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The 
 Pageant of Earlham College 
 
 IN QUEST OF 
 
 FREEDOM 
 
 By 
 
 Walter Carleton Woodward, '99 
 
 Presented on the College Campus 
 
 June Five and Seven 
 
 Nineteen Hundred Twenty-two 
 
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 Copyright, 1922 
 
 By 
 
 Walter Carleton Woodward 
 
 All Rights Reserved 
 
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FOREWORD 
 
 In the preparation of this pageant, the writer has conceived 
 of Earlham College as a Spirit, rather than as an institution of brick 
 and mortar. He has concerned himself with the development of 
 Earlham as an Ideal rather than with the achievements of individuals. 
 Attention is called to the fact in order to explain the liberty that has 
 been taken in a few instances in the use of proper names. In 
 telling the story of the Quaker migration from the Carolinas, the 
 family names of the first Quaker settlers in the Whitewater Valley 
 are used, but first names are purposely transposed in order that 
 it may be clearly understood that the writer is not tracing the 
 actual incidents in the life of any certain individual. On the other 
 hand, where definite historic events are portrayed, as the opening 
 of Friends Boarding School, the Quaker wedding, and the repro- 
 ducing of features of old Ionian-Phoenix programs, the real names 
 of the participants have been used. For purposes of effective pres- 
 entation, slight liberty has been taken with chronology. For ex- 
 ample, the fraternity emissary incident which is given in connection 
 with the founding of Earlham, actually took place in 1875. 
 
 The writer and all friends of Earlham are indebted to the 
 Quaker artist, Miss Olive Rush, for the beautiful design which 
 appears on the cover of the Pageant P>ook. A student in art in 
 Earlham when a mere girl, she has generously and joyously taken 
 time from a busy career to make this contribution to the observance 
 of the Jubilee anniversary. 
 
 W. C. W. 
 
OUTLINE OF THE PAGEANT 
 
 Introduction 
 
 The Hymn to Freedom — Pageant Processional 
 
 The Prologue 
 
 Send Forth Thy Light 
 
 Episode One: In the Land of Bondage 
 Scene One : The Issue 
 Scene Two: The Departure 
 
 Episode Two: On Freedom's Soil — Settlement in the Whitewater 
 Valley 
 
 Episode Three : The Founding of Earlham College 
 Scene One : The Vision 
 
 Scene Two: "Second Day, Sixth Month Seventh" (1847) 
 Scene Three : Teaching by Example — A Foretoken of Earlham 
 
 Episode Four : Recognition of the "New Learning" and the Aesthetic 
 
 Episode Five : Developing the Gift — Ionian and Phoenix, Schools 
 in Self-Expression (1897) 
 
 Episode Six: For Faith and Freedom (1917) 
 
 Episode Seven: Fulfillment and Promise — The Jubilee Observance 
 (1922) 
 
The Pageant of Earlham College 
 In Quest of Freedom 
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 (The Herald of Freedom, mounted, rides into the foreground, 
 playing on cornet motif of the Hymn to Freedom which follows be- 
 low. He finishes after his mount has been halted before the audi- 
 ence, which is brought to attention.) 
 
 Herald: Hear ye! Hear ye! The Pageant of Earlham College is 
 about to begin. Its motif is "In Quest of Freedom," and her 
 whom we all seek we first introduce to you. 
 
 (Freedom, closely accompanied by her sisters, Peace and Justice, 
 enters, followed by her joyous, loyal retinue. The chorus takes posi- 
 tion in front and sings, "Freedom Our Queen',' with due obeisance. 
 As the singers, closing, withdraw a little to one side away from the 
 audience, the speaker of the Prologue steps out into such position that 
 he may address Freedom and yet be speaking toward the audience.) 
 
 PROLOGUE. 
 
 To thee we own allegiance full and free, 
 
 To thee our Queen, to Freedom blest and fair. 
 
 Most sought and longed for through the ages thou. 
 
 Earth's highways far, as well, Earth's byways near 
 
 In truth have all sought thee, have all sought thee. 
 
 The first drawn breath on gray Creation's morn 
 
 Was naught but aspiration, Freedom turn'd. 
 
 In many a conflict century long, have men 
 
 And Nations blindly striven, blindly fought 
 
 In search of thee and mayhap found thee not. 
 
 Of all of Heaven's benedictions rich 
 
 The most elusive thou. Men oft have grasped 
 
 At thee — and clutched naught but thy shameless foils ; 
 
 On one hand despotism cruel, hard, 
 
 Or, fain embracing thee, have license found, 
 
 Which leads to thy arch traitor, anarchy. 
 
 Yet shunning thee is very death itself. 
 
 A Queen art thou indeed, most beautiful, 
 
Alluring — yet imperative and stern. 
 
 In thy name seeking, men too oft become 
 
 E'en super-men, yet tyrants, libertines. 
 
 Espousing not thy holy cause they less 
 
 Than men become, soul craven, senseless brutes. 
 
 Most terrible and crude the weapons used 
 
 To blaze and clear the way to Freedom's throne: 
 
 By battle ax and chariot, 
 
 By forest war club rude; 
 
 By damasc blade and scimitar, 
 
 By Viking barque, by swift trireme; 
 
 By castled wall and dungeon cell 
 
 By long bow and by lance; 
 
 By gibbet high, by faggot fire 
 
 By poison cup and poinard keen; 
 
 By cannon belch, by Hussar charge 
 
 By gleaming steel and bayonet ; 
 
 By treach'rous mine, by hand grenade 
 
 By submarine and aeroplane. 
 And all of these in Freedom's sacred name 
 Most priceless gift of heaven's store to man. 
 What wonder that thou didst so oft thy face 
 In shame and sorrow turn, that blinded men 
 Would never learn that thou are mute, aloof, 
 Except thy sister Justice, too, be wooed. 
 
 Throughout Earth's space since very time began 
 The battle rage for Freedom has been heard ; 
 On Chaldee's plains and Egypt's sands, 
 Neath Sinai's peak, on Syrian field, 
 In Pelop's dales, on Attic's strand, 
 On troublous, keen fought sea, Aegean; 
 Round Tiber's flow, on Dido's coast 
 And through the gates of Hercules ; 
 Midst lowland dykes, in Alpine heights 
 'Neath fleur-de-lis, in Fatherland, 
 From Russian steppe to Good Hope's lure 
 And Spanish Main to far Luzon; 
 In Britain's Isle, in Pilgrim's land 
 On many a Saxon Runnymeade. 
 Through conquest and through carnage, seeking thee, 
 Have war lords ever thought to win as well 
 Thine other sister Peace. Such winning has 
 Fore'er been fanciful and false. For thou 
 Wouldst teach that thou art one of trinity, 
 In Freedom, Justice, Peace — all three in one, 
 And each without the other vain. All they 
 Who ever dare spurn one, must soon lose all. 
 
We come to-day a little band of Friends — 
 E'en loyal friends of Freedom, Justice, Peace, 
 And if so friends of God. Midst clashing arms, 
 Midst shaking thrones, our fathers learned what thou 
 Wouldst speak. Espoused they, thy sister Peace. 
 Unmoved by war's alarums, true to her 
 They thought them true to Justice and to thee. 
 Far be it that we vaunt their fame and ours. 
 All eager in thy cause have even we 
 Against thee often sinned. Full long has been 
 The learning of the lesson deep that bond 
 Removed from human flesh is token mere 
 Of Freedom of the Soul. And that can ne'er 
 Exist, where mind and heart are stultified. 
 
 The way has sometimes weary been and long 
 We've traveled, in the path of liberty 
 So boldly, nobly trod by those before 
 To this new promised land, thy heritage. 
 But gathered here on Wisdom's sacred ground 
 Forever dedicated to thy cause, 
 We tell the story of our quest for thee. 
 And may that holy quest ne'er ended be. 
 To thee may each day bring new tribute full, 
 To thee our Queen and thrice blest trinity. 
 
 (As the Prologue ends, the chorus, addressing Freedom, sings 
 'Send Forth Thy Light." All leave fidd singing.) 
 
EPISODE ONE: IN THE LAND OF BONDAGE 
 
 Scene One : The Issue 
 
 (The setting is here a double one. Above is represented a garden 
 party at a typical aristocratic home of the South — in this case in the 
 Carolinas. The party is held at the home of Colonel and Mrs. Beverly 
 Winston and their pretty and popular niece, Miss Betty. While the 
 guests gather, Negro plantation melodies are heard in the fields be- 
 hind. Col. Winston is playfully drawn into the festivities by his 
 wife, Betty occupying all the time a prominent place in the scene. 
 After the guests have arrived, refreshments are informally served, 
 after which a few of the Negro servants are introduced for the en- 
 tertainment of the young people. 
 
 While this has been going on above, on Chase Stage, there is rep- 
 resented below the dooryard of the home of Samuel Hoover, Quaker. 
 His wife, Anna, seated at a spinning zuheel, appears thoughtful and 
 serious. The Hoover children are variously engaged; Mary, age 12, 
 playing with her doll; the two boys, James and Thomas, playing a 
 game of mumblety-peg. The eldest son, John, who enters shortly, 
 is stalwart and compelling. He, too, is thoughtful and restless, his 
 gaze being directed toward Winston Court. 
 
 In the meantime, music has called the garden party guests into 
 the house. Betty Winston, amid the attention given her, is seen to 
 direct a half wistful, half mischievous glance every now and then 
 toward the young Quaker. This does not escape the watchful eye 
 of Anna Hoover and adds to her anxiety. 
 
