St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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able capacities that resemble closely enough to prohibit an absolute separation when the point of material origin and kind is in dispute. It is truly to be feared. that in many instances the practical demonstration of the reality does not transcend the regions of fancy, and too sorely has this retarded commendable advance on the part of inouldered generations. Too lightly have men been wont to regard the almost unsearchable content of their being, the defining ingredients capable to give force and depth to the whole, whose careful shaping resolves into sym- metrical forms. 'Tis an unmistakable entity, but delicate and modest, a germ of immense prospective vitality yet refusing the coveted fruition except in event of its primary recognition and a subserviency, moderate at least, to the requisitions of its cultivation. The rare afiiuence through whose emanating spirit of modernness the process of intellectual equipment is supplied with all its essentials, should trans- form ours into a new clime, and encourage that hindered observation is an immediate precursor of closer intro- spective scenting. To arouse from the stupor that pre- cludes a consciousness of powerful latency, that stultifies with its blind indulgence the few redeeming traits that justify earthly existence, is the problem that vexes the enlightenment and reflection of our day. Viewed in a sense of its chimerical achievement. persistent courage would hope in the grip of despair, but a firm conviction of the prospective reward is an abundant fount of assur- II2 ing inspiration. Wheii rising above the exclusive em- ployment of the most intricate and productive element in his being for the mere acquisition of the evanescent that appeals momentarily to the darkened self, when it shall be deemed gross imprudence to ignore in leisure hours the embodiment of worth while mastering suprem- acy isdelegated to a capacity only able to disperse beneficent opportunities, the assumption of its own will be recorded as an advanced step in humanity's favor. The mechanical application of thinking instrumentality as the means to obtain the ford of necessity or of grovel- ling greed and there dispensed with, is an abuse ruinous and degrading, that affects amazingly to the blockade of regenerating progress. Not until precedence positive and undisputed is rendered in full to the distinguishing integral in the nature of man will the boasted distinction become an actual objective and the frown upon the mundane be excused of its author. Intellectuality for intellectuality's sake, cultured into a longing for mingling fellowship with its kindred, the whence of true delight where it exists not else, the sober force ruling with the earnestness of passion that insists upon its own and subordinates the lesser material, proclaims itself the primary requisite to the inhabitance in a sphere that ap- proaches the approving smile of responsibility. Unimpeded in the inclination that precedes the selec- tion among alternatives of action, the illustration of motive discloses the personal concept of resultant happi-

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gf il ,wa-'I ,5 5556 1 ui personal or collective prosperity. XVithin, strongly en- deavoring to manifest itself, there inheres still the recti- fying truth conditioning upon its assertion a relief of obstruction in the path of general elevation. Reason aml fallacy prolong an incessant and severe contlict. Its more essential accomplislnnent evades the strewings of unappeased mankind than a thorough and searching digest ofhis own station in the universe, a well defined realization that will complete the partial view. The integrals of nature are all worthy in their sphere, are uniquely complementary in their respective functions, and the denial of any or the encroaclnnent of one upon the other invariably occasions abnormality. lint a peculiar conspicuousness of the ever-present physical, with its qualities all displayed, and extending upon no deeper 1'CtllllSll.C than mere possession, its entire capacity to allay the casual desire, suflices to attach an undue prominence that usurps the rightful precedence of more emluring parts. Of interest aml import, indeed, must the material be admitted, a real aml logical means to an end. Its chaiiels for the mixture of the undeveloped, a dwelling place and useful agency for service to higher powers render it splendidly appreciable. In an exponential garb, conveying through its profounder depths an enchanting intiniation of sublime source and content, the enlightened view with a fullness of joy surveys it. As a sequestered abode of a high, concealed inherence. when posing in the sweet fragrance of nature. its beauty tinged with the perfecting shade of a positive place among real entities, its merit to engage is exalted above its usually acknowledged own. Thus contem- plated, its intrinsic relents to an estimable ollice of medis ator through which. immediate infatuation