The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-07
KANSAN TO SPEAK
 AT HENDRIX CLOSE
ALUMNI PROGRAM TODAY
Academy Declamation and Graduation and Alumni Address Program
 Given This Morning.

ton exercises were held this morning at Hendrix College at 10 o'clock, fol- lowed by the annual address to the alumni association, which was deliv- cred by Judge A. L. Hutchins of Au- gusta. Tonight at o'clock, alumni of the college will hold "get-to- gether" luncheon. Officers of the as- sociation for the year will be elected at business meeting to be held at ? o'clock. The formal close of the col lege will be on Tuesday morning, when graduation exercises will be held. Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler of the University of Kansas will deliver the literary address.
 Students of the academy graduated this morning were Elmer Bell, George w. Bolts, I. F. Daniels, Annie Henry, William Mosley, E. s. Mum, George Roots, Perry Herring, Lynn Jimerson and J. E. Tisdale Their diplomas were awarded by Prof. M. J. Russell, principal of the academy, who presided at the exercises. Two sections of the Russell literary society, membership of which is limited to academy stu dents, were represented in the decla- nation contest, the winner of which will be announced at the closing eXer- cises in the morning.
 Alumni of the college are here in numbers today for the address by Judge Hutchins, the business meeting this afternoon and the luncheon to- night. "Old grads" many of them now well known as professional and public men, are at Hendrix today to- renew old associations and for one day, to foregather as in the days of old.
 Dr. Schwegler, who will deliver the adderss at the college Tuesday morn ing, is head of the department of edu- cation at the University of Kansas, and one of the best known educators of the middle west. Conway citizens who have heard him speak commend him highly as an effective and instruc tive orator. Dr. Schwegler will also be the first speaker before the sum- mer conference for ministers, which will be opened at the college We'd nesday afternoon. Dr. Charles J. Greene, acting president of the col lege, announced that the lectures at the night sessions of the conference will be delivered at the First Metho- dist church each night at 8:15 o'clock, and a cordial invitation to the public is extended by the committee in charge. The lectures at the college each morning and afternoon will also be open to the public at large, and a cordial welcome given citizens who wish to attend.
 Dr. George s. Sexton of Shreveport, La., a student at Hendrix College 21 years ago and now one of the best known pastors in the south, delivered the sermon to the class al the service held Sunday morning at the First Methodist church. Dr. Sexton's dis- course was one of the most profound ly effective heard here, the speaker using as his text the frequently quoted from St. Pauls Epistle to the Romans: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation" With this passage as hls central theme, Dr. Sexton then de- veloped his sermon into a comparison of natural powers with the power of the word of God, which he declared the highest power His opening state ment in this connection was that man has been unable to develop a power of any sort, his only accomplishment being the discovery of latent natural powers, which, he declared, have thelr beginning in God.
 A striking description which Dr. Sexton employed near the close of his address was his picture of the aged apostle standing alone facing Rome, held down by thousands of years of sin, and declaring that the gospel IS the power of salvation. The speaker reversed customary theology and as- serted that emphasis on the passage of St. Paul's utterance should be placed upon the last clause, and not upon the sentence, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel" Dr. Sexton held the close attention of an audience which com pletely filled the church auditorium. He was introduced by Dr. Greene as a pastor who could attract crowds in Texas after bishops had failed to gain more than passing notice.
 Special music for the service Sun
 day morning was rendered by the choir. Dr. Alexander Copeland Mil
 lar of Little Rock, former president
 of the college, was seated with Dr.
 Sexton. his former pupil, in the pull
 pit, and asked the invocation in an
 appropriate prayer. The benediction
 was asked by Dr. Sexton.
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