President
Il