Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-07

BY COLLEGE OF
MISSIONS HERE
Oriental Pictures Show Life
on Top Of the World
in Tibet.
STUDENTS GRADUATE
By WALTER ID. HICKMAN.

By WALTER ID. HICKMAN
The campus Of the College Of Missions
was transformed today into the roof Of
The world" when more than a hundred
stCGents members u the faculty and
others took part in q coiorfUi pageant
depicting episodes in the Christian ap-
proach 10 Tibet.
In gaiiy cSlored costumes. fashionable
ladies Of the Orient, merchants. nuns.
weird-'ooking beggars. deyout pilgrims,
stroIiing magieians. with their strange
instruments and others took part in the
strange pageant on the college campus
in frgington.
Several thousand spectators we're
grouped around the natural pageant
ground The scenes gave one an ocen-
rate Idea of life in Tibet Seldom have
scenes Of such weird beauty been por-
trayed In Irvingtcn.
Ali the characters were accurately
"Inade up which lent additional appeal
to the picture. The quaint and strange
religious customs OF the people formed
a background TO the efforts Of the mis-
sionaries to Introduce and extend the
teachings Of Christianity In this foreign
country.
OPENS ALL DAY
SERVICE AT S1ttSOI-
The pageant Was the opening feature
OF an all-day commencement exercises
held at the college. The purpose of the
pageant, as explained on the program,
Is 10 portray something OF the color and
custom Of Tthetau life, especially IN lis
religious aspect and, a. we'll. to indicate
- difficulties and sacrifices involved IN
lsIonaFy enterprise on the Roof of the
world"
The pageant was IN three episodes. as
follows;
/. The arrival in Lhasa OF the Capuch-
IN franciscan missionaries {orazio della
Penna and his companions; and their
expulsion. 1TIa-I140.,
2. The pioueer work Of Pet-us and Or.
Susie RiInhgrr az the lamasery 81 Kun
bum. on the Northwestern Chiao-1isetan
frontier III the former Tib-tan province
81 Aindo. tisss 1887
A description OF the first episode
serves we'll 70 show tie magnitude upon
which the pageant WIS pres "nted.
The program describes the frst cpl
sode Us follows:
SCENE DESCRIBED
By PROGRAM.
1.-THE scene IL a: Lhasa. the Tibetan
capital, chiefly at the ca3d-roofed Jo-
may be called the L4hasa cathedral. It
has Z gorgeous altar AID Is I. tetua.e. Of
high ceremony Note the typical STREET
scene: Merchants, Fashionable la'.its.
nuns. beEgars. pilgrims stroLiiag mGs.-
clans: lama from Ehutau among the
ladies are one from narie&iius in shiia-
mering purple and two Molgois ,Sita
high head.dreSs1.
action: From roof OF 5oKhHng
lama tprleSt) blows trumpet toward tie
north as signal FOR procession esgonse
within temple. alternate heat Of EoaS
aud beIi-Procession az red and yei4ew
ROBBED Iaulas from north, spinning
prayer wheels and chanting the mystic
formula. ON mani padme hum tEfasl.
Jewel in the Lotgs)-People receive
Iamas' eSSing-PFoeessio enters 10
Lang ple-Procsssivn energies 10
Re offer Tx st q chrTteR tshrinet-
T.'nas enter soath temple and chant
from the Buddhist scriptures-Acolytes
s.rva them tea-COgrier announces ar
rival ~ foreigners ftae Franeisca'si#-
Head Lama bids them ceEne-BudGhist
nuns bring Offering and seek a charm
Charm is pronounced by young lama
Franeiscans reach tcnple-TaeIr leader.
orazie della Penna. addresses Head
Lama, wEo replies and assigns them
auarters-Fr anc3scans followed By Gu
riGus crowd.
Chinese Ambsn toflclaI representa-
:ive4 arrives fTom China with Imperial
ton caravan and presents credentials 70
Dalai Lama (Ruler Of Tibett-->tEeet
elamor against Franciseaus stirred NJ
bv fannas-The Abbot or Sara comes on
a paianquin to complain Of the foreign
srs before Dalai Lama-1she abbot j
head az the largest iaaie.ery tmeaas
teryt I'm I.hasa-- Dalai Lana decides L
Danish FranciscaEs-E Encouraged ~ Gh1-
rese Amban whe is eager To secure for
China q monopoly e interest IN Tiart
Missionaries summoned and sentenced
-Orazio della PenHa sTeaks-Lafslas sui
len, crowd Missionaries depart
with caravan.
"Lau,as perform devil danee' to
Fighter away demons and purge the city
from thr stain If the foreigners =
Following the pageant, the commence
mont exercises proper were helI during
which tversy-six laea ami women who
have Dedicated their lives 10 missionary
work were given their diplomas and Off
rially assigned te their posts ur Rob.
srt JEdsou Alley. president Of Butler
College offered he invocation. Tie Rev.
w Douglas Mackenzie, president Of the
Hartford Seminary Foundation at IIasf-
ford. Conn. delivered the commencement
AEess.
q pofrtmeut and ordination services
we're held on the GrGhala Cbapel lawn
hate this afternoon Or, Charles II. Eta
ders was in charge u the ordination serv-
ices
The candidates were rs follows:
Charlottesville John GouIter, Irene
Minerva Bertha Frances Park