 Two Friends, David Cox and Levi Hunt, enter the Hoover yard. 
 Conversing with each other with serious mien, they approach the 
 Hoovers.) 
 
 Samuel Hoover : What deep affair of state or conscience doth so 
 occupy you, good friends ? 
 
 David Cox : Levi has just been telling me a sad affair he witnessed 
 in the town to-day. Levi, will thee not repeat thy story to these 
 friends ? 
 
 Levi Hunt: I would not harry their feelings unduly. Enough to 
 say that I saw a neighbor of ours of high estate, driven by hard 
 circumstance, sell in the market place the flesh and blood of his 
 own lust. 
 
 Samuel Hoover: Surely, an almost unheard of event that. 
 
 Levi Hunt: Perhaps, Friend Hoover, but one that will become 
 less uncommon as the years pass, if my sense of the future fail 
 me not. 
 
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David Cox : Whether thy prophecy be true or false, Levi, the bond- 
 age of the black man has brought a curse upon this land which 
 pollutes the very air our children breathe. It not only violates 
 the sanctity of home — it forces a deadly alternative : One must 
 use the labor of the slave or sink to the level his labor creates. 
 I refuse to accept either. 
 
 Samuel Hoover : What then, David ? 
 
 David Cox : Thee has surely heard of the new land of Freedom, 
 Samuel — that part of the Northwest Territory known as In- 
 diana? Why, even the land itself is almost free, and the ordi- 
 nance creating the territory forever prohibits slavery therein. A 
 deep concern is coming over many Friends that this new land is 
 a gift of the Lord offering us a way of escape from the bonds 
 of servitude. 
 
 Levi Hunt: Perhaps this is the concern that troubles our young 
 friend John (who, meanwhile, is still looking toward the Win- 
 ston's), who seems not to be edified by our conversation. 
 
 Anna Hoover : Your land of freedom does not lie in that direction, 
 I am thinking. 
 
 Levi Hunt: His father's didn't, eh Samuel? 
 
 Samuel Hoover: John is a brave lad who prefers to face danger 
 than escape it. 
 
 Mary Hoover: And even court it, Father. 
 
 Anna Hoover : Such levity ill becomes the seriousness of the situa- 
 tion. I have a feeling that it would be right for us to remove to 
 Indiana before our children (looking toward John) partake of 
 the flesh pots. (Pointing toward the Winston garden.) 
 
 Levi Hunt: Perhaps John may "spoil the Egyptians" before de- 
 parting for the Land of Promise. 
 
 David Cox : Well, Friends, as we go our way let us seek the light 
 as to our future course. 
 
 (All the Friends but John disappear. Betty reappears and lingers 
 in the garden, listening to the Negro melodies and is apparently un^ 
 conscious of the approaching figure of John.) 
 
 John: (Rather uncertainly) Ah — how does thee do, Betty Winston? 
 
 Betty : (Starting) Oh, Mr. Hoover, how you frightened me ! Are 
 you in the habit of stealing up on young ladies in this informal 
 manner ? 
 
 John : Betty Winston my name is plain John Hoover, the same as 
 it was when thee and I played together as children. Why does 
 thee refuse to use the plain language with me now as then? 
 
 Betty: If you give me another scare as you did a moment ago, 
 you will have no occasion to chide me for not using plain 
 language, Mr. Hoover. 
 
John: Why this foolish subterfuge? Thee knows how it is with 
 me, Betty Winston. ... I have a concern for thee. 
 
 Betty : The concern is all yours, Mister 
 
 John: (Ignoring the interruption) The hand of the Lord is heavy 
 upon this land because of the iniquity of slavery. It rests upon 
 the just and the unjust — all who remain herein must feel the lash 
 which lays open the black man's flesh. The way of escape to 
 Freedom's soil is offered to those who will accept it. Betty 
 Winston I would save thee — 
 
 Betty : What a philanthropist our young Quaker has become ! And 
 how many of us burning brands does this concern include? Or 
 perhaps he is merely representing the Meeting of the society 
 for sufferings! 
 
 John : (Still ignoring the raillery) I would save thee from evil days 
 to come, but I must first know that thee wants to be saved : Give 
 me some sign, Betty Winston. 
 
 Betty : "The wicked shall seek a sign, but there shall be no sign — " 
 
 John: Betty Winston such trifling is unworthy of thee and me. 
 Will nothing make thee serious ? Listen then to what thee must 
 long have known — / love thee. There ! Thee knows what it 
 means for me to make that declaration to thee who is not of 
 our Society. Yet I make it and make it proudly, be the conse- 
 quences what they may. Now, (reaching for her hand) will 
 thee give me a sign? 
 
 (During this last speech, Betty's attitude wholly changes from 
 that of levity to deep seriousness. As John waits for an answer, she 
 looks thoughtfully toward her girlhood home as if counting the cost. 
 She then turns to John, facing North.) 
 
 Betty : And this shall be a sign unto thee, John Hoover : "Whither 
 thou goest, I will go; thy people shall be my people, and thy 
 God my God ; the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but 
 death part thee and me." 
 
 (With these words Betty quietly slips away, leaving John stunned 
 with the sudden realisation of his great happiness. Finding himself 
 alone, zvith bared head, he raises his face heavenward — in silent 
 thanksgiving — then retires homeward.) 
 
 Scene Two : The Departure. (Six Months Later.) 
 
 (This scene is laid at Winston Court and shows the leave-taking 
 of John and Betty Hoover. Colonel and Mrs. Winston appear, sor- 
 rowful but brave. Betty is dressed in Quaker costume and holds a 
 young lady's Quaker bonnet by the strings. At one side a Negro boy 
 holds a saddled horse. The plantation servants are grouped around 
 the principals and are bemoaning the departure of their beloved 
 
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young mistress. With tears in her eyes she bids them farewell. Her 
 old Negro mammy comes forward bearing Betty's pretty bonnet.) 
 
 Mammy: Oh Miss Betty, you po' chile, ain't you gwine to wear yo' 
 own pretty bonnet what Marse and Misses gib you ? Let yo' old 
 Mammy see yo' sweet face in it once mo'. 
 
 (Betty takes it, looks at it lovingly, then with resignation hands it 
 back to old Mammy, putting on the Quaker bonnet. Mammy em- 
 braces her, her Uncle and Aunt kiss her goodbye and shake hands 
 impressively with John. The latter mounts his horse, Col. W. assists 
 Betty up behind him, and they ride away waving farewells.) 
 
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EPISODE TWO: ON FREEDOM'S SOIL— SETTLEMENT 
 IN THE WHITEWATER VALLEY 
 
 (Three covered wagons approach in the distance, bearing respec- 
 tively the Cox, Hunt and Hoover families. Beside the Hoover 
 wagon ride John and Betty on horseback. Two or three of the men 
 walk beside the wagons. A cow is tied behind each of the first two 
 of the latter, and two cows behind the third wagon, the Hoover s. 
 The wagons draw up, the families unload and the children romp 
 and frisk about with their dogs. The men, John excepted, recon- 
 noiter, looking for home sites. John and Betty ride into the fore- 
 ground before the audience and dismount, when the Holman family, 
 of the Elkhorn region, appears, George Holman stepping forward.) 
 
 Holman: Howdy! Whar be ye from? And what's yer name? 
 Mine's George Holman. 
 
 John : From Carolina, our name, Hoover. Is this thy home friend 
 Holman ? 
 
 Holman : Say that agin. 
 
 John: Does thee live here? 
 
 Holman : Five mile south on Elkhorn crick. But reckon I never 
 heerd folks that talk that o'way afore. Larn it in a book? 
 
 Betty: He doesn't understand, John; tell him we are Friends. 
 
 John: We belong to the Society of Friends and speak the plain 
 language. 
 
 Holman : Tain't very plain to me. We hain't no sawcietee round 
 here, but we'se all friends, and we don't talk that o'way nuther, 
 'nless 'twas the circuit rider when he wuz a prayin'. 
 
 John: Maybe thee would understand better if we tell thee we are 
 Quakers. 
 
 Holman : Quakers ! Well, I 'low ! Ma ! Ma I here's some Quaker 
 folks. Ye've hearn tell o' them people haint ye ? 
 
 Mrs. Holman : (Coming forward) I reckon as I have. Samantha 
 Ann, Tilly Jane, Thomas Ebenezer and the rest o' ye, come out 
 and see the people. 
 
 John : With these friends of ours, we have come to take up claims 
 and live in this new country of Indiana. 
 
 Holman : Wall, there's nothin' much here but claims — so hep 
 yo'self. 
 
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Betty : Is there a — a school near ? 
 
 Holman: Purty near, next year — not more'n about six mile. 
 
 Mrs. Holman : I been teachin' Samantha Ann a little outer the 
 almanac. A-b, ab, Samantha Ann, say 'em for the lady. 
 
 Betty: Thank you, Samantha Ann. Perhaps, if we settle near, I 
 may teach you further — you and the rest. 
 
 Mrs. Holman : I'd like if you uns would stake near us — purvidin' 
 yer willin'. There's a good spring close by. 
 
 Holman : And it's on a section as'll make as good corn land as ever 
 laid out doors. Come — we'll show ye. 
 
 (John and Betty, leading tHeir horses, follow the Holmans. The 
 elder men return, reporting that they have found desirable locations 
 a little farther on in the same neighborhood. They load up their 
 families and drive on and out of sight.) 
 
