Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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S--- The Qlumni Qssuniatiun OFFICERS President-Mrs. Anna Cooper Armstrong First vice president-John Massey Second vice p1'esident-Mrs. lVIollie Miller Holt Secretary-lVIrs. Grace Sailor Hamblin Treasurer-John F. Anderson The Coe College Alumni Association has recently become a member of the National Alumni Association. This honor is a recognition of the high place which Coe grad- uates hold in the World of affairs. The Coe Alumni Association does much to keep alive the traditions of the college, for as time passes they realize more fully the part which the influence of the college played in the moulding of their characters. Indeed some of them were graduated so long ago that when they return to visit Alma Mater they actually enjoy attending chapel. Once a year those who have the opportunity, return to stroll about the campus, not- ing its changesg to chat with professorsg to Welcome old friends, and to receive into their ranks the passing Seniors. Each year the Alumni Association is larger in numbers, and each year there are more gray heads seated at the Alumni luncheon, but always there is the same love and rev- erence for the glory of the Crimson and the Gold. L ey 'i ' Y 1 : 'i1'-- +L-if El' -1 5't5T'TH Wa-0 sn-12-fem. we awk ':1:a:'z,a,s.'-..:-week: asaa4i'rfr:aa:1a'.f:.1ssAw-i:.f'-

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'N ' - V T ., if ' . P A -f- 2 if: ' - Tn J Af. f, , ...- Y i V L i - - - X 2. ,Y , Y ,ii , WY SQ 5:59 iiff-f resmhent 5 letter The morrow of vrctory rs more dangerous than rts eve This rs what Mazzrnr, the Italran patrrot of the nrneteenth century kept constantly remrndrng hrs people The dav before vretory rs crrtrcal, rntense, and full of dangerous possrbrlrtres, men pass through rt vvrth bated breath for they know that to blunder rs death Mazzrrrr trred to show hrs countrymen that there could be no let down when the vrctory rs won, that the work of readjustment 'rnd settlement rs fuller of danger than the day of battle rtself The makrng of peace and the process of settlrng back rnto the Ways of peace are as desperate as the makrng of xx ar Plato had somethrng of the same thrng rn mrnd when he sard The most dangerous thrng that can happen to a natron rs to wrn a great war Amerrca rs facrng thrs danger now The War has been won There was really never any doubt rn our mrnds that rt would be won But there rs grave doubt now, and strll graver reason for rt, as to how we and the world are fforng to come out of the unsettlement and unrest rt has left rn rts wake The passron and fire that were turned agaxnst the enemy have not yet cooled but are burnrng at the srlls of socrety rtself As b1tter thrngs are berng sard today as durrng the war, not by patrrots agarnst a forergn foe, but by partres and classes agarnst each other The beautrful sprrrt of cooperatron, the fine team work of Democrat and Republrcan, of employer and em ployee, of landlord and tenant are gone, and rn therr place have come a rancor and brtterness worse than anythrng we knew before the war Class hatred has been sub fishness than about the herorc sacrrfice and self forgetfulness that were so domrnant wx hrle the roar of battle was rn our ears It all means that we are rn the desperate venture of gettrng back, not to the peace we lost when war broke out, but up to a new peace and a new level whrch we have not known before We are Just begrnnrng to see how full rt rs packed wrth danger Cool heads, sane mmds, and generous hearts are needed even more than rn the days of strrfe We know the part the colleges played rn urnnrng the war The country turned to them for rnsprratron and leadershrp rn many phases of the grrm busrness then on hand And the colleges drd not farl or drsappornt They must not non The statesman narnd rs as necessary today as the soldrer mrnd xx as three years ago Leaders who urll not read for themselves but for the general good were never so rmperatrve and have never had such opportunrtres as the turmorl and unrest that our day afford Colleges nave a new chance and as Coe played her part and more than her part rn unselhsh grvrng and servrng during the xx ar, so I am sure wrll she do her full share rn the Morr ow of Vrctory now upon us Ma3 the ACORN IQZI contrrbute rts share to the makrng of the new day for both Coe and the Amerrca she serves JOHN A MARQUIS I , , ,, 4 . l . A . ,, . . . . , . r C . Il - .I S u 1 T o G I - x u 5. I C 7 A . . . ' stituted for Hun hatred. We are hearing far more today about prohteering and sel- . . - I I 4. 7 . Y . I Y A. . A 1 . - . V7 A 1 I n 7. , . ' v - ci 1 Y - 17 I I I ,' '

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4 1, a s QCIJirtp:QEightb Qnnual Qtummennement COE COLLEGE, IQIQ Rrugram Organ Recital-Organ Suite, Sketches of the Cit y ,-- ---- The City from Afar Off On the Avenue . The Grandmother IV. Urchin Whistling in the S V. In Busy Mills VI. Evening OTTO T. HIRSCHLER I. II. III Academic Procession Invocation treets Land of Hope and Glory .............-..- .----- THE VESPER CHOIR Commencement Address .......... ........ ------- - - The HONORABLE P. VVHITVVELL WILSON, Vocal Solo-Hjoy of the Morning ..---.---- ------ RUTH MASSEY Awarding Of Diplomas Conferring of Degree Announcement of Prizes Hymn- America Benediction London, England Organ Postlude- Grand March from Aida ......... OTTO T. HIRSCHLER Gordon Balch Nevin ----Elgar International Brotherhood - ---Ware Verdi