The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-14
HAS HER
BEST GRADUATION
Featured by Announcement of
Two New Buildings and a
Record Class.
I'LL. HUGHES THE SPEAKER
FORTY SEVEN DEGREES OF A. B.,
TWO MASTER OF ARTS AND
ONE L. /. D. WERE CONFERRED
BY COLLEGE.

Featured by the largest graduating
class in the history of Earlham and
the announcements by President Kel-
ly that the amount necessary for Sc
curing the Carnegie library building
had been raised and that Bena and
Rachel Bundy of Greenfield would
build new boys dormitory, the forty
seventh annual commencement exer-
cises were held at Earlham yesterday
morning.
After the invocation by DR.. S. r.
Lyons, President Kelly introduced
Mr.. James L. Hughes, inspector of
the schools of Toronto, Canada, who
delivered the address of the morning.
Mr.. Hughes is man of magnetic ap-
pearance and he gave one Of the fin
est commencement addresses ever
heard at Earlham. 1t was an address
that was an inspiration to all that
many congratulations on securing
Mr.. Hughes as the speaker of the
day.
Advanced Degrees Conferred.
The degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon Miss Martha Hunnicut
of Whittier, Cal, and Edgar Strana-
han, formerly student of Earlham,
but who has been teaching in the bib
lical department this year. The hon
orary degree of Doctor of Laws was
conferred upon William Dudley Foulke
of this city. In the confering of the
degrees President Kelly reviewed the
life of Mr.. Foulks and said that Earl
ham was honored to confer this de-
gree on so distinguished a man. The
degree was conferred upon Mr..
Foulke in the first honorary degree
given by Earlham in many years.
President Kelly conferred the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts upon two
members of the class who were not
present at the commencement exer-
cises, they being Mr. George Hamil-
ton, Earlham's Rhodes Scholarship
man at Oxford, England and Mr.
Thomas Grave who is i'll at the home
of his brother in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Hughes Address.
In part Mr.. Hughes spoke as fol-
lows:
THE saddest sight in the world is
man or woman using power for
evil. 1t nearly is as sad to see a man
or woman with undeveloped or un-
used power. The greatest revelations
of Christ were-first, that each soul
had individual power; second, that
because of the possession of special
power, each soul has individual re-
sponsibility. The duty of selfdevelop-
ment in order that we may effectively
perform our highest work in promot-
ing a progressive civilization is the
supreme duty of Christian life. Re-
ligion has been subdivided into emot-
ional religion, intellectual religion and
executive religion. Achieving, over
coming, Transforming are the highest
aims Of Christian life. Emotional
power and a high degree of intelli-
gence are vital elements in Christian
character, but they are subordinate
elements. The unity of the three
ideals of religion is essential We al
ways lose power if we break UP any
of Gods unities.
Three Central Tendencies.
Every child, as soon as he is able
to reveal himself, manifests three
great central tendencies. He likes to
do things; he likes to do things he
plans for himself and he likes to do
things in cooperation with others.
These three tendencies are the fun
damental elements of Christian char
acter. The vital Christian is a doer.
He does things God reveals to him
and he does things in cooperation
with his fellows who aim to trans
form conditions in harmony with high
ideas. The great aim of education
should be to develop the three great
central tendencies of childhood so that
they remain the dominant elements
of character in adulthood. The schools
and colleges should give culture as
broad and deep as possible, but the
best work that can be done for soul
is to make it conscious of it's powers
to develop its transforming tendency;
to increase its faith in itself as God S
representatives and to give it a clear.
er revelation of it's productive rela
tionship to humanity. Education
should qualify the child to gain his in
heritance, and his greatest inheritance
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