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EPISODE THREE: THE FOUNDING OF EARLHAM 
 
 COLLEGE 
 
 Scene One: The Vision 
 
 (Freedom, closely accompanied by Justice and Peace, and sup- 
 ported by five figures representing Hope, Faith, Courage, Self- 
 Sacrifice and Love, comes onto the scene. She looks about her upon 
 the broad expanse with evident satisfaction, tempered, however, with 
 some concern.) 
 
 Freedom : A rich land this, and fair, my sisters. 
 
 Justice and Peace: And dedicated all to Thee. 
 
 Freedom : I hold it only in trust with you, without whose prompt- 
 ings it would have ne'er been mine. And I give due recognition 
 also to you, my faithful friends and allies (speaking to the five, 
 who bow in acknowledgement) , who have e'er supported me so 
 well. And I have yet much need of you. Present accomplish- 
 ment should ever be the prelude only to future achievement. This 
 broad land secured to me is naught but opportunity for the quest 
 of a new and higher Freedom. Oh, think you that my people 
 who have found me here will still be faithful to the quest? 
 . . . But see, who come? 
 
 (Enter John and Betty Hoover from such direction that when 
 addressing Freedom they shall be looking toward Earlham Hall. 
 They appear as two pilgrims on a quest. On seeing Freedom they 
 rather hesitate, half startled, half bewildered, then, on her recog- 
 nition, start joyously forward to within ten or fifteen yards of her, 
 where they stand in reverent attitude.) 
 
 Freedom : What seek you, good friends, for in you I recognize 
 Friends in very deed ? 
 
 John Hoover: We are seeking the light. 
 
 Freedom : The light ? 
 
 John Hoover: The inner light, that lighteth every man his path — 
 the path which leads to perfect freedom. 
 
 Freedom : (Suppressing her eager delight to further lead him out) 
 How now? Was not the light you seek a very cloud by day 
 and pillar of fire by night to lead you to this land of mine? 
 What more could mortal ask? 
 
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John Hoover : Aye, the light of Yesterday, for which we e'er give 
 thanks. But what of the Morrow? We have been blessedly 
 led to this thy heritage. To it our fathers blazed the way that 
 we their children might be blessed of Thee. But what of us? 
 Is it ours to rest content with their great deeds of faith ? Have 
 we no debt to pay to those who call us, sire ? We may e'en lose 
 the heritage we have, doing nothing to enrich it. Pray tell us, is 
 there not a greater freedom yet for us ? 
 
 Freedom : (With yearning joy) Oh my children, could you only 
 know the joy and reassurance that you give me. Freedom is 
 ever ready for those who really seek her. 'Tis they that seek 
 and ever seek that find .... but to your problem : True 
 Freedom has two hand-maids, Enlightenment and Service. 'Tis 
 only those who know and who know to serve that are true heirs 
 of mine. 
 
 Behold ! The Vision ! (Leaning forward and looking upward 
 toward Earlham Hall. John and Betty eagerly follow her gaze.) 
 Remove the shoes from off your feet for this is holy ground. 
 The God of Wisdom shall hereon reveal himself to your chil- 
 dren and unto your children's children. See! The Temple of 
 Enlightenment arises, the veil is rent asunder — all may come 
 and learn of Truth. Here on "either side the Great Road," the 
 highway of life — see you not the halls of learning lift them- 
 selves? Youth enters, young manhood and young womanhood 
 depart, but twixt that entering and departure God's holy alchemy 
 hath been wrought. They who go, go forth to serve. See! 
 See ! Freedom saved and glorified ! 
 
 John and Betty: (Whose faces have been lighting) the vision! 
 the vision! 
 (After gazing in rapture a moment they kneel in silent prayer.) 
 
 Freedom : (Looking upon them, her hands outstretched, benignant.) 
 May the God of Truth, of Wisdom, of Enlightenment, brood 
 over them in this holy, fructifying hour. We behold the birth 
 throes of an Ideal ; an Ideal, which, clothed with flesh and blood, 
 and brick and mortar, shall lead the hosts of Freedom. God's 
 heroes of the Past, His champions of the Present, come forth 
 to shape the destinies of this hour. 
 
 (As Freedom utters these words, those named below enter slowly 
 from the opposite direction. Their approach is solemn, stately, 
 spirit-like. They come up to the kneeling Hoovers, over which each 
 pauses with outstretched hands while Freedom speaks for him, after 
 which each passes on.) 
 
 Freedom : George Fox breathes into the Ideal the breath of true 
 Quakerism: Loyalty to the Christ of Truth, the guidance of 
 the inner light, the warmth and freshness of heart religion, 
 steadfastness of purpose, simplicity of life. 
 
 Margaret Fell: The beneficent influence of noble womanhood, 
 in its rare discerning sympathy, its helpful companionship, its 
 
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abiding faith, its joyous co-operation, its inspiring appeal, is em- 
 bodied in her who bespeaks an equal place for womanhood in 
 the creation of the Ideal. 
 
 William Penn: May that Christian statesmanship which 
 stands for Democracy, free government, Liberty, Justice, so 
 mould the Ideal as to send forth far visioned statesmen, worthy 
 the name of William Penn. 
 
 Robert Barclay brings foundation stone for the Ideal in prin- 
 ciples of Faith, held fast together by resistless logic. 
 
 John Woolman: His consecration, as manifest in his efforts 
 for the enlightenment and uplift of those of poor estate, be with 
 you ever. 
 
 Stephen Grellet: May concern for the evangelization of the 
 world be as deep, as broad, as constant, as was his. 
 
 Lucretia Mott warns against the dogmatism of creed, ex- 
 emplifying the religion of service. She labors not only to free 
 the bondman from the chains of servitude, but bondwoman as 
 well from the chains of legal, political and social restrictions. 
 She is in very truth, minister. 
 
 John Bright: May his heroism and eloquence in his cham- 
 pionship of economic and political justice, in his impassioned 
 plea for peace, envigor the Ideal. 
 
 (Enter together the courtly English gentleman, Joseph John Gur- 
 ney and his beautiful sister, Elisabeth Fry. Freedom manifests 
 marked joy in their presence. They approach the Hoovers, who are 
 still kneeling.) 
 
 Freedom : (Looking toward Earlham Hall) Fair blest art Thou, 
 beloved Ideal, whose name shall be enshrined forever with such 
 rare souls as these. And fitting indeed it is that these of Norfolk 
 should bequeath the memory of their ancestral home to the 
 Ideal which these the North folk (pointing toward the Hoovers) 
 in my name raise. May you be true to the spirit of service 
 which has so ennobled the lives of Elizabeth Fry and Joseph 
 John Gurney in their ministrations to the unfortunate and the 
 enslaved. 
 
 SO, SHALL I NAME THEE EARLHAM. 
 
 (As Freedom speaks, John and Betty raise their eyes tozvard the 
 Vision and Joseph John Gurney and Elisabeth Fry extend their 
 hands upward toward it in benediction. They stand silently a mo- 
 ment after Freedom ceases speaking, then pass on. John and Betty 
 rise and start forward toward the Vision, when Freedom, again 
 speaking, halts them.) 
 
 Freedom : A word, my friends, before starting upon your quest. 
 Long and difficult is the way ere you realize the Vision. Weary 
 years shall intervene twixt this transfiguration and the hour of 
 proud achievement — fifteen years of waiting and anxious strug- 
 
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gle ere Learning's torch is even lighted — twelve more years be- 
 fore the day of recognition — and still ever onward shall your 
 Vision lead you. Lest doubt and discouragement o'ertake you, 
 I give some faithful friends to guide you on the way: Faith 
 to fortify you; Hope to cheer; Courage to engird you; Self- 
 Sacrifice to enrich; and Love to spur you on. These five shall 
 bear you up and ever lead you forward. Forever afterward, in 
 recognition of their service, your calendar of observance shall 
 be marked in terms of them. These be your Quinquennial. 'Tis 
 they for you will 
 
 "Clothe the waste with dreams of grain, 
 
 And on midnight's sky of rain 
 
 Paint the Golden Morrow." 
 
 (These five take position before John and Betty, and pointing 
 toward the Vision beckon them onward. All start forward eagerly.) 
 
 John and Betty: The Vision! The Vision! 
 
 Scene Two: "Second Day, Sixth Month, Seventh." (1847.) 
 
 (Freedom and her retinue enter, followed by Lewis A. Estes, 
 Huldah C. Hoag and Cornelius Douglas and wife in background. 
 From the opposite direction enters a company of a score or more of 
 Friends, both men and women, who approach Freedom.) 
 
 Freedom : Welcome, friends, on this glad day. God prosper the 
 work now here begun. 
 
 Elijah Coffin : (Spokesman) Yea, verily, may it prosper, and 
 toward that end we pray His aid and thy direction. 
 
 Freedom : Say on, Friend Coffin. 
 
 E. Coffin : The Ideal of our vision to-day takes form, in the open- 
 ing of Friends Boarding School. But who shall shape the Ideal 
 and direct our children toward it? The work is too great for us. 
 
 Freedom : Your need I have anticipated. I bring you assistance 
 from New England, Freedom's cradle. At my bidding, these 
 (motioning them forward) come to lead you in your quest. 
 Lewis Estes, of discerning mind and understanding heart, 
 scholar, teacher, friend, shall lead your young men in ways of 
 wisdom. For your young women, Huldah C. Hoag, of equal 
 gift, shall do likewise. For this you shall be known: there 
 
 SHALL NO DISTINCTION OF SEX BE MADE FOREVER. 
 
 These friends, Cornelius Douglas and wife, shall your super- 
 intendent and matron be, ever watchful of the welfare and com- 
 fort of your children. 
 
