The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
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blue business suit, without the usual
academic robes of a commencement
speaker and his vigorous appearance
of man in his early ffties belied his
heavy shock of snow white hair.
Speaking from choice as business
man, Compton carried out the part
during his entire address which prov
ed a dispassionate but none the less
searching analysis of current world
conditions.
Remember the Hoe
If America, like the Pilgrim faith
ers, must face the world with mus
ket in one hand and a hoe in the
other it must remember that the
musket is present only so that the
hoe may be used.
Drawing a parallel from Nehemiah
of the Old Testament, who rebuilt
the walls of Jerusalem under guard
of soldiery, the speaker said America
can and will make progress in the
paths of peace under the shadow of
armament, if necessary.
If our will to live at peace is not
sufficient, we should not hesitate to
pay the price of preparednss for the
preservation of our liberties the au.
dience was told.
Big Government Problem
The speaker condemned the tend
ency of government to assume in
creasing and autocratic authority
Less than a generation ago we were
confronted with the problem of big
business-today we have traded the
problem of big business for the prob.
lem of big government.
"It was the curse of big govern
ment that two or three centuries age
caused your ancestors and mine tc
become Pilgrims" he said. Eventu
ally government must learn to con
fine itself to governmental function:
or the liberty and iniative of the in
dividual are lost.
Good Saramaritan Best Business Mar
Rising to the defense of business
Compton pointed out that the mos
noted business man in all histor,
was the Good Samaritan-not th
churchman nor the public official VIII,
passed by.
There was no federal law to pre-
scribe his conduct, but the Good Sa
maritan manifested a spirit whicl
does not seek profit at the expense o
others. Some of the finest chris
tian men are those who practic,
christianity more than they profess it
The reason they do not belong t,
church may be because so many o
us in the church profess christianit!
more than we practice it, the speak
er said.
Shortcomings of the church may
be largely due to our insistance OF
non-essentials-we pursue the shadow
while we lose the substance. We pro
claim unity, but practise disunity. Il
is time we put the church back on the
rock where it should stand, he con
ciuded.
Announce H0nors
Following the class address the
following departmental honors were
announced by Dean of the College,
DR.. J. S. Schultz: EInore Burtchin,
French; Karl Schultz, history;
Helene Stonehill, sociology.
Dean Schultz also announced the
following members of the class
elected to Pi Delta, honorary scho-
lastic society: Elnore Burtchin,
Margaret Hobson, Karl Schultz,
Andrew Shelly, Genevieve Stein and
Helene Stonehill.
Confer Degrees
Degrees were conferred by DR.. l..
l.. Ramseyer president of the college
on members of the graduating class
as follows:
Bachelor of Arts
Richard Backensto, Allentown, Pa;
Mason Blosser, Lima; Evelyn Burk-
haard, Orrtanna, Pa; Elnore Burtch-
in, Lima; Carol Cookson, Bluffton;
Wanda Eversole, Bluffton; Stanley
Fretz, Lansdale, Pa; Wayne Good
bar, Lima; Donald Gundy, Meadows,
I'll.
Theda Hankish, Bluffton; Vivian
Heck, Willard; Eugene Hilty, Lima;
Margaret Hobson, Damascus; Della
krebill, Donnellson, Iowa; Alice Ole