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IDOLS AND IDEALS LOUIS GREGORY, IVY DAY ORA TOR OF CLASS OF 1909. GIVES A SCHOLARLY ADDRESS Class Seng by Miss Viola.. Barnes, Poem' by Miss Constane' Syford, and May. Pole Dance by Girls ofthe Senior. Class. MISS BARNS WRITES CLASS SONG Composed for. the Class of. Nineteen Nne by Member. Tho clnsB song rendered yesterday by tho graduating class was written by .Miss Vloln Burns. .Miss Barns Is a Vendor In the department of English Pleads for Right Thinking- as the Basis for Right Acting Course of Man Always Onward and Upward. As a piece of scholarly work and as a presentation of (loop thought the literature, a Phi Beta Kappa and a oration delivered yesterday morning is With idear weather lending Its aid to a program or Interest and excel lence, the formal planting of the Ivy with accompanying exercises yeater day morning was an Impressive ovent. Before a crowd of Ave hundred uni versity students President Hills of the Kcnlor class planted the green emblem at. the cast end of the admin istration building after an address by Louis Gregory and the rendition of the class poem and class song. Follow ing the plnntlng of the ivy .the Mny pole dance was executed by girls of the senior class. The morning program opened with the rendition of the class song, com posed by Miss Viola Barns. Chutr nuin J. F. Coupe briefly reviewed the history of Ivy Day in Introducing Louis Gregory, clasp orator. He spoke ot the establishment of the custom in 1901 and of the growth of the institution since that time. Iast yoar the exercises were extended to cpver a whole day and tho significance of the ee'ebrntion was correspondingly inerc.it-ed. The Class Poeni, . M Iss .GoribtatvJtejayford Ipljpwed ihtt. ; formal Ivy Day oration with a read ing ot the class poem, which was her own composition. Ross W. Bates then presented the university with the gift or the cmss of 1909, a stone drinking fountain to be erected In the center of the campus. He declared that the giving or the gift was In spired by no attempt to repay the 'university for what she hud done for the givers. That could not he done. There were, however, two motives for their action. One of these MWas partly selfish the fact that It would bo a source of satisfaction to the members or the class,, as "Old Grads," to se$ their class numerals Inscribed upon some memorial on the campus. The second .motive was the desire of the class to express 'In, some manlier, how ever Insufficient, lis gratitude for tho favors" done and the esteem of Its members "for tho friendships formed' In tho university. Mr. Bates, declared that lio foR most pleased to contemplate tho foun tain, which Is to be tho gift of tho class, as a Fountain of Youth. He chose to believe that In future years, when the class members dream of the good things that thoy had beei ah most too busy to rightly appreciate, they might grow young In heart and live over In memory .the events of their university life, Response by Barbour. ' . ,Professpr Barbour responded on be hair of the university In accepting the gift of the class. .'Ho declared that tho university faculty unlforriily fojt glad to see npw students c.oino ,ln and sorry tp.soo the old ones leave, Ho said y at they .appreciated' thoroughly anything 'whloh the graduates mlglit leave behind which tended tp-cemoht the ties ; whjqh bound thorn to, thelv 4ilma tfiater, ' After the planting of tho Ivy by President Hills the annual. May polo dance: was rondored by girls of the claBs, Tho dance was executed this Kappa Kappa Gnmnm. .Miss 'Constance Syford, author of the class poem which was so well recelvod yestor day, Is also an assistant in the Eng lish literature department.. The song or the class of 1909 fol lows: (Air: "Adelphl School Song." The weeks swlft-glldlng soon must end Our stay within these walls, Where four long years, In Learning's home, We have beep faithful thralls; Soon forth together we shall fare. Yet in our youthful prime, When fields are green and skies are clear, A grave yet hopeful time. Ench one among us hath his quest, Eacli one doth seek' his Grail, A wandi rer lonely he becomes, His courage dare not fail; Some press on toward the hall of fame. Some delve In Learning's store, Some weary, frightened by defeat, May fall and seejwiio more, What- 'mntter though the beckoning Beyond 'us still remains: ' Strive on! Who longest soeltest it; The highest honor gains Quiet and calm are not enough To yield.) tho happiest life,' Each soul shall best come to Its own Through struggle, toll and strire. by Louis Gregory, Ivy Day orator of the class or 1900, was generally con ceded to stand In a place by Itself as compared with other Ivy Day ora tloiiH heard in recent years. The ora tion was listened to by a large crowd and took about twenty minutes for de livery. Mr. Gregory spoke on tho subject "Idols and Ideals," and his ad dress was in part as follows: "We should commend tho action of the class of 1901 that gave us thla seaeonabto custom or celebrating Ivy Day. It