 (Elijah Coffin steps forzvard and gravely shakes hands with the 
 New Englanders, welcoming them on behalf of the Friends. Lewis 
 Estes now takes charge, with Huldah Hoag a little apart at his side, 
 the Douglas' behind them. Freedom and retinue step into the back- 
 ground. The Friends withdraw to one side as spectators. At this 
 
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time Friends appear from the same direction from which Elijah 
 Coffin et al came, bringing their boys and girls to the Boarding 
 School. Leading, are John and Betty Hoover, with their children, 
 Mary, Joseph and Edwin. The boys are presented to Lewis Estes 
 and the girls to Hnldah Hoag. After they have gathered, they are 
 assigned places in front of the principals, the parents taking their 
 places with the other Friends.) 
 
 Lewis Estes : On this eventful day, let us lay the cornerstone of 
 wisdom in the words of the wisest of men. (He reads Proverbs 
 2: 1-9.) 
 
 Huldah Hoag: (In prayer) As we gather in this holy hour, Oh 
 Father of Light, help us to know Thy truth as the way of Wis- 
 dom and Freedom. 
 
 Lewis Estes: Young friends, as we gather here to-day, let us do 
 so in obedience to the vision which your fathers have seen — 
 the vision of the Ideal which shall be called Earlham — that Ideal 
 which stands for Enlightenment and Service. May steadfast- 
 ness to this purpose make us to hold fast to all that is true and 
 to eschew all that would limit perfect freedom. 
 
 (Two young men enter upon the scene and are about to make 
 overtures to some of the young Friends.) 
 
 Lewis Estes : (Sternly) Whom have we here ? Speak ! 
 
 Emissary: We are two emissaries from a sister college. 
 
 Lewis Estes: Emissaries? Emissaries of what? 
 
 Emissary: Of the spirit of fraternity. 
 
 Lewis Estes : A suspicious word, methinks, putting a false face on 
 brotherly love. What do you here? 
 
 Emissary: We would install a chapter of our fraternity — our 
 Greek letter fraternity. 
 
 Lewis Estes: Is your fraternity open and does it include all the 
 youth of your institution? 
 
 Emissary : (Laughing rather condescendingly ) Why, no, 'tis secret, 
 and certainly not for the barbs. 
 
 Lewis Estes : The barbs ? 
 
 Emissary : Yes, the barbarians, those without the pale and who are 
 not entitled to our consideration. 
 
 Lewis Estes : I see. I paid you just now too near a compliment. 
 You have placed a fair name upon a whited sepulcher. You 
 have done well indeed to designate your so-called fraternity with 
 Greek letters. Your spirit of fraternity is proud, haughty, false. 
 We plead for that brotherly love which is all inclusive. We are 
 in quest of that freedom of opportunity in which all are equal. 
 
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Today we lay foundation upon that perfect unity in which there 
 is no respect of persons. 
 
 Hence! Now and forever! 
 
 (The emissaries retire in confusion.) 
 
 Lewis Estes : We establish here what shall be a college home — a 
 home in which there shall be mutual consideration and oneness 
 of purpose. We do well to banish all that would hinder such. 
 In the future I behold the founding of student organizations — 
 but they shall be such as may be of benefit to all. Leading 
 among them all, I behold two, which stand for freedom of 
 thought and effectiveness of speech, the development of per- 
 sonality, and real fraternal fellowship. May Phoenix and Ionian 
 be types of Earlham fraternity. 
 
 Before dismissing you, may I call your attention to a few re- 
 quirements, made by the management of this Boarding School. 
 
 (Reads the following paragraph, taken from the official circular, 
 announcing the opening of Friends Boarding School.) 
 
 "Each boy should bring 4 shirts ; and each girl 3 frocks ; 5 or 6 
 capes ; 3 or 4 aprons ; 2 woolen flannel petticoats ; 2 skirts, 4 shifts, 
 and 3 night caps ; and each scholar of both sexes should be furnished 
 with 3 towels; 3 dark colored handkerchiefs, and 3 pairs of stock- 
 ings, suitable to the season, with tape strings sewed upon them for 
 tying them together. The summer dress of the girls should be of 
 plain dark calico, gingham, or such like, and the winter dress, of 
 dark worsted or woolen goods. The outside garments of both sexes 
 should be of dark grave colors; and all the clothing should be sub- 
 stantial, and such as will cause as little washing as may be. Rem- 
 nants, the same as the clothes, will be desirable to repair them. Each 
 article of clothing is to be marked with the owner's name. Any 
 article of dress not sufficiently plain, or requiring much washing, 
 shall be returned; but if the make only be exceptionable, it may 
 be altered and the expense charged. Such girls as have ar- 
 rived at sufficient years will be expected to have plain stiff-plait 
 bonnets, and other dress corresponding. The boys will be expected 
 to bring hats, as caps will not be allowed ; and their coats, vests, and 
 jackets are to be made with plain collars, to stand up, and not with 
 rolling or falling collars." 
 
 Students, to your tasks! 
 
 (The boys file out together and the girls together, a few forward 
 glances being exchanged. Lewis Estes follows the boys and Huldah 
 Hoag the girls, he directing a serious, interested glance toward her, 
 which causes her to lower her eyes in true Quaker maidenly modesty. 
 All others retire after them, Freedom and retinue leaving last. Be- 
 fore retiring, however, Freedom steps forward and raises face and 
 arms toward heaven in a pose of thanksgiving and exultation.) 
 
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Scene Three: Teaching By Example — A Foretoken of 
 Earlham (In the Second Term.) 
 
 (Friends are seen gathering for "Fifth Day Meeting." The in- 
 terest and alacrity with which the Boarding School pupils assemble 
 themselves, indicate unusual proceedings ahead. After the audience 
 has gathered, Leivis Estes and Huldah Hoag enter, accompanied by 
 two friends, and take seats in front. A short period of silent wor- 
 ship ensues, after which Elijah Coffin, who sits head of the Meeting, 
 gives the sign to proceed. Lewis Estes and Huldah Hoag arise and 
 clasp hands.) 
 
 Lewis Estes : "In the presence of the Lord, and before this as- 
 sembly, I take Huldah C. Hoag to be my wife ; promising, with 
 divine assistance, to be unto her a loving and faithful husband, 
 until death shall separate us." 
 
 Huldah Hoag: "In the presence of the Lord, and before this as- 
 sembly, I take Lewis A. Estes to be my husband; promising, 
 with divine assistance, to be unto him a loving and faithful wife, 
 until death shall separate us." 
 
 (The marriage certificate is produced, is signed by the contract- 
 ing parties, and by those who accompany them, as witnesses, and is 
 then read. The wedding party takes its leave, followed by the 
 audience.) 
 
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EPISODE FOUR: RECOGNITION OF THE "NEW LEARN- 
 ING" AND THE AESTHETIC 
 
 (Scene opens with Earlham slowly and thoughtfully walking up 
 and down the back of the lower stage. Students enter from various 
 directions, books in hand, which some are studiously perusing. Earl- 
 ham looks inquiringly from one to another, as they con their lessons.) 
 
 Earlham : William, I like thy studious attitude, but what readest 
 thou ? Enlighten thou the rest of us. 
 
 William : (Reads a few Greek words with much labor and hesita- 
 tion, and then with reassurance) Enteuthen exelaunei stath- 
 mous tres. 
 
 Earlham: Why such evident satisfaction? What's the import? 
 
 William : Eureka ! That I had found another smooth sail for 
 Thalassa! Thalassa! The sea! The sea! Come in, the water's 
 fine! 
 
 (His older companions laugh appreciatively, while Earlham, 
 deigning not to smile, turns to another.) 
 
 Earlham : Albert, what knowest thou of this virgin soil — its re- 
 sources, its natural history — 
 
 Albert : (Interrupting on the word history) Rome fell 476 Anno 
 Domini, the Dark Ages were ended by the discovery of Amer- 
 ica and George Washington is the Father of his country. 
 
 Earlham : Elizabeth Ann, what canst thou tell us of these stately 
 trees that minister to our comfort? 
 
 Elizabeth Ann : Shade trees — Arma virumque Cano, Troiae qui 
 primus, etc. 
 
 Earlham : Richard, (addressing a youngster not overly studious) 
 what canst thou tell us ? 
 
 Richard: (In shrill piping voice) Golly est omni divisa in three 
 parts. 
 
 Earlham : Such a beautiful flower thou hast there, Caroline. Its 
 name and habitat? 
 
 Caroline: Ich weiss es nicht, aber, parlez vous Francais? 
 
 Earlham : (In growing perplexity and despair) Sarah, from what 
 bird comes that sweet lilting call? 
 
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(Sarah unheeding, reels off a long algebraic equation. Earlham 
 dismisses them all in despair. Board of Trustees enter and Earl- 
 ham steps forward and speaks.) 
 
 Earlham : I have a concern that we are not doing the best for the 
 young people entrusted to our care. 
 
 President of the Board: How not the best? 
 
 Earlham : I am in doubt and can but poorly express myself — I am 
 dedicated to the quest of freedom which leads to the fullest 
 truth, to knowledge of the realities that make our lives. But 
 what do we? Cast our teaching in the narrow moulds of past 
 centuries. Can this bring freedom? The mere knowledge of 
 theorem and Latin sentence — is this the truth that shall make 
 us free? 
 
 (Enter Freedom and train on the Chase Stage.) 
 
 Freedom : Oh no ! I would have thee learn God's unfolding truth. 
 
