Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

can meet the requirements Of Uncle
! Sam should have an abundant en-
trance, and that more than that, there
| should not be racial OF religious dis
! elimination of any kind.
We who have lived in the east do
not fear your yellow peril" With
| Maltbie Babcock, I believe the So
golden opportunity" Occidental will
not only send It's sons to preach the
| gospel In the orient, but Il will open its
owA doors wide to the sons of the
orient and gladly prepare them to re-
turn and help In the great awakening
Of China and Japan.
Invasion Is Mission
This alien invasion of our eastern
and western ports by many Is consid-
| cred a. menace to the purity of our
| national life. It may under certain
| conditions, prove to be q menace. i
| believe 1t to be a mission. A mission
that ought to stir the heart OF every
liberty-loving citizen, and with due re-
spect to those who differ from me,
stand ready to give each worthy inn
migrant mans full chance in Gods
| country. America with all It's won
derful development Is still mission
| field and Occidental must contribute
its quota of workers for the home as
well as for the foreign mission fields.
Because ours is a Christian founda-
tion we have many other privileges
and duties that center In the life Of
Jesus Christ. There is time to refer
to but one more among many and that
one also touches the welfare of the
world. Occidental must enlist its stu
dent body in ''war against war" The
| boom of cannon has but recently
ceased to roll In from across the Pa
Iat4 IL A.-l nskl ~
upon the soil, and 1t is high time that
in state, certainly in religious institu-
| tions, the horror, the destruction, the
crime of war should be taught the
young. To that end text books of his
| tory need to lie revised. In addition to
that, the principles of International ar
bitration should be taught and upheld.
| Not only must we stand for purer
| national standard at home, but we
must help America to bring about a
worthier International life abroad. A
famous old Massachusetts, statute i'm
| poses upon all teachers "love of coun-
try, of humanity and universal benev-
olence." We do well to follow in Mas
sachusetts' train and make Occidental
branch Of a great peace and inter-
national arbitration society, for "God
hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the
EARTH"
Offers Congratulations
Robert e. Speer made congratula-
| tory speech. He said in part:
1.-THE great business of life is not to
attain ends. 1t is of little consequence
whether or not you pass through the
necessary discipline to strengthen your
characters. Some men are so delicately
poised that they can go easily in either
direction which popular opinion indi-
| Gates.
I'VE are not getting in our technical
schools the training to unselfishness
which the classic colleges afford, and
1 fear we shall have price to pay for
this in the turning out Of men and
women who have been taught that
they should attend school for selfish
ends rather than to fit themselves to
benefit the world. A glorious evening
of life cannot come except at the close
of busy day, lived in the service of
others. Greatness is merely service
and we want more institutions where
Christian greatness service is taught"
The SINGING of America" closed the
exercises with benediction by Rev.
Drummond McCunn, moderator of the
Los Angeles presbytery.
The eventful day closed with ban
quet to DR.. John Willis Baer, the new
president, last night at the Westmin-
ster, given by the Presbyterian Laity
lassociation.
| With DR.. Baer the guests of honor,
other than the spea kers, were DR.. E. c.
Moore, superintendent of Los Angeles
public schools; DR.. James r. Mills
paugh, president of the state normal
school; w. s. Young, D. d. late acting
president Of Occidental college; Hon.
Thomas F. Baird, o. T. Johnson and
Lyman Stewart.
Robert Young, president of the Laity
association, acted as chairman of the
evening. Covers were laid for. 300. The
following program was carried out:
Invocation by Rev. H. "A. Newell, D.
D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Hollywood; music, Occidental
College Glee club, 1--WE Meet Again To.
night: address of welcome to DR.. Baer
on behalf of the Presbyterians in
Southern California by Rev. H. K
Walker, D. D., pastor of Emmanuel
Presbyterian church; words of greeting
from representatives of colleges: David
Starr Jordan, l.. L. D., president of Le-
land Stanford Jr. university; George F.
Bovard, D. D., president of the Univer-
s.ty of Southern California;; e. c. Nor
ton, Phi. D., dean of Pomona college, |
and DR.. C. e. Tebbets, president of
Whittier college; greetings from the
people of the state of California by
Rev. Robert j. Burdette in place of
Hon. Frank p. Flint, United States
senator for California, who was absent |
greetings from the University club of
Los Angeles, DR.. Walter Lindley. presi- |
dent; music, Occidental College Glee
club, "Funiculi, Funicula"; response
and address by John Willis Baer LII |
D., president of Occidental college; ad |
dress by Robert E. Speer secretary of
the Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sionS.
The officers of the Presbyterian Laity |
association are Robert Young, presi- |
dent; r. f. Small, vice president; AL |
bert Johnson vice president; H. M
Lutz, vice president; w. f. McVay, |
treasure D. H. Steele, vice president; |
r. W. Bailey, secretary
The members of the reception com
mittee are Giles Kellog, w. f. McVay, |
George H. Dunlop, Edward Winterer, |
R. e. Small, George B. Pope, j. b. |
Cha IN berlain, r. w. Bailey, Leonard
Merrill, Fl. M. Patterson. Newman
Essick, d. K. Edwards, w. S. Bartlett, |
James H. Hurn. r. w. Brydon, George |
de la Vergne, P. E. Hatch.
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