Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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Class Poem Time so swifrly glide; away. As day after day Hits past. So few our years here spent now seem. As this has been our last. But though those happy hours arc gone. And though we soon must part; Yet fond their memories will remain, And added strength each year will gain. In every heart. Youth is spring time; spring time ' s flow ' r time; Youths the flower time of life, That decides if we ' ll be heroes Or be failures in the strife. But E. C. out — Burbanks Burbank Better flowers in attaining. As human lives excel the (lowers So our school ' s work above his towers. In the good we ' re gaining. We never fully can repay. The values here we gain, Butif wc use them wisely ' Twill not have been in vain. And if our talents for service used. Another ' s cares beguile. If we can aid a needing friend, A helping hand to others lend. Life ' s been worth while. Life ' s a vast uncharted sea, Whereon we now set sail. May lessons learned here be as beacons To guide our barks so frail. And if we take the only Pilot Who knows each shoal and tide, He ' ll guide our way with faultless hand. We ' ll anchor safely in the strand, Beyond life ' s ocean wide. So now perforce we bid farewell, And cast our books aside. For greater duties lie before us In an open world and wide. Yet whatever our ambitions Whatc ' er our goals may be. We ' ll ne ' er forget, though years may Hy, Those happy scenes of davs gone bv ■ In the halls of old E.G. :29i

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iiA r I rj?j. Classes Bk Prtsident SENIOR CLASS Matt. ■Wc Build the Ladder Bv Which Vc ( Cohn e and Gold ;iimb Flower Oairodil Samuel Wenger Vice-president Secretary. Treasurer Charles Young Esther Leister Eli Keeny | Desmond Bittinger [ Ammon Zeigler Earl Heefner Alverda Hershey Social Committee. President..... P UL.NE Greene (Chairman;, Anna FRESHMAN YEAR Bull, Vice President. Secretary Paul Hein H t Poet... Dorothea Mehring Aaron Breidenstine SOPOHMORE YEAR Vtce President Secretary Henry Bucher Pauline Greene Arthur Eshelman Histori an Pauline Greene Poet. Dorothea Mehring President... Vice President Secretary. . JUNIOR YEAR Eli Engle Desmond Bittinger Pauline Greene | George Ruth Eli Engle Treasurer... Pott. [28]

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TTV OHSMOND lilTTINGER hat high cause this darling ot Who can iorcti the gods was bornr ' ' ' Desmond hails from West Virginia. He is one of the outstanding members of the Class of 1927, having dis- tinguished himself in many of the various activities of the school. He is an industrious and diligent student, hut particularly in the field of Christian activity does Desmond shine. He has had a great deal of pastoral and evangelistic experience. Serving as leader of both the Volunteers and Y. M. C. A. on College Hill, he has helped to make them the active organizations they now are. But vocalization is par excelltuce this ' Oung man ' s forte. His melodious bass voice assists in making the Chorus Class more easily heard, and together with his line, has many a time brought home the bacon for E. C. ' s forensic warriors. But he is not always serious, he always carries a cheery smile right with him, and is every ready for a good, hearty laugh. From all accounts, our hero ' s matrimonial prospects arc very well established, and it is only a question of time. Desmond expects to teach for a few years, and then go to Africa as a missionary— and he will not go alone. With his high Christian ideals and his spirit of unselfish service, he is assured of boundless success in his work for the Master. Activities: President, Volunteers (3); President, Y. M. C. . . ' [A ' }. ' ice President, Class (3); Debating (1, 3, 4); Chorus; Religious Editor, Etonian. AARON G. BREIDENSTINE Melodies so rich and rare, Beating on the quiet air. Bridy is the songbird of thctlass. Fairvicw . part- nicnts has often reverberated to his tuneful melodies, and the College Quartet and the Chorus Cass count him as an indispensable member. But this is only one of the many activities in which Aaron is engaged. His quiet dignity and sincerity have won for him the respect of all. As President of the Men ' s Welfare Association he has well upheld the spirit and the traditions of E. C. His literary talents won for him a place on the staff of Our College Times, and were further shown in his successful tenure of the Presidency of the Literary Society. A very studious young man is Bridy. He has a good drag with all the teachers. In a social way, Bridy prefers Orange Street, and perhaps Orange-Blossom -time is not far away. Mr. Brcidcnstine, erstwhile Bridy, ' expects to enter the teaching profession. He is chiefly interested in science. The Class of ' 27 are one in wishing him a brilliant success. Activities: President, Men ' s Welfare Association (4); Class President (2); College Quartet, Chorus; Reporter, Our College Times (2, 4); President, Literary Society (4); Music Editor, Etonian. [30]