Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — Indiana University Graduates Held Annual Banquet [ARTICLE]

Indiana University Graduates Held Annual Banquet

The annual Foundation Day banquet of the Indiana University graduates of Jasper county was held at the high school building Friday Evening. About twenty Indiana alumni of the county and Prof. Kogi mi er er of Indiana University were present. Similar meetings were held throughout the state Friday under the direction of Indiana University. During the evening a banquet was served in the grammer school building of the domestic science class under the direction of Miss Mabel Atwood at which George Collins president of the association, acted as toastmaster. The main speaker of the evening was Prof. Kohlmeirer, who is a history professor at the University. Mr. Kohlmeierer chose as his subject, “The' War Situation,” touching breifly upon the events leading up to the war and its history to date. He gave it as his opinion that if the war terminates in less than three or four years it will be a German victory, and that the Germans are prepared to withstand the allied attack for some time yet, although they will eventually be defeated “Dogged determination on the part of the allies backed by the United States, will be the factor, which will mean the decisive defeat of the German nation,” added the speaker. Being a native born German, Mr. Kohlmeirer is familiar with the workings of the German government and his remarks proved of great interest to his audience. Other speakers of the evening were: W. H. Parkinson, D. D. Dean, M. L. Florence Ryan and Worth McCarthy. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted at follows: President, W. H. Parkinson; Vicepresident, Worth McCarthy; Secretary; Florence Ryan; Treasurer M. D. Gwin. x

The following war message from President William Lowe Bryan of the University was received by each of the alumni: “Let this meeting be a service of consecration to our brothers who have gone to the war. “Let us pray for them that they be speedily victorious and return to us in safety. “Let us pray for ourselves that we may in no manner fail ouj - brothers at the front.

“Let us devote ourselves to sacrifice by abstinence and by gilts of money and labor. “Let us count ourselves enlisted soldiers and let us fight the traitors at home as sternly as if they were where they to be in the German trenches instead of being here under our flag shooting our soldiers in the back. “Let us nourish within ourselves the will which cannot be beaten, the will of Washington, the will of Lincoln. “Let us hold fast our faith in God, who is within and above the traditions and creeds, who through the ages has created the words, who from age to age of peace and of war has made his dwelling in ascending forms of life, who now through us fights to establish in the world a society of justice. “Let us cherish the ideal of the most encient king of Jerusalem, Melchizedek, type of the Messiah, of whom it is written: He was first, king of righteousness and after that king of Salem which is king of peace.”