Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-09
WEslEYAN's 10Th
COMMENCEMENT

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HAccALAUREATE SERMON SUN
DAY BY DR.. scHELL, OPENS
| BIG WEEK.
/ Mt. Pleasant, June S.-The low:
Wesleyan commencement program Of
| ficially opened Sunday with the bac
calaureate sermon by President Edwin
Allison Schell. Fully eight hundred
people crowded the college chapel tt
its fullest capacity, every seat being
| taken and for the first time in years
| it was necessary to throw open the
back galleries. The decorations of the
! building were most elaborate and
were in charge Of the members of the
junior class. The altar and platform
flowers, and the college colors purple
and white were much in evidence
throughout the building. A special
section Of the building was reserved for
the seniors. Promptly at 10:45 the
faculty marched in followed by the
members of the class, two by two at
tired in the conventional caps and
gowns. The hoods on the gowns OF
the members of the faculty were of a
design that indicated their school and
their degree. Forty-four in number
the largest class to ever graduate from
Iowa Wesleyan the oldest college
west Of the Mississippi. took their
places in the seats reserved for them.
Rev. E. j. Shook. superintendent Of the
Ottumwa district. The commencement
choir of thirty-fve voices sang two
beautiful anthems. The baccalureate
sermon by President Schell was con-
coded by all present to be one Of the
most scholarly addresses ever de-.
livered here. The general theme Of
the sermon was the Authority Of
Education" He choose his text from
Matthew 7, 20, For he taught them as
one having authority and not as the
Scribes and Pharisees." The speak
er said in part.
''The world recognizes the supremacy
of the spelling book. Education has
contributed more largely to the ad-
vancement of the human race than
any other one factor. The foundation
of Athens, was laid upon culture and
education. Tyre and Sidon built magni-
ficent cities through the profits realized
from trade. Athens. tragedians, her
authors, orators and poets rule and
have ruled the realm of thought for
centuries. Athens is still a living
sovereign factor in the world. A sand
hill marks the site of Sidon and fish,
erman dry their nets. on the ruins Of
the once proudest and most wealthy
nation in the worlds his.
tory, Tyre. Education brings with 1t
Of accumulation and of char
acter. This authority must not be
arrogated, but must be used ever with
the ultimate purpose Of adding one lit
tie atom to the advancement of the
human race Each man contains with
in himself the one spark Of the divine
the one billionth part Of the electrone.
which is touched into life and activity
by education"
Sunday evening before large audi
ence the annual sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Frank M. Wilson of
Delhi, India. Rev. Wilson told Of the
great Mass Movement" in India, of
which he is no small factor, which has
the ultimate purpose Of retaining
and Outstanding midas teeming
millions.
Academy Commencement.
The annual commencement exer.
cises Of the Iowa Wesleyan academy
we're held in the college chapel Satur-
day evening at eight o'clock. One of
the largest audiences of the season
was present at the exercises. The
exercises were presided over by Presi.
dent Schell and the diplomas were
awarded by him. The invocation was
pronounced by DR.. Thomas Osborne.
The commencement address was de-
livered by the Rev. c. B. Hankins, and
was a mastery exposition of his
theme. The program as rendered
was as follows:
Trio-"Dance Of the Fairies" smalt.
Misses Martin. Russell and Deal.
1nvocation-Dr. Thomas W. Osborn.
Duet-"O. That we Two we're May
Ing Smith. Miss Russell and Mr..
Morrow.
Address-Rev. G. B. Hawkins, of
Milton
Double quartet-'Venetian Boat
Song" Tosti. Messrs. Oatman, Peter
son, Morrow. Gallagher Hogan, Arm
bruster, Lawson, Axthelm.s
Presentation Of the class
Presentation Of diplomas-Dr e. A.
Schell.
The following were granted d.
plomas:
Minnie E. vandegrir, ottumwa;
Eugene M. Barnhart, Burlington; Rob-
ert Eye, Burlington: Luther Heller,
S. w. Tourney, Mt. Pleas
ant; Glendaell R. Lee, Mt. Pleasant;
Louis E. Luebber. Emden, Ill.,; Harold
NJ. McCarger, Danville; Melvin G.
Roth. Wayland; Georgia M. Sides,
Jerome: Alfhid H. s. Stromberg, Mt.
Pleasant: Lora NJ. Buck, Mt. Pleasant;
J. Arnold Hale, Mt Union; Scott j.
Hogan, Cantril: Donald F. Lawson,
Batavia: Philip c. Logan, Mt. Pleas
ant: Archie NJ. Marsh. Tracy: Albert
L. Peterson, Dudley; Dorothy NJ. Rus
sell. Mystic; Mary E. Sides, Jerome