Ottawa University - Ottawan Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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ADMINISTRATION lhe Emerald Isle, Marked by rows OT Green. well-Trimmed bushes, And heralded by poeTs, KeaTs, Byron. Shelley, And even our own WolTe. And iT was Ireland ThaT was OT This Man- Whom we are Thinking oT In This our Lord's year I95O. home Mark his sTaTure Mark his sTride Mark his handshake Mark his eye. Small and roTund, Slow oT sTep, TighT his handclasp, Sharp his gaze- And cool. l-le has much in his charge. And his advice looked Ahead-and someTimes we laughed WiTh an idealisT's wisdom. BUT Tound ThaT we laughed wiTh The sTupidiTy OT silly young poeTs in The presence oT GoeThe, Sure ThaT our ideas are new and True. Behind his desk, cluTTered wiTh papers and WeighTs, The liTTle man exhorTs us To Be inTelligenT in our living. To undersTand our Tellow men And To heed whaT wiser men have said. Who can esTimaTe The worTh oT any man? Who can seT The value of a friend? Who can Tell when man is aT his besT? Who can ever Thank enough Tor aid? And who can wriTe and say whaT hearT can Teel? You and your lrish sTew, Dr. MarTin, ThaT you promised And we never collecTed. We imagine whaT iT would be like, And iT is perhaps beTTer Than we never TasTed iT. We are glad To have known you. Our president ANDREW B. MARTIN, B. A., Colgafeg M. A., MarqueTTeg Ph. D., ibid.