affords us" an opportunity ns students to give formal expression to our high estimation of our Alma Ma ter and to consider tho chief things for which we are Indebted to the uni versity experience. As a symbol of esteem, we plant the Ivy. The char acteristics of this plant represent our pleasant recollections and dee) affec tion. As the vine grows year by year and, searching each crevice, climbs higher and higher, at tho same time trending until It embrncos'tho whole structure In a tender but expansive and enduring clusp, so will our appre ciation .Increase with the years, grow ing purer In character as it becomes stronger and broader until it en shrines the old school In a reverent love, making of it n pure and high Ideal. Two-Mental Forces. COMPANY B HOP FRIDAY- NIGHT Popular Military Dance at Walsh Hall May 7, Evening. The annual nop given by Company B of the first battalion will be held Friday evening at Walsh hall. The dance Is under the chairmanship of O. L. Olson and the committee as sures that It will bo , one of. the coziest affairs of the season.. It will be the first hop ' given this year at Walsh hall, which was last year a popular place of amusement andtl)e attractive parlors and other -acces sories aro being counted upon to draw a good sized crowd. Company B Is the. only onoToT tho five companies of the first battalion to give a hop. This company hns hold a dance for a number of years and It has always., been . one .ofr.thjQ inost popular of the university; dances. Some difficulty In securing a date this year delayed the hop, which has us ually come earlier in tho year. Tho commltteo In charge of tho dance Is I 6. L. Olson. It. y. Queal'jind 1. g Bratten. The prlco of tipketa has been placed at $1.00. " H. O. Pony,. 1910; .fc the jarslty broad jumpqr and,' caplaln. of; nojet year's basketball toam, was attacked with a fainting spell' on the campus and was Injured very severely. When Mr. jgorry waB attacked by this spell lje'fojl and struck his forehead against the, Iron railing near the i library, which, caused a very sovero injury', Aftora fow minutes' work ho Wa'iK'O?, stored to" consciousness and at pres ent ho Is, desplto his injury? feeling l,llttlo effects of this sudden attack. ? , , "Broadly speaking, man Is governed by two general classes of mental forces which wo may conveniently and, as I shall attempt to show, fitly call his idols and his ideals. I will classlfiy as Idols all those agencies, physical, mental, Visible,, through which man permits hlmsolf to bo gov erned ignowntly or maliciously, uiuong which custom, credulity fear and sel fishness are tho chief. As Ideals, I will group those Influences that move men to action through tho operation of reason, controlled by fulth In good and governed by generosltyT courage and love. "An Idol is simply a falso god something without real power, but to which man gives dominion and power over himself by ascribing to It that power. Tho Ideals of a man aro his highest conceptions of duty or of de sirable achievement, over kept 'in mind and actively striven for. "Tho word Idea is synonymous with Ideal In its principal nuoanlngs. In accord with this thought Is tho state ment of Lord Blackstbne, 'Thqughts are deeds, and may bo crimes.' To 'the same effect is the Shakespearian aphorlBm.-'Thero's nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so:'. The actual (importance of thoBo men tal stimuli In determining tho ac tions, course, persistency of tho In dividual cannot bo overestimated. not going to act rightly now nor next week nor any othor time, .unions' ho changes his thinking and his mental Btandnrds. 'By. 'their fruits fyo shall know them and nctlbns aro fruitage of the thoughts. Bnd habits are tho result of continued wrong ways of thinking, distorted views of lire. "Ench person Is a builder In tho realm or mind, either consciously or unconsciously, and ideas are the ma terial with which he works. Ever one Is constantly creating some men tal object, -whether- he wills It or not ror he can no more stop the work than he can keep from thinking. In the'' unsleeping activity of mind wt are lncc?snnt workers upon the struc tures or thought, and the products ol our mental activity ore either IddlB or Ideals, according as our thoughts aro bad or good. ".Metaphysicians say that tho men tal Is the real and Indestructible, while the innterlnl Is a transitory mnnircHtutiou or the mental reality. Practically all agree that the mind concept ante-dates the physical mani festation and Is the force that de termines tho kind and character of tho ninterlal apocalypse. The mental concept Is the plan In accordance with Which the material product is formed. "'Who builds no castles In the air, Builds no cnstles anywhere.' Dare to Build High.