Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1938 — Page 17

‘FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1938

‘Wisdom Not Measured by Speed,” Dr. Beard Tells Spicelanders, Preparing for Centennial

Historian Recalls Boy Home in Indiana Town,

Sends Regards.

Times Special SPICELAND, Ind. July Charles A. Beard, dean of American > historians and a boyhood resident | of this town more than a half century ago, today wrote extensively abot h recollections of his life here as a contribution to the centennial celebration, Aug. 13 and 14. He wrote that he was not “inclined at this age to the opinion | that men and women who enjoy, or | suffer under. all the new gadgets are | any better than their ancestors. “A fool is still a fool whether | he travels four miles an hour in an | ox cart or Wisdom is

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not measured by speed.”

In another place he said: “Life (then) was hard, but as I| recall it all through the mists of years it seems beautiful against the | wars, hatreds and intolerance of | this age; and the best of the old | days I should like to recover, for | America and for the world.” ! The text of the letter follows: “To my friends and the young generation of Spiceland: “It is a pleasure to learn that the town is celebrating its centen- | nial and I beg the privilege of adding my tribute to the occasion. In making little contribution, I am natura ally moved to indulge in viscences. That, vou will con- | le, is at least fitting. “Spiceland had not passed the half-century mark when my parents | moved to the town in order that | their children might receive an | education at the Friends’ Academy | and the whole family enjoy the] privilege of living in a community | of a rare spirit. It was, as I recall, | in the year 1880. I was then about | 6 years old. The house In which | we lived, just west of the village, | now lies, perhaps appropriately, in ashes, its very foundations sinking in the earth. Recalls Early Neighbors

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i “My earliest memories, of course, | are associated with our nearest neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Rat- | cliff, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Deem and Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Hodson, all good neighbors, industrious, pre- | dent and helpful. In time of need their thoughtfulness never failed. In fact, co-operation was the chief characteristic of the community life. In season and out, the neighbors we.e always helping one another, in | the harvest fields, at threshing, in time of sickness and tragedy. Life was hard, but as I recall it all through the mists of years it seems beautiful against the wars hatreds and intolerance of this age; and the best of the old days I| like to recover, for America and for the world ‘We did not then have electric nor automobiles, nor refrignor telephones, nor airplanes. A round trip to Newcastle, 10 miles away, with a workhorse | - in the shafts, was an all-day jour- - nay, laborious for man and beast. A round trip to Indianapolis on the railway from Dunreith was a positive excitement, and the hero of . such an Odyssey was an object of admiration among old and young. | We could then scarcely dream of any person's traveling 300 miles an hour in the air, although we had borrowed Jules Verne's books from the village library and read his «tales with eager zest on long winter | evenings by the fireplace.

- Fool Still a Fool

“Nor am I inclined at this age to the opinion that men and women who enjoy, or suffer under, all the | Tew gadgets are any better than | « their ancestors. A fool is still a fool whether he travels four miles | hout

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an in an ox cart or 400 miles in | Wisdom is not measspeed. Nor is gentleness in gadgets. The virtues do honor to human nature | hold neighbors, communities and nations together are not born | of a multitude of things. In saying this I do not mean to celebrate the cause of poverty, but rather that of moderation in all things. “If my memory serves me aright, it was Miss Ella Williams who i | me into the mystery of letters remember her well. She was oti | gentle and stern. She beguiled us | every day after the noon hour by reading some pages from a classic story, and she rapped my knuckles | with a ruler when she caught me shooting paper wads at Isaac Pate | across the room. | “In the academy, Mrs. Hannah Davis reigned for a while after the death of her noble husband, ClarkDavis. She seemed both omniscient and indefatigable. She traveled widely in Europe and | brought hack great news of strange | lands. She loved good books. She organized lecture courses and gave us an opportunity to hear distin-

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The first Friends Church at Spiceland, built more than 100 years ago, and now replaced

Charles

A. Beard, former Spiceland resident, writes about the academy shown here. It is now replaced.

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guished speakers from various parts of the country and from many

| walks of life.

