Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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In feathered robes Where God has laid His living canvas I And Earth ' s picture made. Page Fifteen

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Alma Mater long we cherish Thy noble halls of knowledge May God breath tenderly and long His blessing to our College. Page Fourteen

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President’s Message Mr. Editor: I appreciate the opportunity offered me to again bring a message to the students and friends of Marion College through the pages of the Marionette. May I first congratulate you and your staff, Mr. Editor, on what I have already seen as evidence of a splendid Annual for 1927. Progress is the slogan of the day. We have passed the time when we are satisfied with the achievements of yesterday: nor do we give the achievements of today much more than a passing glance, as we hurry on to get the “newest model’’ or the next discovery. Before this juggernaut of Progress nothing is sacred. Everything must pass examination and if it does not bring us a “thrill,’’ or prove “fast” enough, it is quickly consigned to the scrap heap. Many of the time honored customs and beliefs have lost their hold upon the modern world. Everything must be “modern.” If we furnish our homes with “antiques” it is a modern notion. We have modern science, modern education, modern so¬ ciety, modern religion and modern politics—except the tariff. Might it not be well for us to step asidd for a moment and watch ourselves go by and determine, if possible, in what direction our progress is leading us. There is no question that in material things our progress has been as com¬ mendable as it has been rapid. The discoveries in medicine and surgery have greatly alleviated human suffering; by the invention of machines for manufac¬ ture and rapid transportation the comforts and even the luxuries of life have been brought within the reach of the masses; the music and the oratory of the nation, if not of the world, has been brought to our own parlors by the phono¬ graph and radio. Educational advantages are now within the reach of every young person who really wants an education. Surely, here, progress has been in the right direction. But progress in but one direction is not true progress. Genuine progress will not minister alone to man’s material needs; nor will it suffice to add only the intellect. “Man cannot live by bread alone,” and true progress will take man God-ward. No nation can long survive that forg ets God. And there is danger that in our progress, in our seeking after the “newest model” or the latest improvements in machinery or business efficiency, that we will neglect those principles and forces which, although “old fashioned,” have produced and nourished the spiritual life of our people. Every advance from savagery and superstition has been by the education of the people of the tribe or nation; and every decline from civilization to na¬ tional debauchery and ruin has been by our over emphasis of the intellectual and sensual to the neglect of the spiritual. May God grant our nation institutions which are well balanced and sane; giving to both the intellectual and the spirit¬ ual their proper place, remembering that “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” Page Sixteen