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

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CMelZECORD a . 1 1! A 0 .7 DAU, D.D., PRESIDENT T W H

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acter. The memory of these two mm will always be perlwtuated by the SCIIUUZ colon, thosm in love and honor to thmzv-the Brown and the Gold. OLIVER PERRY KINSEY 18-19 NIL Brown was joined in 1881 by Oliver Perry Kinsey, who became vice-president. His practical sagaeity and business ability, his inde- fatigable industry and devotion to the ideals of the founder earned success for the university. His genuine solicitude for the welfare of the students and personal interest in their lives made him beloved by the student body, so that alumni today invariably mention his name with affection. 19 QAeRECORD ' HEN RY BAKER BROWN 18-17-1917 In founding Valparaiso University in 1873, Henry Baker Brown brought with him a genius for organization; and leadership. In applying these qualities he gave his life his energy and remarkable ability to the establishment of a university with practical ideals of democracy, economy and scholarship. He imbued the school with his personality, fixed its campus traditions of courtesy and personal honor, and enriched it forever with his whole-hearted Christian char-

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m 4 I'tf'zm 5A e ,, A ICYAeRECORD :1 ea r Ms. W THE END? HHere we are, unc! Passed with honor in every course! Arenyt you glad ? Doctor Marlowe was looking into the fine intellectual face of his nepheyv, now flushed with excitement and beaming with conscious self-satisfactiont Reginald Hunter was waving his certificate of gradu- ation at the kindly gentleman who had taken him into his home after the death of both his parents. IlFine, Reggy, fine. Let me see your sheepskin; it's such a long time since I got mine that I have to stress my memory to recall what a document like this says.H Carefully the aged physi- cian read the paper and was plainly pleased with its contents. Returning it to his nephew with a wistful air, he asked: IIWhat next ? llWell, unc, there is that course in engineering at the U. Wonlt you let me enter thatiw nYes. And then ? IIWell, after four years I promise to be back here with a finer diploma than this? HGood. And then ? UThen I shall hunt me a job, and build a couple dozen Boulder Dams and Cascade Tun- nels, and such. uAnd then ? IlWhy, when I have made enough money I shall find me a congenial wife and build my own home. IIAnd then ? uWell ma be m7 fellow citizens will think well of me and elect me to some ublic oHice a y 3 . . , . p , send me to Congress, or even to the White House: D1dn t Hoover start as an engineer ? ilYes, and then ?,, HWhy, uncle, arenit you funny? Of course, by and by I shall be old and finally die. And then ?I, A long pause hlled with perplexed silence on the part of Reggy as he looked into the honest eyes of the old Doctor, beaming with good will to him. Finally he said: III see what you mean. Our present ends are not the end? What was it that Solon said to Croesus? Hln everything you do, consider the endf' HAllis well that ends well. HEnde gut. alles gut. These proverbial sayings are note quite true but contain a grain of truth. The term llend when applied to anything this side of eternity is a relative term. The absolute end lies beyond any goal that we may fix for ourselves in time and space. To achieve that end is the only thing that counts. There is a vast difference between the two philosophies, one of which declares: We live to die; while the other afIirms joyously: We die to live. That is 111? end. My cordial good wishes go out to the graduates of Valparaiso Lutheran University of 1929, for their abundant success in their chosen spheres of usefulness in this work-a-day world. lWay their grandest success come at and with the end. Wave,