Huntington College - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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DR. ELMER BECKER, PRESIDENT OF HUNTINGTON COLLEGE DR. ELMER BECKER, a Graduate of Huntington College. A man beloved for many qualities of priceless worth. His keen intellect and judgment are amazing. But he is kind and just, he is faithful to God and to the cause for which he is working. He is above all enthusiastic. He is a part of the spirit of Huntington College. We love him.

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66 ' 77 Dedicatory As he stood in the cool of twilight, That comes with the setting of sun, He gazed on a stately old structure And thought of the work it had done. Pain stabbed his heart as he gazed, And his eyes were Hooded with tears As he raised his arm and held aloft The burning torch for future years. And as he held the torch ahigh With its radiant glorygso bright, He knew that the dignified structure Was the source of all his delight. With a smile upon his trembling lips He bowed to a shrine of truth, And there, he dedicated his life To the fresh eagerness of youth. And also to the friendships formed Within the clear College walls, To the green-ivied tower so quaint, And the familiar noisy halls. To the faculty and classmates, To a face, a name, a spot, And to all the dear memories That nevermore can be forgot. To the spirit the youth possess, To their manners and self control To that ever present Enthusa , To the rounded and perfect whole. To all these things he gave his life, To them ever he will be true, For he was a precious Volume, Labeled lVlnemosyne - 1942. ll'42',

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Q09 This is an unusually tough one to write. What shall l say, wfhat can l say about men and women with whom l have quarreled, yet whom I have learned to love. They are men and women shaping lives, trying to make other lives worth while, and yet be human. This group, whom we have chosen to call the faculty, have had a tremendous job, and yet they do it well. Theirs is not alone the job of teaching: it is for them to keep alive those things which we consider fundamental-love, duty, faith, hope, charity and innumerable others. Theirs is the job of keeping alive this College of which we are all a part. They have, under an enthusiastic leader, this year expanded their ener- gies, two-fold, that their ends might find realization. The seeds they plant now must, and will, bear fruit. So let us as students lay aside our gripes , our malice, our dis- crimination, and pay humble but most deserved tribute to a .group we call Our Faculty. May their minds always have a vision for the future, their hearts a feeling for the present, and their memories a tender and reverent regard for the past. And may they never forget, as one of their members has said, Today is yesterday's future, today is to- morrow's past.