 Earlham : Why, thou dost but express my own feelings of which 
 I was barely conscious. Say on ! 
 
 Freedom : Fitting indeed it is that thou shouldst take the lead in 
 all this country in thy sense of the New Learning. 
 
 Earlham : But who shall point the way ? 
 
 Freedom : Joseph Moore, him have I called ! (Joseph Moore enters 
 below.) Thrice welcome Joseph Moore. 
 
 Joseph Moore : Light has come out of the East whither I was sent, 
 in answer to the eager promptings of my heart. Louis Agassiz, 
 herald of the new learning, has filled me with a holy enthusiasm. 
 I come from him and bid you hold aloft the standard of nature's 
 truth. To study it, develop it — know it. Learn the language, 
 the structure, the secrets, the history of nature : — the laws of life 
 — the grand epic of all development. 
 
 (He turns and points to the science students as they enter. 
 Chemistry and Physics with equipment; geology students with their 
 bags of rocks; bird and flower students with their field glasses and 
 botany cans, and domestic science girls in caps and aprons. They 
 show eagerness and enthusiasm as they take their position before and 
 around Earlham and the Board.) 
 
 Earlham : As investigators and searchers after nature's truth, as 
 students of life, I welcome you to company with those who also 
 learn from the rich largess of the past. Neither you nor they, 
 alone, suffice. Your college is first in this great commonwealth 
 to recognize you. We give the honor to that seer and prophet, 
 Joseph Moore. From this day on, many are those, who, catch- 
 ing here the vision, shall lead the quest both far and wide. Again 
 we honor do to David Dennis, interpreter of God's out-of-doors. 
 When the voices of these you hear no more — their spirit shall 
 still lead you forward. So, on ! Ever onward in your quest, that 
 in truth, the heavens may declare the glory of God and the firma- 
 ment show his handiwork. 
 
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(Deborah Jones rises in a very determined manner.) 
 
 Deborah Jones : But my friends, I have yet another concern. I 
 have seen evidences among our students of a departure from 
 Friends' principles. There is a tendency towards laxity in dress, 
 both in pattern and color. And, furthermore, I have it on good 
 authority that one of our young men has been heard playing a 
 mouth organ on the school grounds. Such things ought not to 
 be. (Nods of approval from others.) 
 
 President of Board : This is a serious matter — Friends will please 
 consider it carefully. What shall be done? 
 
 (Freedom, who has been holding herself back with difficulty, 
 now hurries forward and addresses the Board again.) 
 
 Freedom : Oh, my friends, be not hasty in your action. So dili- 
 gently have you sought me, I cannot bear that you fail me now. 
 In a day of riotous living and empty form, your fathers did well 
 to put away those things that might dim for them the inner light. 
 But to mould your life by their conditions is to crystallize — and 
 to crystallize is death. 
 
 Keep the vision ! Open your ears and hear the harmonies of 
 His creatures. How poor and dull this earth, else ! So, you, if 
 you despise these graces of His love. Quench not in these youth 
 the zest of life. Direct it aright and it shall lead you in the 
 quest. Stern repression means stagnation or license ; meet with 
 encouragement, the larger, better freedom. 
 
 But listen ! The Spirit of Music makes its own plea in the 
 person of our young friend, Catherine Hoover. I pray her a 
 respectful hearing. 
 
 (As Freedom speaks the words, "Keep the vision," a song is 
 heard in the distance as of one approaching. As the last words of 
 Freedom are spoken, Catherine Hoover appears on the scene. In 
 her wake are the students who are represented as eagerly following 
 and entreating the Spirit of Music. Freedom beckons to Catherine, 
 who is still singing, to take her place before the Board. She con- 
 tinues her music, making it a direct appeal. 
 
 Her first song, which she sings as she approaches, is light and 
 lyric, atune with nature's springtime. She then sings in argumenta- 
 tive strain, ending with a song of tender appeal. The students have 
 ranged themselves in the background, looking on and listening with 
 pleasurable emotions, tinged with anxious expectation, as also Free- 
 dom. The faces of the Board members are first austere, then merely 
 serious, and relax during the appeal. Catherine Hoover ends by ex- 
 tending her hands to them in earnest supplication, when, after a 
 dramatic pause, the President of the Board, after noting the approv- 
 ing glances of the members — Deborah Jones alone remaining 
 dubious — nods his head in assent. 
 
 At this token, the students, led by Catherine and supported by 
 the orchestra, break forth into a glad chorus of joy and exultation. 
 A number of girls, in flowing draperies, come into the foreground, 
 and in graceful, rhythmic motion, give color and action to the scene 
 and typify the aesthetic and beautiful.) 
 
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EPISODE FIVE: DEVELOPING THE GIFT— IONIAN AND 
 
 PHOENIX, SCHOOLS IN SELF EXPRESSION. (1897) 
 
 (As Earlham, exultant and half -expect ant, appears upon Chase 
 Stage, she is suddenly surrounded by a bevy of 16 little girls rep- 
 resenting the spirits of Youth and Hope. They frolic about her in 
 joyous abandon and sing "Happy birthday, dear Earlham, happy 
 birthday to you.") 
 
 Earlham : It is indeed a happy birthday when Youth and Hope 
 attend ! 
 
 (Freedom, meantime, appears in the background and looks 
 with interest upon the animated scene. As she approaches, the spirits 
 of Youth and Hope retire.) 
 
 Freedom : Sorry am I if my coming drives away your merry guests. 
 
 Earlham : Be not disturbed. Youth and Hope are yet with me 
 when Freedom comes. 
 
 Freedom : Well turned — for a Quaker courtier ! Greetings upon 
 this glad anniversary which finds thee, at the semi-century mark, 
 in the very bloom of early womanhood. Thy face doth reflect 
 the vision which thou hast kept. 
 
 Earlham: (Kneeling before Freedom) Great joy is mine to hear 
 thee say so. Whatever of grace and truth thou dost see in me 
 is but thine own reflection. Upon thy face have I kept mine eyes 
 through all the years. How I have aspired to become like thee 
 — so like that he who sees the one might the other hail ! Is it but 
 vain presumption this ? Pray tell me — dost thou really begin to 
 see in me the suggestion of thine own image? 
 
 Freedom : (Extending her hands to Earlham who arises) Vex not 
 thyself in the matter. Be thou but loyal to the spirit of Freedom 
 and it will be well with thee. Come now — give me a brief ac- 
 count of thy stewardship. How fares it with the youths and 
 maidens entrusted to thee? What the means whereby they 
 grow in stature in the free unfolding of their characters? 
 
 Earlham : The means are many. Above all I speak the great 
 souls who have gone in and out before the youth as teachers — 
 men and women who have been "not afraid to open their eyes 
 in the presence of nature nor ashamed to close them in the pres- 
 ence of God;" men and women who understand that "teaching 
 is not instruction but revelation." 
 
 Fair blest was Earlham in her first President, "a man who 
 brought singular dignity, culture and grace to every task he 
 
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ever undertook." Linked with the names of Caleb Mills and 
 Robert Dale Owen, in their contribution to education, Barnabas 
 C. Hobbs is recognized as one of the great builders of the 
 Commonwealth. With rare distinction he served his state, his 
 nation, his religious Society. As an ambassador of Peace he 
 stood, eloquent and persuasive, before Emperor and Czar. 
 Whether as scholar, teacher, minister, statesman or adminis- 
 trator, he stood untopped and commanding. He was a spiritual 
 pioneer, a prophet, a builder of the New West. He was Truth's 
 interpreter. Fellowship with him was education in very truth. 
 Other great interpreters followed in his train : Joseph Moore, 
 whom thou thyself didst call, Zaccheus Test, Calvin Pearson, 
 Alpheus McTaggart, Dougan Clark, William Morgan, Eli and 
 Mahala Jay, David Dennis, William N. Trueblood, Marianna 
 Brown, Cyrus Hodgin, Joseph John Mills, Elbert Russell, Rob- 
 ert L. Sackett — how long the roll that might extended be ! 
 These, I repeat, be the revealers of life to Earlham's youth. 
 
 Freedom : There is one other whose name with thine is so closely 
 linked that 'tis known wherever Freedom's sought and cher- 
 ished. 
 
 Earlham : His name's indeed a hallowed one where'er my name is 
 loved. I speak it reverently — Allen Jay. 
 
 Freedom : Thou hast in truth been richly blest in these who have 
 nurtured thy youth. But with such examples what have thy 
 young people themselves done for their own development? 
 Mere imitation, howe'er noble the model, maketh not for Free- 
 dom's characters. 
 
 Earlham : No indeed, but for puppets. One of my own sons, 
 Robert L. Kelly, states it thus : "Earlham is proud to be noth- 
 ing less and aspires to be nothing more than a plant for the 
 manufacture of men and women." I would add, of well rounded 
 men and women, who weave into their characters the woof of 
 their own ventures. 
 
 Freedom : Now thou dost truly interest me. How, "the woof of 
 their own ventures?" 'Tis an arresting phrase. 
 
 Earlham : The culture of character comes through self-expres- 
 sion and self-expression through personal initiative. The goal 
 — the development of personality. 
 
 Freedom : True, but rather too ponderously true ! Thy phrase 
 is more telling than its explanation. Cans't give me more of 
 example and less of precept? 
 
 Earlham : Gladly. My young people believe with Joseph John 
 Mills, one of Earlham's Presidents, "that the simple faith of 
 our fathers in Jesus Christ as the fundamental element of char- 
 acter, is the best treasure that we bring to the student world." 
 And believing, they are bringing it to pass on this thy campus 
 
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through their Young Men's and Young Women's Christian As- 
 sociations. Schools in Christian service are they, round which 
 center the deepest devotion, the noblest aspirations of the Col- 
 lege life. 
 
