Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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program iEurU|am itamnnft dJubtk Su DA ' , June Fourth 10:30 A. ; I. — Baccalaureate Sermon, Elbert Russell. 3:00 P.M. — Sacred Concert, Chase Stage. Richmond High School C)rchestra, assisted by the Glee and Madrigal Clubs and Mrs. Fred Bartel. 7 :30 P. M. — Address before Christian Associations, President David M. Edwards. MoND.w, June Fifth 1 :00 P. M. — May Music — Crowning of Queen — Winding of May Poles — Revels of Morris Men. Old English Plavs; St. George and the Dragon, an old English Rustic Play. Tragic Interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe (Shakespeare). A Hue and Cry After Cupid (Ben Jonson). Scene from A Winter ' s Tale (Shakes- peare ) . 8:00 P. M. — Chase Stage — The Pageant of Earlham College in Guest of Free- dom. Written by Walter C. Woodward, Class of ' 99. TuESD- ' , June Sixth 9:00 A.lsl. — Procession, including guests, visiting delegates, faculty members, old students, members of alumni. Ringing of the old bell during procession. 9 :30 A. M. — Chase Stage : A ' alter C. Woodward, President of Board of Trus- tees, presiding. Greetings from in -ited guests : Mayor Lawrence A. Handley of Richmond. Stephen M. Fladlev of Penn College representing the American Friends ' Colleges. t)r. Stanley M. Coulter of Purdue University, repre- senting the Universities of Indiana. President Robiert J. Aley of Butler College, representing the Colleges of Indiana. Response by W ' ' alter C. Woodward, Class of ' 99. 10:30 A. M. — Historic Address by Elwood C. Perisho, Class of ' 87, Benediction by Timothy Nicholson. 11:30 to 2.00 P.M. — Class Reunions and informal luncheon on the campus. 2 :30 P. M. — Address by Herbert C. Hoover, United States Secretary of Com- merce. 4 :00 P. M. — Meeting of Alumni and (Jld Student Union. 6:30 P.M. — Earlham Diamond Juliilee Banquet. W ' ednesd.w. June Seventh 10:30 A.M. — Commencement Address by President Henry Churchill King of ( iberlin College. 2:30 P.M. — Repetition of Flistoric Pageant. Page seventeen

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(A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT EDWARDS) EARLHA; I has now reached a maturity that gives her prestige. The seventy- five years of useful and glorious past give cause for congratulation. The thousands of students prepared for useful service, the high ideals inculcated, the breadth of vision given are all items of importance. If one were to consider only the men and women who have served Earlham as teachers and administrators it would be to see a group of splendid men and women who saw in service for Earlham an opportunity unsurpassed to serve their day and generation. But add to this group the members of the Board of Trustees, the interested members of the Society of Friends and those who have given of their means to finance and endow the institution, and where will you find a more splendid company of idealists. Perhaps 25,000 students have attended Earlham since 1847. These have come from and gone to all corners of the earth. They have entered all lines of occupa- tion. Onlv a few have failed to give a good account of themselves. ; Iany have achieved distinction. The large majority have served or are serving well the interests in their hands. Physically Earlham has grown fairly satisfactorily. Additional plant and equipment have come as needed for the most part. The plant and equipment are now well adapted to the needs, except in a few particulars. We are permitted during this seventy-fifth year to reminisce — to look back- wards and take stock of the past, but not merely for congratulation and felici- tation. We must learn the lessons of the past in order that we may make the future more glorious. As we call up the men and women, the ideals and standards, the attempts and the achievements of the past, we should remember the appropriate text of Scrip- ture — Wherefore being compassed about by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lav aside everv weight and run with patience the race that is set before us. What is the race set before us Manifestly it is to carry forward to greater perfection the work so well begun and the standards so splendidly estab- lished. The needs of the college are many and some of them urgent. A gymnasium adequate to meet the physical and social demands is perhaps the most urgent. Increased dormitorv facilities are much needed. ] Iore endowment must be secured. To falter or hesitate in the presence of these tasks would prove us to be unworthy successors of the founders of our college. We will go forward in their spirit and meet the needs as they met them. — D. I I. Edwards. Page nineteen