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delegate to th"iHitioH wasxalk loonier by President
Bnughman at thi'Wtjkyan. TWntnutcs of the Inst meet
ingwere read and approved, jvrf '
Crdcntials of the following were then received, and
there being no objection, IfilMcre seated delegates:
Doanc G. W. Green; f. N. Bennett; A. Davis; L. A.
Turner;
KWcsleyan. L. M, Lav;F. A. Stuff; MissComisky; F. S.
Greer; fAigrilcPhcrrcn; Morcy.
-S. G. Hoskin; II. Cioslcy; Mrs. II. K. Warren;
:. Thompson; L. A. Goodyear; II. F. Clcland; D.
R. Collins; V. Van Camp; C. A. Holt.
U. of N.E. Farmer; H. Cl Peterson; H. A. Reese; G.
L. Sheldon; P. A. Rockhold.
Petition of Christian University read and carried.
Some changes in the letter of instruction were made and
then the convention proceeded to the electior. of officers.
Mr. E, P. Brown was nominated for president by the
University delegation. Hnyjniversity, Gates, Wes
leyan. For Green DoaneVfCollcgeS-.Mr. Brown was de
clared elected.
II. Clcland of Gates was unanimously elected vice' presi
dent.
F. A. Stuffjwjas nominated by tlwWesteyiHw.fer secretary,
Mr. Chanscy of Crete was HOwtfited by tlie Crete delega
tion. Doanc and Gates voted for Chancey. The U. of N".
and Wcsleyan voted for Stuff. The vote being a tie the
president declared he had a vote. An appeal was taken, the
vote being a tic again the chair was sustained. He then
voted for Mr. Stuff and declared him elected. - After some
committees were appointed to make changes in the by-laws
and constitution, the association proceeded to choose the re
maining delegates to the interstate convention, the two win
ning orators in the contest. Each delegation elected its own
delegates. The U. of N. chose F. A. Rockhold; Gates Col
lege, H. E. Gregory; Doanc College, A. C. Gaylord and Fred
R. Dungan; Wcsleyan University, L. M. Law.
It was next decided that the next contest should be held
on the second Friday of March, 1891. The constitution pro
vides that it shall be held at the University of Nebraska.
The chair appointed S. G. Haskin and G. W. Green to co
oporatc with F. A. Rockhold in modifying the letters of in
struction. He also named A. A. Davis, C. A. Holt and Ed
win Farmer as committee on changing by-laws. The associ
ation then adjourned.
While the business meeting was going on a short pro
gram was given in the chapel, an address being given by
Chancellor Crcighton.
After these exercises the visitors inspected the buildings
and after much difficulty all finally succeeded in reaching the
city. :
THK MARKINGS.
The following nic tne marks of the judges:
MANUtOltll'T.
"King Caucus," D. It. Com.incis,
"CoiiHorvntlsm and Radicalism In Society,"
(Iko.O. FtmuusiN,
"Charles Stewart I'nrnulV'JoiiN I). FoiiAiitv,
The Redumption or Japan," L. A. TiniNKn,
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"Conservatism nnd Radicalism In Socioty,"
Geo. O. Feuoubon, -,
"Charles Btownrt Parnell," John II. FooxnTV,
"Redemption of Japan," L. A. TunNKn,
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CONSERVATISM AND RADICALISM IN SOCIETY.
In the study of the progress of society from the begin
ning to the present, two forces ever meet us conservatism
and radicalism each contending for mastery. We nrc in
turn shocked, grieved, and alarmed as wc pass through the
diversified events of their conflict. As wc follow them
through history we come to three distinct periods stamped
with their energy, the barbarian, the pagan, and the Christain.
The historian might particularize this classification still furth
er, but the record would read the same. In the first period
man was little more than an animal, governed by his instincts
and passions. There was an occasional flash of reason's
light, but it was like the passing of the moon from one cloud
to another in the midnight storm. Science had not as yet lit
her torch and begun her flaming march of investigation and
discovery. The mechanical arts had not yet subdued to their
service the proud achievments of scientific research. Litera
ture was smothered in ignorance and superstition. The high
est ambition of these dwellers in darkness was to possess suf
ficient physical power to vanquish every assailant on the field
of blood. They hurled the javelin in war, they roamed the
field and forest for their food, and dwelt beneath the thatched
roofs of their rude huts for shelter. They clung tenaciously
to the traditions and customs of their ancestors, and were
suspicious of every innovation in their established manner of
living. They were conservative through fear of displeasing
the gods, who were supposed to be the custodians of their
peace and prosperity. Had a philosopher appeared in their
midst, possessing a knowledge of the forces in nature, their
infinite combinations and varied utility, his radical notions
would have cost him his life. The ownership of property was
settled by force of clubs and spears, and the law of the sur
vival of the strongest governed their social intercourse. Wife
hood and motherhood were debased to the lowest servitude,
and the family life was coarse and selfish. Still, there was
some progress toward the light. They watched the stars,
they observed the seasons, they noted the changes going on
about them, and deduced a meagre system of natural laws.
They felt the upward yearnings of the soul; they saw, every
where, the operation of a supreme power; they were by intu
ition religious beings, and thus they came to have a faint
knowledge of their relation to the spiritual and the divine.
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