The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12
new DE PAW
HEAD URGES
WORLD Peace
WarIeSS Society Through
Education Advocated by
Dr.. Oman.
SERVICE IS REAL TEST
Three Vital Forces Working
Toward General Unity,
He Declares.
SERVICE is REAL TEST
BIZ Times Special


Development Of a warleSs society,
with economic practices based upon
ethical principles was urged by DR..
G. Bromley Oman, De Paw Uni
versity's new president, in his in
augural address here today.
Speaking on the topic of "Edu-
cation and the New Society,"" DR..
Oman pointed out the need for a
social organization which "beholds
the needs of all men everywhere,
that abundant life becomes the lot
of all"
Never in history has there been
such universal yearning for a
New Society. Men are dreaming of
day when the objective of our
social endeavor shall have changed.
when the primary object of our work
life is the enrichment of PERSONAL
1ty rather than the acquisition of
things, when the test of a mans
greatness is guaged not by his pos
sessions, but rather by the service
he has rendered in the interests of
lifting standards of mankind"
President Oman declared.
Love Must Be Ruling Force
ITO thinking men around the
world has come realization of the
fact that, regardless of our social
status, whatever may be our polit-
zeal persuasion or economic
philosophy, no matter what our
religious utilization, all of us must
direct our talents to that sublime
task OF building a social order
wherein supremacy of personality is
recognized, wherein greatness is
based upon service rendered, and
wherein love is the ruling force
among men,"
Education must answer the
question of How will the future
reckon with the workingman?"
I'VE are to create tomorrow; we
dare not conform to YESTERDAY
Yet tomorrow, to be of permanent
human value, must be developed
from the past through the creative
activity OF the rising generation.
The educational force must de-
velop a type of mind that knows
how to conserve and how to create.
type OF mind that would create a
better tomorrow. but would build
the tomorrow that is to be better up
on the best of the past.
Through the educational process.
to Danish war from the earth, it is
necessary that we develop a genera
ton possessed of a world mind. Our
students must think in world terms.
as did our Master Provincialism is
a fertile field, wherein seeds of ma
tlonal distrust, racial hatred, and
industrial suspicion take root.
Student Should Know World
THE man of world mind UNDER
stands and urges a foreign policv
that makes for friendship and the
eventual federation of the world.
1t is matter of international un-
derStanding or armament"
Necessity of the modern student
being familiar with physical char
acteriStics of all nations. their eco
nomic background, the history of
their institutions and ideas and psy-
geological characteristics of the peo-
pie was cited by the educator.
DR.. Oman declared the universal
use OF the English language, moving
pictures, and research laboratories
are three vital forces working to-
ward world unity.
Economic practices are to be
judged by ethical criteria. In a.
word, our economic activities are to
be regulated by ethical principles.
and for the Christian school these
ethical principles are none other
than the social ideals of Jesus.
I'VE need to rely upon the
American traditions of free discus
sion an honest willingness to face
facts as they are, the desire to place
the foundation of equal opportunity
down underneath all our people"
asserted DR.. Oman.
Roy o. West Presides
Roy o. West, president of De
Paw trustees, presided over the in
auguration service in Bowman me-
mortal gymnasium. Bishop Edgar
Blake of the Indianapolis area of
the Methodist Episcopal Church:
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, former De
Paw president; Bishop Raymond j.
Wade and other church and educa-
tional leaders participated in the
ceremony.
Dedication of Lucy Rowland Hall
for co-eds and a meeting of the
alumni council, headed by Presi-
dent Dwight S. Ritter, Indianapolis,
were features of the afternoon pro-
gram. DR.. OMAN will be honored
at reception tonight.
He was professor of homiletics at
Boston University and social ethics
at University of Southern Califor-
MIA before coming to Greencastle
to succeed DR.. Lemuel H. Murlin.
Murlin resigned to accept the pas
torate of the American Church in
Berlin.
Old Gold day homecoming fes-
tivitieS are scheduled for Saturday.
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