- "Duro you to build ns lofty on ideal as your soul can conceive and live It? IT you so dare, then no Influence nor any combination or opposition can prevent you from accomplishing results or unmeasured good to your self and unending benefit to humunlly. Even if tho goal be Iobh than per fection, or If the work fall short of exact accomplishment, still the Ideal 1st will find his reward Is fully In proportion to the faithfulness of his effort and the effectiveness of tho work In, exact relation to the height of the animating purposes. "Youth Is rightly called tho Idealis tic period or lifo. but, In contradls Unction, age too frequently Is 'wedded to Its Idols.' Too often those who grow old are loud by short-sighted selfishness, purblind superstition and on bonded knee worship tho Idols of the past nor presume to lift Inquir ing eyes to the Imnges they burn In cense boforo. Youth, with undlmmcd vision and uncowed mind, dnros look upon tho ropulslve forms of the, Idols of tho pnst and present and ropolled by the sight seeks something bettor. Searching with honesty and diligence ho cannot fall to find transcendent models, worthy of reverence and emu lation; the trouble comes in tho fail ure to follow in thought and deed the concept attained. Tho dlvlno spark that anlpintes man knows neither rest nor retrogression. Most fo'rtunatq ls ho who realizes early that no matter through what vicissi tudes he passes, his course is oternal ly onward and. upward. 'Buir(rinTnosTtrioly "mansions, ".' " ., ' '. fAST TIME AT MEET 1NTER;CLA88 ATHLETIC CONTEST, WON BY JUNIORS. THE INNOCENT ANNOUNCEMENT JUNIOR8 ARE SELECTED FROM AMONG CROWD BY 8ENIOR8. Senior Society Carries Out Novel Ceremony In Making Public Its . Election Prof. Laurence Fossler 8peaks. . ; o; jnyrsqui, . As.Uiq swift season roll I Joavq,thy,low vaulted post ' f Let each new templo, nobler than thl Inst, . ' Tl Cllttt tltnr... a.n... 1, ft..... t. n 1M -.u.Mil.,im.u. uuill UVUVVH. Uf .U UllIU H K moro vast, Till thou at length-art red, ' Ij-eavlngthlno -outgrown shell, by-lira's "unrostjng sea.' '. With Ideal weather to do Its part In making the meet a success, the lntcrclnsB track meet, held yesterday afternoon was witnessed by a largo crowd' and resulted hi fast tlmo bolng made In ninny of tho events. The award of the meet was given to the Juniors as the score showed that thoy hud made the largost number of points. Records Made. 100 yard dash First Heed; second, Wlldman; third, Swanson. Time, 10 seconds. 220 yard dash First, Powers; sec ond, Alexander; third, Fordyce. Tlmo, 23 seconds. 110 yard dash FliBt, P.opo; second, McGowan; third, Rlppoy. Time, B4 seconds. 880 yard dash First, McGowun; second, Trump; third, Anderson. Time, 2:9. 1 mllo run First, Bates; second, Stancllffe; third, Baker. Time, 6:416. 2 mile run First, Batos; Tallon. Time, 11:7V6. Pole vault Tied. 10:0 flipped. Points IliiBHol, Davis, Graham. Hammer throw First, Collins; sec ond, Chain; third". Potrashok. .Dis tance 127 ft. 2ij Inches. . ; '' ' Sliot put First, Chaloupkn; sec ond, Fleming; third, Temple. Distance, IlV ft. 51 Inches. Running High Jump First, Graham, second, Hamol; third, IIusboI. Height, & ft. G In. Running broad jump First, Mup sou; second, Graham; third, Hummel. Distance, 21 ft., In.. Discus First Collins, second; Churn; third, Temple. Distance, 113 ft.,2 Inches. 120 yard hurdles First, McDonnld; second, Flack; third, Russol, Time, 15:4. 220 yard Hurdles First, Russel; second, Landers; third, Flack. Time, 2G 3-5. -". " Innocent Announcements. Tho following elections to the So ciety of Innocents were announced, at 5 o'clock: From tho class pf 1892 to honorary membership.: Chancellor Samuel Avery. From the class of 1910. Dalo F. McDonnld, Samuel A. Mahood', ' ' I ..waiter a. -wonson. i Wilbur A. Jones, John S. Elliott, MviC .Right Thinking. . "The man, who thinks right habitu ally will not, act wrongly oven under pressure, He may sometimes act wlthput deliberation but his notion Will ' be essonllally rlgh.t. The niau .who thinks wrong, who harbors thoughts, of envy, hatred, roven passion, dishonesty, or wickedness The classes in Floid Geography will make their Milfprd excursion, Friday and Saturday of this week, leaving FrK uujr evening, oaiuruay ioronoon tno expanses along, tho Blue river, will-bo studied and In the afternoon tho class wiirs'tifdy the giaclal materials JrTthd rallorad Vcuts near pleasant bajo, All intending to go, should -report at tho departmentpf ; geography-ut .'once. , . ; .iPJVU, m -'vfN4" Muju'i wmmn 7 - -V'' ' '- r ;t Orlando Bentloy, Ralph S. Mosely, Harry O. Perry, Louis H. rinrto. James Aloxander Chine. Robert EVje Campbell, Glenn It. LeRoy. Roy U Nelson. Just preceding tho announcement, the Innocents, clothed In red rpbes,1 went; through Xo crowd and tapping" tho choices from tho junior class on Jlio sliouldor, marched them to tho platform adjoining Inchlnory linil, fThere tho pld and, now Innocents went upon tho platform. Tho' list ofnow members was re'ati, Pr8f. Laurenco dossier tliqn gave, ix shbrt m'ddrqss, J"l8hiBaked beans, oakqd on me premises Wier tl!W- gaq 8I,Drt r9ss. "Be, ani BOrvea hot with delicious brown telling of the work fcnd purpose of, the st is I bread', 10.6V 'At The Boston Lunch? Clnnoconts. J , ,. c ' . t ,i tr .. v ... f V., ,.- I y VwwWt fi' ... i&cfo! EA. . .(