SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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DEDICATION REPLY The students of Plattsburgh State Normal School wish to take this opportunity to thank the Staff of the Cardinal ' 41 for the motive which has prompted this dedication, and for the tremendous amount of labor and the high degree of efficiency which have been so capably combined to give us this brilliant record of the past by which we may guide the future. Perhaps the Staff had been so conscientiously striving from the beginning to make this publication one which would belong to the whole student body, that when the end came, it seemed only logical that Cardinal ' 41 be dedicated to the students in word as well as in deed. The Student Body feels that you have made the Cardinal this year their book. Wii.LSON Daily, President of the House of Delegates. 7

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DEDICATED TO YOU The students of Plattsburgh State Normal School ... to you who arc the school, we dedicate this Cardinal. You are the inspiration, the reason for this book. For you it is composed, your school life is the story it tells. Therefore, to you it is dedicated.

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IN MEMO R I AM The desire for friendship is strong in every human heart. This, the highest earthly relationship, is at its best shif ting; for men are not wholly true, and time and change play their ceaseless part. But the memory of enjoyed companionship, once fully possessed, cannot Dorothy Langenstein die. Such a companionship was ours while Dorothy Langenstein and Hubert Spence were our classmates. This memory serves as a nourishing source of strength, once the first shock of surprise and bitter grief has been removed and we can sing the victor ' s song. We are so selfish about death, forgetting that it means only life, with all rest, peace, and joy. We are inclined to protest that it is unfair, that they were too young. When the work of two such admirable persons is left unfinished, our thoughts should broaden into a stately march of conquest for truth, justice, nobility, and honor. Our individual responsibility should grow to encircle theirs, that their ideals and goals may be realized in part through our effort. We should look beyond our- selves and our loss and be ever on the alert for chances to rise and march gloriously with our invisible guides. In resignation to bereavement, as one of the mis- fortunes in life, it is true that a fair face may be kept Hubert Spence to the world and to oneself by treasuring the happiest and gayest memories. These memories we hold are bright and pulsating with life; while the desire to duly r honor Dorothy and Hubert in words far exceeds our power.