Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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I WILL T Will has a sjiiril that iKithiiii; ' damits: Once he i fts his eye ou the thing he wants lie rolls 11)) his sleeves, ar.d he pitches in With a s])lcii(li(l zeal that is iioiind to win. I Will lu ' ver hesitates lest he fail — In his heart he ' s sure that he will |ire ' ail. Xii niiuiiifain vdw halt him, hiiwe ( ' r hiiih: ' J ' here ' s n i task so hard hut lie ll have a trv. I Will sets his teeth when things start ntf wrung; lie just grins, and niiifteis: ' riiis can ' t last lung, I ' ll take a fresh start: and Adversity Will he giiiiig srinie if he catches me, T Will has a piiindi hid in either hand ; He has fraining, strength, aiiil a heap (.f sand; He swings his hard tists in the world ' s grim face. And he hangs away till the world gi ' es place. I Will understands in his own strength lies The one chance he ' ll get at the things men prize. Discottragement, failure — nothing can chill The stout heart of him who declare ' s, I will ! f ' KAlM.llS K. liAKilKTl

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MB I CAN ' T T Can ' t lacks in iiorvo: he ' s tno faint of lipai ' t ' pitch in ' ike ■! man and iln liis jiart: lie ' s none nf tlu ' spirit that tii;ht and wins ; lie adnnts lie ' s lieaten before lie lieiiins. ' I Can ' t sees as nmnntains what Imlder eyes Tiecogiiize as nidle hills: andiitinn dies. An l leaves him ciiiii|ilainini; in l ' el|iles wi ' atli. When the first small (.hstacle lli.cks his path. I Can ' t ha a n itinn that. (Mit (d ' sjiiic. Ue ' s heini; cheated if what ' s hi rii;hl. ' I ' lie men wlm snc(eei| hy hard work and plnck. lie enx ' ies. and sneei ' s at as ■•Funis fur Inckl ■ ' J Can ' t is a loafer, who won ' t adnnt That ' his life ' s the mess he has made of it ; The treasnre that ' s s] ' arklini;- l:ereath his eye. lie thinks he can ' t reacdi — and won ' t even try. 1 ( ' an ' f has a feeling the world ' s in deht ' i ' o him for a living he ' s faileil to get ; lint. gi -en a chani-e to collect, he ' ll rant Vhont |iast failures, and whii:e. 1 can ' t ! — CiiAi;i.t:s R. i!Ai;i:i:i ' I ' .

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JUNIOR LAW CLASS 1915. i i0torp of tl)e junior JLato Class IIII.K a trcniiM- M ' triiiii ' turtli tlic liri ' at tciiclciirics of the ceiitnrv in l;■l•(l ■tll lA ' (. ' rdiioiiiic and sdcinlciiiical prolilcius miyht iirnvo iiiterestiiiii ' , BBaBl yet we ilecni it ini|iiirtaiil, that a iiieai;i ' e I ' eeord of oiir eafly accom- w l)li hiiieiits should he hefe rtHNinU ' il (in jiarcdinient. layhap it will ])rovp to l)e of benefit fof a reasonahle time to many who may attempt the stndy of leiial jiirisprndence and ])erchan( ' e sa ' e many fi ' om sto]i] atie inti ' ansitii when they are eoiifrnnted hy the sex ' eii iiiiipiit ions torments of Ileal I ' ro])erty. On enterini; the ]ioi1als (jf Tneker Hall we were dii ' eeted to the Dean ' s of- fice and there we reeei -e(l a hi ' arty and eonlial welcome from Dean iinrks. We at once knew that we had fonnd a person who was a ])rofotind sidiolar of the law, and one who woidd he a wise, kind, and sympathetic advisor. We well knew after our first ac(puiintanee why he was called Daddy — the name speaks for itself. There was a ureal di-appointmeni and a loss iiicoiicei alile in its efl ' ects to occur to onr (dass, and not only to our chiss, hut to the whole rin -ersity soon after we took np the study of law: While many of our nninher did not know