Taught Him History

“In her spirit and Newlin carried on. taught me the rudiments of Ameri-

can history and physics, with equal my youthful eyes

proficiency

son I was intrcduced to the English | Even now I can hear his|

classics

melodious voice reading “The An- | | cient Mariner.’

tradition, | He |

the elements of | in | By Terrell Wil- |

Through his minis- | trations I became acquainted with |

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Wadsworth, Ruskin, Carlyle, and the |

great men of old. John taught us the Latin tongue and displayed so great a love of it that he could scarcely wait for us to learn the conjugations, so eager was

Parker |

he for us to read Cicero and Virgil

for ourselves.

“The Academy had two debating |

and 1 was a gotten. we had our library of choice books, and there on Friday

member of | | one, the name of which I have for- | In the room set aside for us |

nights we as- |

sembled to solve the burning prob- |

Shall the tariff to be preShould the Federal Government regulate railway rates? Local option or

lems of the hour. be reduced? Is fame

wisdom and learning. Sent by Parents

“On first day came school and the meeting. remember sitting on the

Sabbath

hard |

| benches, my feet far from the floor, |

while the elders sat in high places. No song. Just the si- | lence of meditation: unless, forsooth, the spirit moved some aged saint to deliver a discourse, usually brief, | always terse. generally ending in 8

pro- | { hibition? With much eloquence and

| gusto the fledglings displayed their | ful ul

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Dr. Charles A. Beard

quotation from the Scriptures. Al- | though my parents were not Quakers they thought it good for me to atiend the Friends’ services. Doubt- | less it was. At all events, there I| became acquainted with the majestic dreams of the Jews, the merciteachings of Jesus, and the] sonorous roll of the King James | version. “Work broken by

and play

meditation were | according to the

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Baseball, football, sledding were remember especially “the battle of the North of the academy,

walnuts.”

| across the road, beyond the grave- | ! yard, was a walnut grove, and after | { the autumn frosts fell the ground | was covered with walnuts.

“We boys made up teams, fitted

| shields made of barrel heads to our

in battle What

arms, arrayed ourselves

and frightful

nage! But nobody was hurt, al-

{ though hands and faces were black | with battle stains.

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“Among the other diversions were | local talent, |

stage plays given by supplemented occasionally by wanin Hoover's Hall.

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DENIES FACULTY HARBORS ‘REDS’

Replies to Charges Laid by Doherty, National Head Of Legion.

NEW YORK, July 22 (U. P.).—| | Arguments over “red” teachings at Teachers College, Columbia University, were ended today with the announcement of Dean William F. | Russell, that among the 151 faculty | members “we think we have one | Communist, but I hav en 't been able | to find out who he is’ Daniel J. Doherty, national com- | mander of the American Legion, had accused Columbia of being * ‘the | | well-known big red university.” He | | made the charge in reply to a thesis published by Teachers College which | had called the American Legion | “antidemocratic.” | Dean Russell, | Doherty's remarks, said: can't find him (the Communist) I | couldn’ fire him if I wanted to. I| ( have gone over the list and there | |are seven professors who might be |

disposing of Mr. | “Since I|

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| “I don’t think that those who have |

| the authorization to control this uni- | versity like to have it called the | ‘big red university,’ ” he said.

| firing of anvils, and the shooting | | of rockets. On Decoration Day we | | assembled to lay flowers on | graves of those who had fought in | the cause of the Union. | “For fairs and circuses we had fo go far away to Knightstown or | Newcastle. After all, Quakers were | not enamored of horse racing and | { blaring merry-go-rounds. Yet it]

{ would be a mistake to assume that | skating, | my |

all Spicelanders were saints in those far-off times. Many were, but most | of us failed to measure up to the j ie standards of the elders. Per- { haps in their youth those elders had sowed their wild oats, too. “Once started on this course, I could go on indefinitely, like the ! brook near the academy, | time and my time have limits. So I close with affectionate regards to my old friends among the living, | with a toast to the memories of the precious dead, and a Godspeed to the rising generation. May the sons and daughters be stouter and | better than the fathers and moth- | ers! “Sincerelv and faithfully vours, “CHARLES A. BEARD.”

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