suspended, the gleam ofsubstantial allurement is propagated to the attentive participant in its observation. Not in such a mood either of the materialistic or of man is then present the deceptive form so wide-prevalent aml serious in the damage it incurs. lint mutilated or embellished as the east- may lie, presumed to be possessed of farsreaching possibilities arising from blind aceeptation rather than belief, a mean aml destrnetible fraily intrndes with mons strous sagacity upon the controlling centre and deter- mining objects ofa destiny. A vision with an elegance ofsusceptability that would esteem the reality of a uni verse is dwarfed tu the puerile levity ofa miniature, that holding but a seantily magnilied surface, are subserved by a soul that contents in its ignoring depravity. Physi- cal ambition, physical attainment, physical enjoyment clouding the horizon amid the qniekeniug profferings of pure aml enduring truth, are constituting themselves the nucleus around which revolves the preponderence of human activity. If in the manifestations of animated nature there ex- ists a distinction real in its character, it must reside somewhere in the unseen. Visible differences assure of nothing beyond degree of contrast in the stages of vari-

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ness. Upon this hnsis rests the Iu'iiu'ip1c ul' oxertt-fl volition, :incl they nicm-ty of fllSt'l'lIIllll1lllUll is thc nic-ztsurc ofits wiscluni. It pcrplt-xt-s tw spt-c'iil:ttv thc sutiitcs ul niultiplc :intl :lim-t'st: ch-sii't:s pi't'st-iitiug tlu-iiisclvt-s :ts cui- hryos of cle-L-rl fm' TL'-lCCllUIl tn' :tt't3t-ptziiivu tu thc X'2lI'l1tlJlj.' llztstic clist'i'L-tiuii. Sm-iu-s :uul plutsvs ut' lu-ttiiu-ut t-uvirtut incnt, iiitci'pi't-tt-rl iiztimiwly tn' lilu-rxtlly, invitt- tit-1lt1ci1'ly with scclticftivt- iulutuzttitui rt 5-ylllltilllltfllt' :tttittulcz lit-111' 'X 'L' fullycxuggt-i':1tt-fl lu-ytuul :ill hunts ul uittuisit- wuitt-tit, tllClIlCZ1j1l'C slum-:uls luttli tlu- lt-vt-i'isli piwiiu-tisitivsthat usurp thc :tllutt-tl uluult-s til iiiwiiiiit-ty. XX'ith what :is- touiuliug :tiipztim-tit t-l't1-1-tim-tit-ss, u'ult-spit-:ul th-lusi-tu lnlls thc rt-stluss t'i':tx'iiij,gs ul' at ji-,iwpiiig stiul? llmx' itu-s- tiniulwlt' tlu- iu'uptu'tiwii ull titiiuiugg quul st-lt'tlist'ipliiu- clcnuuulccl tw clisiwust- tlu- th-lusixu iiiipiw-ssiwiis thztt :tix- stzniipt-cl su iiult-lilwly' in-nn tlu- utiutl :ts twigix'cr'ist't1wa1ii nnxicty ul' iunzitt- 1lt'Ill'.lX'llY. 'l'lu- ttpiutllitig itiqikit-sly 2lHCl'llJL'tl tlu- iuuuiuailli'tilt-.1stii'.tl1lt',sulluit-uttwti.1iisl1u't1i tlu- 1uiln1lui't:tsu' intel at hwnl tlt-v-vtw tu its t'ttwttLtI'lIIL1 ouths L-xciiiplilu-s tlu- t:1ll.u-uwus uuiuisituui, tt.iutu'.tllv uii1lv1'a1cutl,yctwluist-ztii.ilysis wuultl cxpust- its tr'.tusp.u'- L-nt lt-vity. llUXYL'X'L'l'lLllIlt'Ill1tlHlL' lllitf' ptwwxx- tlu' tluvicc ciiiplwyul lOlll7llL'1l5L',lllk't,'llllQlIlg pwpt-iisity' t-xpluuitus uniuist.tl4.t- lily thc litculty :uul tlu- ius.tti:tl-lv uuut that iuulurlics. Tll6I'C 1111151 lit' to stuvllu' :ttul t'tttt't'tztltt. tw :lim-vt Qttul ztlisorh tlu- iiisiipliu-ssilwlv sttiviugs ut' tull vigor. Vpwu itself it sulvsists not :uul iiuinttieut L-ntwiiu-s nluiut thu must congenial within its roach. It is thcstauulziul ol L'UIlgCIliZ1lll.j' that must hu utlucutctl-tlu' prolu-1' l'UQ1ll'll, thc right pn-l'cr't-iicc, thc just uppruciutitui. that uiust lic culturul. This zuwuiiplislu-tl tiist in tlu- t-xpiiigzxiitui ul' trivultnis t':uu'it-s, than continuing inter ciulitzililt- stugt-s atccmtltfztiiit-tl ltY it t1iurct'uri'ct't vstiiiiaitt- nl- tlu- nuuu-wus uvciuu-s upcu tw t-:uh-:it'in', at itxility uiuh'c:iuu-tl ol' vnu truuts 'l'lu' tt-rror that tlmutu-its lu it-sitlc in its pics- uucc is hut ll t-mist-t'1itix't- stztqc in tlu' mutiiu- ul' :ui upwaml grzulzitiwu, tlu- prt-ct-tliug su-p ulkuliui' iuctlitzitumu. .X grsuult-r l'L'QllIIl upuns to tlu- vision tlu- sta-fling sul, Slllllllf in wluch it vmisists auul suhstauitizttvs its vluuu lu flt'tt-ruiiiu' thc t'l14u':u'tt-1' ol' .tvtuutliuii :uul iuilulgt-iu-t-. lit-vt-.tlt-tl st-lt with its uuwnuuu-nsuintluh- :tppiii'tt-iiziiu-t-s trxluwtsilt-x'o11t luytilty :uul siium-i'ity' tu its min siipitiiu- gu.mli:1usliip, liL'C.l1lSL' hmu it tlu-iv Jlt't'l'llL'S tw :ui ins cuuilit-tit tlu' vmiiplvttwii ut his lu-ing. lPL'l'2lllSl' laugvly qtvwwrwliiig lim its lilvt-ixtlity' well t-uliglitt-iuwl trii.iuyiiu-int lu- uu-tt-tl -wut. tlu- wluiiuiu-ut wluist- prim: is strcnumis toil Is uiuulcutiugly sutlgllt. lustt-:ul tif tlu- t3:u'ch-ss :uul x'.u'ill.it1ug vuliiptiigirv tlu-rc thuirislufs tlu- sph-iulullv tI'.1llSlHI'lltL'll wlui sem-iiulv flclights nut in fzulinq aippnri- tuuts that pci'uulu':1lly Qtllziy, hut in :tu cssvium- u'hu'h pt-riiiziiieiitly quul itirigiiititfcutly satisfies. I ui'tlu-r in- stillctl with at clue aipprccizxtimi of thc csptrviztl im-lntumsliip sustgiinecl to tlu- iiuliviiluzils ut' rlnily cffmtzu-t, ilu' lliuwiiiils proniisiug uuwml attziclinu-nt mul inte-r-iufliu'iu:i', tlu- ciniucut opportunities for iuutuzil uplifting, tlu- suprcuu' O