St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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SL 3obn's. I. ll. Ill. LI, HAIL! St. jul1n'stutheel There, 'nenth its pill:ir'd :lmne .Xll hziill luvll College tiru n l Past is ri eentnry, Ilrerinieil in their stnrlent home, 'l'liysw:1rtl full oft hath lm Thy nzitrnl rluy. Suns of our sires. liecl nfthe ln'nx'e. lee front yon Stnte Ilunse txnll They plwlflell sitlc lay sifle lfr:tnee:in1l the l :ttherl:in4l csfnisuf King Willi:ini's :ill ln sp-irts :intl stnelies vieil. Ilerc, meeting hqtntt in h:nnI lu nhl Melmwell llftll XVursliipetl in hive :intl prifle 3I:n'eli'tl tlntli :i gallant li, l Wenflefl their XVIIY. .Xt thy :tltur tires. Uni' freetlmn tu save. IV. Y. VI. All hrtill tlmn LQl'Illlll nhl tree, .Xll lmil l nlrl Cwllege llelll St.jnl1n's, wliere'er we rtmm, linnlileni ut' lihertyl 'llllf'4llKt'l'fYl1lllCSfs'C'l.SYVCll Tn the lm rl Cullege htnne. Ut' thee we sing. tVer SlTX't'I'll'S shore. lftnnlly we tnrn. llere 'nt-:ith thy :tniple shmle Thy will we nmv whey, llcre frienrls of early years, tllt mn' hvretlntlieis stmyetl .twenilvletl in zirrziy Crnnrzules in lmpes :intl ft-:na .Xntl we in Iniyli-mtl plnyerl: llll thiQ eentenniqtl flny, lfaitlitnl in smiles :intl tears, Tu thee we'll elingg. :XS in il1tyLant'yure. Their lllCf'llSt' lnirn. YH. lmng nmy thy ennrts resonnil, lhy hulls with ytntllw ulnnnnl, As in :lays past. Thy fntnre plenty ernwn. llulltmf thy gtn'i'mysflrmvi1, llenven un thy fneinen l.I'UXYll Anil hless thee :it lust. WNIt'n0L,xs llmixi'i-ZR, 216. 109

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Gbscureb Reality. DIFFICULTLY penetrable evil yet otershadows a vast magnitude of human import. Tenacious tendencies to progress have been creditable already in evolutions that are utilizing and pol- ishing a newer era. Concentration of inquiry has appropriately and loyally devoted itself to inviting sources of the unrevealed and rendered signal 'results of an exalted kind to contemporaneous and successsive bet- terment. Avenues novel and amazing in their unique fitness solicit patronage of the fields of avocation toward which they point. They possess a surprisingly flattering appearance, and it is not with ease that their indication of the status of a later day is interpreted, or, at least, the unusual degree of superiority along certain lines might suggest question as to its ominous benignity and recall the similarity of precedents to decline. But apparent prosperity does not as an unexcepted rule of nature con- clude in imprudence and indulgence sufficient in their recklessness to spoil the effect of the glory attained. Impulsive greed to devour the full fruit of achievement IIO in unsuspecting hours of degeneracy we may confide to be offset by reliable reaction and steadiness of purpose that refuse the seductions, so oft ill-proved, that lurk in the under lying secrets of waning prestige. Favorable comparison, however, apart from intrinsic merit, but poorly justifies exultation. Light differences and seeming improvement should not afford congratula- tion upon more than a beginning with nice prospects, but that need guarding well in order to the yielding prosecu- tion of their ends. Estimated of itself, nothing more convincingly discloses its dearth and inadequacy than the meagre conception upon which the affairs and aims of life are so delicately hinged. Upon a presumption of a destiny commensurate in important respects to the ultimate of properly cultivated and directed powers, the infancy of humanity's entrance into its own sphere is strikingly evident. The day of rernunerative investiga- tion in the realm of relevant truths has proceeded no further than its dawn, and searching rays but gradually dissipate the shades that obscure the pertinent factors in