 Freedom : Thou answerest well, in putting first things first. What 
 further ? 
 
 Earlham : Very much, further. Scarce a decade from my begin- 
 ning, were launched two student organizations that form the 
 axis of the student life. Phoenix and Ionian they are, names 
 endeared to every loyal Earlhamite. Their purpose may be 
 partly guessed in this quaint expression I recall from Ionian's 
 constitution: "For the purpose of cultivating language and 
 mingling conversational pleasantry with the sterner truths of 
 philosophy and science, and for the extension of our informa- 
 tion on all subjects calculated to improve the mind or ennoble 
 human nature, we adopt the following constitution and by-laws." 
 
 Freedom : Very worthy and ambitious, in ideals at least. 
 
 Earlham : That "the purpose of cultivating language" was more 
 than realized is indicated in an early amendment to the consti- 
 tution providing that "any member speaking more than three 
 words without rising and addressing the president shall be liable 
 to a fine." 
 
 Freedom : An Ionian or a Phoenix amendment that ? 
 
 Earlham : Oh, Ionian. That amendment would have made 
 Phoenix members insolvent within a month ! 
 
 But thou asked a moment ago for example. This is Ionian- 
 Phoenix night and the societies now gather there in joint re- 
 union in token of my anniversary. Let us to the shadows that 
 we may listen and observe. 
 
 (Freedom and Earlham retire to the background. From oppo- 
 site entrances members of Ionian and Phoenix, respectively, come on 
 the stage and take seats. At the desk an Ionian member presides 
 with a Phoenixian as secretary.) 
 
 The President: Fellow members of Phoenix and Ionian, past and 
 present, we are met tonight in happy, joint reunion. 
 
 Ionian Member: (Interrupting) Very joint and therefore very 
 happy ! 
 
 Second Member : In thorough keeping with Earlham's well known 
 propensity for "joint associations !" May they never be broken ! 
 
 The President: (Rapping vigorously upon his desk) Order, gen- 
 tlemen, order ! 
 
 On this anniversary occasion it is fitting that we fellowship 
 with the past in reminiscence. Instead of the accustomed roll 
 call, the Secretary will read a list, gleaned from the records, of 
 some former members of Phoenix and Ionian, together with the 
 
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subjects with which they appeared in the annual public recitals 
 given by the societies. Please note the wide range of human 
 wisdom covered — the complex problems of human experience 
 attacked. 
 
 The Secretary : In the public programs of the '70's I have found 
 these rather sepulchral subjects: 
 
 Alice C. Francisco — Essay, "Gathered Leaves." 
 
 John Albert Thompson— Oration, "The End Is Not Yet." 
 
 Eliza Sutton — Essay, "Praise Follows Death." 
 
 lone V. Hill — Essay, "The Discipline of Waiting." 
 
 Phebbie White— Essay, "Life's Tangled Webb." 
 
 Clara Levering — Essay, "Out of the Harbor Into the Bay." 
 
 Mary L. Binford— "Oh Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be 
 
 Proud?" 
 D. F. Douglas— Oration, "The Millennium." 
 Marianna Brown — "Address." (No subject given — as a fitting 
 
 climax it should have read, "Midnight Meditations on 
 Time and Eternity.") 
 
 The '80's open rather pensively with an essay by Lizzie 
 Sultzbaugh, entitled, "The Pines Still Murmur of the Long 
 Ago," followed by more hopeful notes in the following: 
 
 W. L. Malone— Essay, "Night Brings Out the Stars." 
 Flora E. Pickett — Essay, "Gateway to Paradise." 
 
 Declining to commit herself too definitely, Ella Bond con- 
 tributes an essay, "Some Thoughts on a Subject." Gradually, 
 problems of life, abstract and occasionally concrete, are boldly 
 assailed. 
 
 Bertha Wildman — Essay, "Greatness." 
 
 Claburn S. Jones — Oration, "Fidelity, A Source of Happiness." 
 
 Chas. R. Lane — Oration, "The Demand for the Practical." 
 
 Elvira Hester — Oration, "Education of Women." 
 
 A. Rosenberger — Oration, "Human Power." 
 
 Robert L. Kelly — Oration, "The Faculty of Expression." 
 
 Lucy Hill — Declamation, "Too Late for the Train." 
 
 Joseph M. Dixon — Oration, "Tyranny of Public Opinion." 
 
 Arlando Marine — Declamation, "Jimmy Butler and the Owl." 
 
 An Ionian Member: Mr, President, feeling the spirit of remin- 
 iscence steal upon me in keeping with the year, I have lately 
 been conning the pages of old issues of The Earlhamite. Espe- 
 cially have I followed the course of the public exhibitions of 
 these two literary societies and have made a few playful ex- 
 cursions into the field of literary criticism. I have made some 
 notes on my findings and if they would interest members, I will 
 read them. 
 
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Chorus of Voices : Hear him ! Hear him ! 
 
 An Elderly Phoenixian : With the understanding that present 
 company is always excepted — in the criticism ! 
 
 The President : Trusting in the gentleman's well known gallantry, 
 I think he may proceed. 
 
 Ionian Member: In proof of the President's artful compliment 
 (bowing to the President and turning with a smile toward 
 Elderly Phoenixian) may I lead off with these: 
 
 "Miss Edith Morris stepped lightly to the front and 
 told in 'melody and rhyme' a simple, touching story." 
 
 "Tastefully attired, Miss Augusta Mering approached 
 gracefully to the front of the stage and read in firm, clear tones 
 an elegantly written essay entitled 'Perplexed Music' ' 
 
 An Ionian Member : (Interrupting) Here's to the Earlham girl — 
 always at the front : (Ionian members cheer.) 
 
 Ionian Member: (Continuing.) 
 
 " 'The Schoolmaster's Guests' was rendered in a very spir- 
 ited manner; a few of the gestures were rather frigid, and the 
 attitude somewhat constrained, a result, perhaps, of momentary 
 embarrassment." 
 
 " 'The Voices That Are Calling Us' was the only grave 
 production of the evening, and was a creditable essay, though 
 not the author's best. The concluding portion was rendered 
 rather too solemn and no doubt jarred on the sensibilities of 
 some." 
 
 This of the "orator of the evening:" "Much of his gesture 
 was original, and some of it rather questionable in form, though 
 this defect was largely compensated by the speaker's earnest- 
 ness. In the graphic or dramatic the action was overdone ; yet 
 the production was excellent throughout, and the small defects 
 in delivery might have been easily overcome by faithful prac- 
 tice under rigid and impartial criticism." 
 
 John E. Parker, Essay, "The Mill:" "The paper was 
 characteristic of Mr. Parker. Its high note was especially 
 noticeable, wanting as it did anything offensively coarse, yet 
 abounding in fun." 
 
 Florence Wright, "The Crushed Rose:" "The lady has a 
 keen appreciation and a good expression of the humorous, but 
 in the more serious parts her reading might have been im- 
 proved." 
 
 Voice : (Interrupting) I fear the gallant gentleman is slipping in 
 his gallantry ! 
 
 Ionian Member: Methinks I hear the voice of S. E. Nicholson. 
 One word too many as usual. List to this, Friend Edgar : "Mr. 
 Nicholson's essay on 'Political Forces' contained some good 
 
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thoughts but was marred by verboseness." (Chorus — hear! 
 hear!) 
 
 "Elbert Russell recited a selection entitled 'War.' The de- 
 claimer had good control of himself, and by his clear enuncia- 
 tion was able to hold the attention of every one present/' 
 
 "E. P. Trueblood declaimed, in an excellent manner 'How 
 the Old Horse Won the Bet.' His speaking showed an intimate 
 acquaintance with elocutionary training." And E. P. is the 
 last word in Earlham oratory! 
 
 A Phoenixian: Mr. President, while enjoying very much these 
 reminiscent excursions, I feel not altogether flattered over the 
 implication that the Phoenix contribution to these publics con- 
 sisted largely in the feminine graces displayed in stepping "light- 
 ly" and "gracefully to the front." As evidence that members of 
 Phoenix as well as those of Ionian became adept in "mingling 
 conversational pleasantry with the sterner truths of philosophy," 
 I submit the following extract from an "opening address" by 
 Ruth Hinshaw: "Our different susceptibilities of impression 
 are dependent upon the prevailing capacities of our different 
 nature, or upon the exclusive cultivation of certain faculties." 
 I think we may readily concede, in the words of the reporter 
 of the exhibition, that the address "was of rather a philosophical 
 character !" 
 
 An Ionian Member: With the indulgence of the members, Mr. 
 President, I should like to offer the following in demonstration 
 of how the halls of Ionian have rocked with oratory in days gone 
 by. It is the peroration on the origin of the American flag taken 
 from Jesse Kellum's oration, "Crossing the Delaware." 
 
 "With every step, through his broken shoe the life-blood 
 trickled, and in the snow the two colors, the one the cost of the 
 people's liberty, the other the emblem of peace and purity, were 
 blended ; then dipping a brush in the ethereal blue, in one cor- 
 ner painted a blue field, and then plucking from the heavens the 
 constellation Lyra and radiating it into a circle, stamped upon 
 the national ensign a new constellation emblematic of perpetual 
 union." (Tumultuous applause.) 
 
