Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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PROF. H. B. BROWN

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COMMENCEMENT WEEK SATURDAY, AUG. 6th, 10:00 A. M. Class Day Exercises at Sheridan Beach 2? SATURDAY, AUG. 13th, 7:30 P. M. Reception to Class of 1910 At home of Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey 2? SUNDAY, AUG. 14th, 8:00 P. M. Baccalaureate Address in Auditorium By Prof. B. F. Williams ,0: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17th, 8:00 P. M. Alumni Banquet in South Hall g5 THURSDAY, AUG. 18th, 8:00 P. M. Commencement Exercises in Auditorium

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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Arthur W. Duston ELLOVV Classmates, Ladies and Gentlemenel face the performance of this honored duty with considerable fear and apprehension, realizing as I do, an incapacity to discharge worthily the responsibility before me. Would that my talents were adequate to this occasion. However, I willingly proffer them to you, and though the real essence of the program is to follow later, I trust that we may with pleasure briefly note some of the things which immediately concern us as members of this Scientific Class. To the heart which is awake to the spirit of this occasion springs a feeling mingled with joy and s0rr0w,-joy in the anticipation of success that we will achieve in'the application of truths we have learned, sorrow in the thoughts of separation. In many respects it seems to me, this is a wonderful class. With our one hundred eleven members, a number unsurpassed by any class within the history of the University, representing twenty-seven great states and three foreign lands, we can, I think, with- out overstepping the bounds of modesty7 at least feel a sense of class pride. During the brief period in which our associa- tions have been in common, our fellowship has been a source of much strength and culture. Our past dif- ferences we can now enjoy. We can appreciate them as being helpful and inspiring, stimulating to action our otherwise dormant faculties. This occasion naturally turns our minds back to the field of the Scientiiic Course which we are just completing, and with but a transient glance th ere appears to the mind of the observer a world of wonder and admiration; wonder in the vastness of the field of science and, knowledge and admiration for those who so willingly sacrifice social pleasures that they may bear new truths into the world of civilization. Reverently do we feel toward those who have so carefully worked out these laws and their universal application. We are living in the age of a great revolution. No longer are we to be governed by tradition and superstition, by ideas inherited from minds long deniiss. Fact and fallacy, except perhaps in thier superficial aspect, are being Viewed with a greater and greater degree of divergency. Men have hoped for years that conditions might eventually be thus. Steadily and irresistibly modern science has been en- larging its domain, like a masterful conqueror des- tined to bring under its sway the whole world of truth. Wherever science has placed its flag super- stitiion, falsehood and ignorance have tied. And we as lovers of truth are grateful for every bit of terri- tory which it has wrested from them. It has brought to mankind vastcr and nobler conceptions of the world and the universe, a new power oven nature, new weapons against disease, a new understanding of the distant past and a new unity among men. In another and not less glorious way it has exercised a profound influence for good. It has taught the golden value of truth, modesty and candor. It has promoted a greater respect for morality by teaching people to think in a straight line, to recognize a real cause for all phenomena and to obey naturels laws or suffer punishment. The supreme importance of science to civilization can be full appreciated only by those who have given their entire service for the pro- motion of- its cause. As zealous students we have also found much pleasure in the richness of literature. It has broad- ened our intellect by acquainting us with the manners and customs which disclose industrial characteristics of a people. Many of us have learned to find unfad- ing joy and lasting friendship with some great author who has voiced emotions in harmony with ours. Literature in all its glory cheers and sustains. inspires and uplifts and lights the path for all of us. In our research through the lore which we have in- herited from the minds of the past. our ambitions have been one. And whatever course we choose as a sourse of our livelihood when we leave this institu- tion. we realize that we must ever direct our ambi- tions toward that ideal of which the memory of our maker is a lasting symb01,ethe ideal of truth. Our days in Valparaiso University are now almost goneedays which once seemed would carry away all our troubles and leave us free and inde- pendent. Yet when we can no longer know their pleasures, no longer share their abounding treasures, but are launched into the sea of strife and struggle our spirits will cleave to remain with them. As we leave 0111 Alma Mater we go freighted with happy memories of student days and with the kindest re- gards to Professor Kinsey and all our instruetons who have with such earnestness endeavored to inetil within us a fervent passion for all things pure and true.