Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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The Pageant Led on by Life the}- braved the Western wild, Sustained by Hope they built foundations strong, The schoolhouse on the hill, the church unstyled, The symbols of their war on human wrong; They saw the Red Man in his native hills. They heard the music of these larks of ours. They felt the priceless, elemental thrills That hearten ])ioneers through gloomiest showers: And now, a hundred years, we stand, deep-stirred. Their children ' s children, in their memoried place, And re-enact, with picture, music, word, The mountain moments of our Hoosier race; Our eyes o ' erbrim with reverential tears At this our heritage a hundred years. c. w. s.

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the year, in every kind of weather, under a thousand different exquisite skies. He revealed the thrilling beauty that plays over our home land every day of the year. His art has been recognized by those who know. He has won prizes in high competition. He has served in three international juries for the acceptance of American paintings for exhibitions in Paris, St. Louis and San Fran- cisco. He has received the highest honors which can come to a painter in America, — election as associate member of the National Academy of Design. He is one of those who have come up from among us to learn from the academic East and then to do line things out of their own genius at home. He was born in Owen County. He works as Master in Brown County. And now, Theodore Clement Steele, this University which lives to find the upward ways for this people. Joyfully invites you to fellowship. By the direction of the Faculty and Board of Trustees of Indiana Uni- versity, I confer upon you the degree Doctor of Laws. - w ' ' ' ' - ' • « « fj3»fc» j ' — ' S i T-A . i wt • . . ■m ■ Wk L t-; - j. ' ' -j. l-t u. M X J 1 III Brown Count '

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