 An Ionian Member : Talk about Wellington winning Waterloo on 
 the rugby field of Eton — who knows how many future political 
 battles were won in the forensic lists of Ionian? What leg- 
 islative hold-out was ever more stubbornly contested or more 
 cleverly maneuvered than the famous Ionian deadlock of 1895 ? 
 As evidence that the X Y Z's of party regularity were well 
 learned I recall this classic incident in Ionian annals. During 
 animated discussion on a difficult point of order, Isaac Cook, well 
 remembered Ionian Hotspur, arose and pointing to Walter Dick- 
 son, evidently not deeply engrossed in the fine point at issue, 
 said, "Mr. President, I'd like for the gentleman to the left to 
 explain what he is voting on." Dickson arose and addressing 
 
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the President, declared, "I don't know that I can just explain 
 what I'm voting on but I want you to understand that when my 
 clique wiggles, I wiggle !" 
 
 An Ionian Member: Mr. President, we have all enjoyed these 
 playful echoes of happy days. Beneath the spirit of fun, and 
 frolic there lives an affection for and an appreciation of these 
 literary societies and the dear College of which they are a part. 
 For myself, I cannot measure what Ionian has meant to me. 
 Apart from its cherished associations, the development, the prac- 
 tical training which it gave me can hardly be over-estimated. 
 Indeed, I join with many others who have said they would not 
 exchange their training in Ionian for any other feature of their 
 college life. Met here on our own common footing, we dared 
 our own ventures. We matched wit with wit, we strove for 
 literary excellence, we learned to govern ourselves, to take a 
 man's part in public assembly, whether in the chair or on the 
 floor. Here we learned and grew in the democratic school of 
 self-expression. I pay grateful tribute to old Ionian. 
 
 Another Ionian Member: There is one special feature of the 
 work of Ionian that I would emphasize. In publishing The 
 Earlhamite the Society made a distinct contribution to Earlham 
 and the College life and at the same time presented an incentive 
 to literary effort and offered a valuable field of training to its 
 members. It was in 1873 that the first number of the paper ap- 
 peared, the result largely of the concern and perseverance of 
 Edwin Horney, who became its first editor. Cut off early in 
 life on the very threshold of a career of unusual promise, The 
 Earlhamite and its achievements stand as no inconsiderable 
 monument to his memory. He had the able assistance of James 
 B. Unthank as literary editor and also of A. Rosenberger and 
 Hiram E. Hadley as associates, with Oliver H. Bogue as the 
 first financial manager. With such men in the editorial succes- 
 sion as Rosenberger, Levi Starbuck, A. W. Macy, W. T. Dog- 
 gett, Will A. Hadley, S. Edgar Nicholson, Elwood C. Perisho, 
 J. Frank Brown and W. A. Newlin, The Earlhamite took high 
 rank among the college journals of the country. These were men 
 of real literary appreciation and literary ability, attested both by 
 the merit of their own productions and by that of the contribu- 
 tions which they secured. Under the editorship of A. W. Macy, 
 for example, contributions to the pages of The Earlhamite were 
 made by Coates Kinney (Rain on the Roof), Maurice Thomp- 
 son and James Whitcomb Riley. Other well known and fre- 
 quent contributors in the earlier years were Judge D. P. Bald- 
 win, William Dudley Foulke and J. P. Dunn in prose, and Nar- 
 cissa L. Jenkinson, Mattie Curl Dennis, William Russell, 
 Mrs. D. M. Jordan, Lee O. Harris. William N. Trueblood 
 and Robert E. Pretlow, in verse. In the realm of comment and 
 criticism, such Earlham bred writers as Albert H. Votaw up- 
 held the high literary standard of the paper. If The Earlhamite 
 may be said to have mirrored the life and the literary atmosphere 
 
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of the College, we may well take time on this anniversary oc- 
 casion to turn our thought to the past, in serious consideration 
 for our profit as well as in reminiscence for our entertainment. 
 
 A Phoenixian : Mr. President, far be it from me to intrude upon 
 the precincts of this hall of masculine fame, except to remind 
 you that after knocking vainly at its literary door for years, 
 Earlham women established in 1891 a paper of their own called 
 The Phoenixian. Its first staff of editors consisted of Edith J. 
 Hunt, Vashti Binford, Mattie L. Gonser, Jessie L. Newlin, M. 
 Alice Brown and Susy C. Wright with Marie Coggeshall as busi- 
 ness manager. Later editors-in-chief were Vashti Binford, 
 Clara E. Baldwin, Anna Maddock and Ida Mendenhall. Among 
 Phoenixian contributors are found the names of "The Country 
 Contributor," Juliet V. Strauss, Olive Rush, then a mere girl 
 eagerly looking forward toward an artist's career, Mattie Curl 
 Dennis, Mary Anna Stubbs and Caroline Miles. 
 
 Inquisitive Ionian: (Roguishly) How long did The Phoenixian 
 flourish ? 
 
 Phoenixian: Long enough to compel the attention and admira- 
 tion of the high and mighty Earlhamite, that deigned to woo its 
 fair competitor. Both concluding that two could live as cheaply 
 as one, a happy wedding occurred at the end of three years. 
 The woman gave up her maiden name in deference to the con- 
 ventions of a cave man civilization, but thereafter at the edi- 
 torial masthead of the once arrogant Earlhamite, there appeared 
 at the left hand, at the left mind you, the names of the editors 
 selected by Ionian and on the right hand those selected by 
 Phoenix. 
 
 Ionian Voice : (Interrupting) A welcome to the friendly bleatings of 
 the ewe lamb! 
 
 Another Voice: Yes, but beware she doesn't pull the wool over 
 your eyes. 
 
 Third Voice : Editorial "Opposites" as it were I suppose ? 
 
 Phoenixian : Yes, and with the usual attraction between opposites, 
 it proved. Many a fatal Earlham case grew out of the editorial 
 connection. 
 
 Another Phoenixian : A word for the practical training received 
 by Earlham women in the Phoenix Society. I think it has been 
 demonstrated here this evening that they are amply able to hold 
 their own — on equal footing with the men of Ionian. In the 
 future I see our Phoenix-trained women assuming with poise 
 and assurance, places of honor and service. I see our lone Hills 
 serving as presiding officers over national women's organiza- 
 tions, others as presiding officers — 
 
 Ionian Voice: (Interrupting) Over the family fireside! 
 
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Phoenixian : over assemblies of church and state, and very- 
 many of our members, leading in the literary and cultural de- 
 velopment of their own communities. 
 
 The President : Judging by successes already achieved in life by 
 former members, I think we may be assured that in these so- 
 cieties are being trained our future journalists, our poets and 
 publicists, our orators in pulpit and forum, our legislators and 
 statesmen, our pleaders of just issues at the bar of public opin- 
 ion. Through us may Earlham make noble contribution to the 
 cause of Freedom. 
 
 And now the hour has come for our adjourning. 
 
 Ionian Member: Mr. President, I move that we adjourn as we 
 are met — in joint association! (Ionian chorus of "I second the 
 motion.") 
 
 The President : Ladies of Phoenix, are you ready for the ques- 
 tion? With the consent of the governing, we are so adjourned. 
 
 (The President, bowing to the Secretary, offers her his arm, 
 and leads the way off the stage, the other members following suit. 
 As they are well in exit, Earlham, taking Freedom by the hand, steps 
 eagerly into the foreground.) 
 
 Earlham : (Gazing with eyes alight after the departing Ionians 
 and Phoenixians) My children ! 
 
 Freedom : And mine ! 
 
 (They leave the scene.) 
 
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EPISODE SIX: FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM. (1917) 
 
 Scene One 
 
 (Newsboys come running onto the campus — into the fore- 
 ground below Chase Stage — crying: "Extra! Extra! War declared 
 against Germany! United States Enters Great War! Extra! Extra! 
 Lusitania to be avenged! Government makes call for volunteers! 
 U. S. troops to be hurried over seas! Extra! Extra!" College men 
 rush out on campus, buy papers, and read excitedly in small groups. 
 
 Attracted by the excitement, Earlham appears above, coming 
 to the front of the stage, observing and listening with evident con- 
 cern. Following her shortly comes Freedom, attended by Justice 
 and Peace. 
 
 Having scanned the headlines and news columns, one of the 
 men lights upon a ringing editorial, to which he calls the attention 
 of his fellows.) 
 
 Earlham Man : Listen to this, fellows. It's from an editorial, 
 "The Crisis and the Present Duty." (Mounts a box and reads.) 
 "At last the sword flashes from the scabbard to strike for jus- 
 tice and humanity. This nation has been patient, too patient, 
 with the unscrupulous enemy of civilization. He has violated 
 every instinct of honor, he threatens the very existence of 
 human liberty. We are a peace-loving nation. We deplore war. 
 But when justice is repudiated, peace languishes and dies. The 
 hour has come for the call to arms. From now on it is to be 
 force — "force without stint." We who cherish freedom must 
 now make our own the common cause of civilization. The path 
 of duty lies so plain that none who love honor will fail to walk 
 therein." 
 
 ( The reading is attended by exclamations of approval by some. 
 Others look very serious and gradually draw a little aside from the 
 group around the reader. All involuntarily turn toward Earlham, 
 eager for her expression.) 
 
 Earlham : Your unvoiced question reaches me. Clear is mine own 
 conviction. Rooted in a tested past is it, until it is fiber of my 
 fiber. 'Stablished also is it in my deepest thought and life. I 
 would be faithless to myself and mine, I would cease to be as 
 Earlham, should I follow the hue and cry of present circum- 
 stance and o'erthrow the governance of my soul. 
 
