The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-19

is necessarily true. There ia no real require
ment of this life hopelessly at variance witt
high faith and lofty principle nor is the
sea Of the sordidly practical and the nobly
~fanatical. There is, however. a great choice
that comes to every young persoa between
the sOrdidly animal and the n0bly moral,
the initial step into the temple. of oppor-
tunity. and all education worthy of the
name helps them to make this choice Alright.
When the choice is made for the 'nobly
~fanaticaP according to Ibsen's hero, or the
divinely spiritual according to Jesus Christ,
that is the election of grace, and IL is the
elect men and women who are to save the
world from the sOrdid in the practical and
the fanatical In the noble. Sir Joshua Reyn-
olds once examined a painting, and at the
end of his scrutiny said, significantly: 1t
wants that That meant everything. IL
wanted life, soul. quality. potency. all. The
true manho is that If you lack goodness
and sOundness of character you lack every
thing essential to manliness and to redeem
ing influence on others. The only way 10 do
good is TO be good. You must kindle a fire
in your own soul before you can kindle a
fire i'm the souls of others. The responsibility
and mission of the educated man and the
educated woman is to make the world a bet
ter place to live through and TO work out a
destiny in than they found IT. A mans life
CONSISTENT not in the abundance OF the
things he possesses. but it does consist in
what he is and does and may become
DEGREES CONFERRED.
After the address President Butler con-
ferred the baccalaureate degrees upon the
graduates. Addison c.. Harris, president
of the University of Indianapolis, in a
short speech then presented the class with
their diplomas. President Butler awarded
the prizes for the year. Miss Mary Bald
win won the Alliance Francois prize
medal. 1t was presented to her by Prof.
Eduard De Bots, who made his speech
in French.
Yesterday afternoon the ~triennial meet
ing of the stockholders of the college was
held In the secretary's office. The COM
mittee appointed several weeks ago to
recommend a list OF directors to be voted
on at the meeting reported. They recon-
mended that the number of the directors
be increased to twenty-one, the greater
part of whom were elected yesterday.
They were Joseph L. Irwin and NJ. p.
Reeves, of Columbus; John A. Thompson,
Edinburg; A. +. Armstrong. Kokomo; A.
w. Brayton, Charles w. Moores. Fred
Gardner, DR.. H. II. Jameson. the Rev. Al
Ian b. Philputt, Charles Finley Smith. r.
f. Kautz, Hilton u. Brown, Howard Gale
and Lewis j. Morgan, of Indianapolis; the
Rev. T.. c. Brewer, .DanvilIe; Frank s.
Hummel, from the alumni, Chicago; DIR.
w. L. Garrison. St. Louis; the Rev. Will
liam Mullendore, Franklin, and Prof.
Albion w. Smith. University of Chicago.
Tn new directors will meet and organize
in July. A financial statement for last
year will be submitted at that time.
A mock wedding was also held in the
afternoon at the college residence by the
girls. Ii was the wedding of alice Roose-
Welt and the Duke of C~onnaught." Miss
Nina Ely was Alice Roosevelt and Miss
| Josephine Desaw was the Duke. The part
of the clergyman was taken by Miss Min
ME Wink. The social events or the sea-
| son were concluded with a dance last night
at the Propylaeum, given by the young
ladies of the Kappa Kappa Gamma soror-
ity. About one hundred wereSpresent.