 But for you, my children, who but yourselves, each for 
 each, shall speak? We are dedicated to the quest of Freedom, 
 e'en the freedom of one's own conscience. Seek the truth, 
 enlighten the conscience and act as it illumines. 
 
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(The members of the second group nod approvingly, and 
 thoughtfully leave the scene.) 
 
 Freedom : (Stepping forward with Justice and Peace) Since 'tis 
 in our names that war's alarums sound, words from us may wel- 
 come be. Listen in the name of Justice and Peace whom you 
 espouse. 
 
 (At this instant the rattle and the' roll of drums are heard in the 
 distance, and the one group which has remained about the reader of 
 the editorial, breaks up noisily and rushes away in the direction of 
 the drum beats.) 
 
 Justice: Alas, is it not too often so? When the war drums beat, 
 they drown the voices of us in whose names the sword's un- 
 sheathed. 
 
 Peace : Forsaken by our own champions ? 
 
 Freedom : When rage of war obtains, then Freedom, Justice, Peace 
 depart the scene. 
 
 (They retire. Earlham stands a moment, troubled and defected, 
 then raises her arms in silent supplication, after which she with- 
 draws.) 
 
 Scene Two 
 
 (A group of people carrying small American flags and singing 
 a patriotic air gather before Chase Stage, facing the audience. It is 
 representative of a crowd gathered to witness the departure of the 
 boys in khaki. The roll of the drums is again heard in the distance, 
 gradually becoming louder. At tHe sound Earlham reappears in the 
 foreground of Chase Stage. Presently the men in uniform swing 
 into viezv, amid the plaudits of the waiting spectators. As the soldier 
 boys approach they salute Earlham and halt at her up-raised, arrest- 
 ing hand.) 
 
 Earlham : A word of "God speed" ere you depart on your mission 
 of devotion and danger. Earlham respects conviction and hon- 
 ors courage. She believes that you have both; that you are 
 going forth in response to duty's call as you have heard it. She 
 would not have you derelict to duty. As you go so may you 
 return, with high purpose and true heart, having risked all for 
 the cause we all love. Farewell. 
 
 (The officer salutes, gives a quick command, and to the step of 
 the drums, the soldiers march on and out of view. 
 
 As they disappear on one side, a group of young men and women 
 enter on the other in the uniform of the American Friends Service 
 Committee. The spokesman addresses Earlham.) 
 
 A. F. S. C. Spokesman : We have acted on thy counsel and have 
 deeply sought the truth. As thou knowest, Freedom we fondly 
 
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cherish, "most priceless gift of heaven's store to man." No less 
 we cherish Peace and Justice, fatefully obscured when war 
 clouds lower. The issue is difficult but we look beyond the day 
 to the unfolding years to come. We would make our contribu- 
 tion in deeds of love and service to the way of reconciliation yet 
 to be. This, our faith and this our consecration. 
 
 (Freedom on hearing her name spoken reappears, attended by 
 her retinue, and as she approaches, the A. F. S. C. Spokesman turns 
 and addresses her in words from the Prologue.) 
 
 Throughout Earth's space since very time began 
 The battle rage for Freedom has been heard ; 
 
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 Through conquest and through carnage, seeking thee, 
 Have war lords ever thought to win as well 
 Thine other sister Peace. Such winning has 
 Fore'er been fanciful and false. For thou 
 Wouldst teach that thou art one of trinity, 
 In Freedom, Justice, Peace — all three in one, 
 And each without the other vain. All they 
 Who ever dare spurn one, must soon lose all. 
 
 We come to-day a little band of Friends — 
 E'en loyal friends of Freedom, Justice, Peace, 
 And if so friends of God. Midst clashing arms, 
 Midst shaking thrones, our fathers learned what thou 
 Wouldst speak. Espoused they, thy sister Peace. 
 Unmoved by war's alarums, true to her 
 They thought them true to Justice and to thee. 
 
 Freedom : Hail and honor, children of the light, though pilgrims 
 of the night — war's lurid night. The past's cruel reckoning 
 foretells a tragic morrow. When peace hath been declared 
 'twill be a mockery, justice will be betrayed and homeless will 
 I be. Such is war's bitter aftermath however high its fine 
 phrased purpose. But you? Not for you the plaudits of the 
 hour. But look with me into the future. In fair villages of the 
 plain untold I see bleak ruin replaced by hope and comfort ; in 
 battle-scarred countrysides, gray desolation by the greenery of 
 fertile fields ; in food-blockaded cities, wasting little ones re- 
 stored to life and joy. There be your plaudits, in the hearts of 
 those who learn of love through you. There be your satisfaction 
 in the faltering step you help the world to take toward brother- 
 hood. Freedom's blessing be yours and may the peace of Christ 
 attend you. 
 
 (As the A. F. S. C. workers depart, the hands of Freedom and 
 her retinue and of Earlham are extended over them in silent benedic- 
 tion.) 
 
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EPISODE SEVEN : FULFILLMENT AND PROMISE— 
 THE JUBILEE OBSERVANCE. (1922) 
 
 (The Spirits of Youth and Hope reappear, joyfully leading 
 Earlham, with garlands of greenery, onto the stage, after which, en- 
 circling her with the garlands, they dance and skip about her, then 
 bowing and singing their "Happy Birthday." As Freedom and 
 retinue appear the Spirits of Youth and Hope take places behind 
 Earlham.) 
 
 Freedom : Once more I chance upon the anniversary scene. Lightly- 
 must the years have passed, since Youth and Hope still lead 
 thee on. 
 
 Earlham : As with fairy's wand the passing years are waved aside. 
 With high heart to this my year of Jubilee I come. Fountains 
 of youth refresh me ever as I persevere in Freedom's quest. 
 
 Freedom : What token dost thou give me of continued fealty to my 
 cause ? 
 
 Earlham : I give thee token from this the very year of Jubilee 
 itself. 
 
 Freedom : (All aglow with interest) Quickly, say on. 
 
 Earlham : Having led my children gradually forward through the 
 years, step by step, in paths of self -development, I have bred 
 in them the spirit and the quality of free men and women. 
 Atune with Freedom's aspirations now pulsing through the 
 earth, they requested of me the right of their own governance. 
 In faith it almost seemed that in the flush of new conscious- 
 ness they required my own abdication! 
 
 Freedom: (Anxiously) And what in my name didst thou answer? 
 
 Earlham : Together, they and I learned again how Freedom's 
 quest is kept; how authority brings responsibility; how free- 
 dom is a sacred trust to be executed for the common weal ; how 
 they who are really free, serve most. Together we saw as 
 ne'er before that self-government is the fine attainment of true 
 co-operation, Freedom's very goal. 
 
 Sobered with this realization, my children and I have joined 
 hands in closer understanding. Appreciative of this interpre- 
 tation, we have written a new chapter in our college government 
 as the Magna Carta of Earlham's liberties. And this in the 
 Jubilee of Earlham 75 and in the year of our Lord 1922. 
 
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Freedom : Blest climax and consummation ! Fair Earlham and 
 ever fairer, thy fervent hope hath come to realization. In thee 
 at last I see but mine own image. Proudly I hail thee as Free- 
 dom's very sister. 
 
 Earlham: (In ecstasy) Oh blessed day! Oh joyous anniversary, 
 that sees this happy consummation ! In very truth the year of 
 Jubilee ! 
 
 Spirits of Youth and Hope, (turning and addressing them) 
 go forth and call the children of Earlham to make merry on 
 this gladsome day. 
 
 (The Spirits of Youth and Hope separate and skip and run in 
 all directions on their happy errand. Earlham continues, addressing 
 Freedom.) 
 
 In very joy of life and zest of joy, we no less tribute pay 
 than in our very serving. They doubly serve who serve with 
 gladness. And it please you, in lightsome, blithesome, whole- 
 some revels my children will now honor thee and thine. 
 
 Freedom : Well spoken ! This is indeed a glad and festal day. I bid 
 thee join thy voice with those of Youth and Hope in calling 
 thy children to make merry here before us. 
 
 Earlham : (Turning and calling) Children of mine, on to the 
 scene. 
 
 With music and color and rhythm's delight, 
 Interpret the spirit of Earlham aright; 
 The Spirit of present, of future to be — 
 The Spirit of Earlham, triumphant and free. 
 
 (The Spirits of Youth and Hope come running onto the lower 
 scene, leading the children of Earlham who have caught the spirit 
 of the day. Those of the cast of the Pageant take position in semi- 
 circle before the Stage. The revelers then appear, led by the Spirit 
 of Music, singing "Come out, Come out." 
 
 The Spirits of Youth and Hope return to the Stage and sur- 
 round Earlham and Freedom who stand side by side, observing the 
 colorful extravaganza of joyous life below. As the conclusion of the 
 latter, the children of Earlham turn toward the Stage and sing 
 "Freedom Our Queen," after which all join in singing "Alma Mater," 
 the audience rising.) 
 
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ALMA MATER 
 
 Guarded well by elms and maples 
 
 Shrined in every heart, 
 Our beloved Alma Mater 
 
 Earlham fair thou art. 
 Alma Mater we thy children 
 
 Tribute bring to thee, 
 Hail to thee, our dear old Earlham, 
 
 Hail, all hail, E. C. 
 
 Voices gay of youth and maiden 
 
 Echo round thy walls, 
 Memories tender cling like ivy 
 
 To thy chambered halls. 
 Alma Mater, we thy children 
 
 Tribute bring to thee, 
 Hail to thee our dear old Earlham, 
 
 Hail, all hail, E. C. 
 
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