Texas Christian University - Horned Frog Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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COLBY D. HALL I-IORIZQNS One year I discovered nandinas. The red berries and the reddish tinted leaves attracted us. We bought and planted one in our yard, and were very proud of it. I was under the impression that ours was the only one on the hill, for I had not observed any before. But in the course of a drive a few days later, behold there were scores of them in other yards. They had been there all the time, but my eyes were not open to them. Thus came a new horizon into my little life. Because of that I always enjoyed seeing nandinas. One little shrub isn't very important. But one horizon is. For a growing life is made up of Administrative I Growing horizons. In my Freshman year, it was the Greek language that came as a thrill to me. Those funny looking letters took on real meaning, and through them I began to get acquainted with the thoughts of an ancient people which greatly influenced this world of mine, Then came physics, and the old earth was a new one to me. Then others. That is the joy of study. More new horizons may be discovered in the four years of college life than any years we have. May be, if we are out looking for horizons. As I see you, the seniors, go out into the work-a-day world, I wish for you two things: constantly expanding hori- zons, and the zest to enjoy them. Moun- tain climbing is a drudge if it's merely your job: it's a thrill if you are watching the horizons expand. Always keep yourself naive enough to enjoy the thrill of learning new things. This is one happiness the blase never know. Moments of thrill are of little value. A lark, a daredevil stunt, a dash of daring sin-one moment and it is gone, leaving perhaps an ache and an extra wrinkle. But new horizons are different. They stay. The world is ever bigger, and life is richer as we add horizons. There are thousands of them: the world is very rich. You can choose some, you must pass by many. But there are two horizons of life without which there cannot be genuinely true living: the joy of service, and a sense of God. Without the first, life turns inward and becomes stagnant, as a rancid pool. Without a consciousness of God in our lives, the sky is so low, our world can only be small and disappointing. May your years ahead be blessed with ever- expanding horizons, and what is more, may you retain the ability to find surprise in every one of them. COLBY D. HALL.

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Presidents Message EDUCATICDN AND THE GGCDD LIFE The Message of the President to the Class of l91lO Got any ri1'e1'.v Ifzey my are 1111t'1'u.m1Ha, G01 4111 lzmzmnzizzs von fwfr fnwzel ffzmzwfz :V . ts 1 life Jperiizfiza in lficf izvfzoffy ilnporfibfe Doing ixfnil nobody efse ronfrf Jo. Education is the enlistment of man's highest powers in the service of the best. Four years in the university should have enabled you to have formulated a philosophy of life but even more a philosophy of living. A philosophy of life may be abstract. A philosophy of living must be concrete, practical and of daily service. A real philosophy of living will include faith, open-mindedness, cour- age and perseverance: it should concern itself with those ultimate values of truth, beauty, and goodness. Education has a threefold function to perform in life. It is decorative, utilitarian and spiritual. lt should give refinement, it should enable us to be- come more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of lifep and it must also humanize us. Education should train us for quick, resolute and effective thinking. lt should teach us to weigh evidence, to judge critically and to dis- cern between the true and the false. lt should develop creative imagination. The new revela- tions of life come from those who can frame out of three sounds not a fourth sound but a star-. True Education will transmit to us not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. lt will educate us for the good life. There are two qualities which distinguish the good life-adventure and service. lt is only in the thick of battle that we are privileged to taste the intoxication of the good life. lt is a life character- ized by the prophetic rhythm of adventure. lt hungers after a new heaven and a new earth. The whole story of human progress of the race has come through new truth, new insight and new vision-those fine qualities by which the adven- turous spirits have added to our social assets. Certainly the good life requires the spirit of service, l therefore admonish you as the class of l94O to launch out into the deep. What a joy to live when there is so much to live for! This very fact should gird your loins for spatial enterprises. You owe an incredible obligation to your genera- tion. You are to discover new continents of truthg new frontiers of human values are yet to be opened. The powers of selfishness, ignorance and fear are to be subjugated, new eras of peace, good will and brotherhood, and understanding are to follow in this present world, turbulent and torn by war. lf you follow the lure of the good life with its spirit of service and adventure, the charm and the enchantment of the pilgrimage will lead you through unending cycles of greater truth, greater beauty, nobler goodness, and unselfish service. As your thoughts travel in these vaster orbits new powers commensurate with the limitless tasks will come to you from the Omnipotent One. Heaven's blessings attend you as you seek with restless feet, and resistless and undaunted cour- age, the glory and mystery of this good life that leads to the land of your coveted dreams. If the way at times seems dark, take courage from those fine lines quoted by England's King at the open- ing of the year. l said to a man who stood at the gate of the year: 'Give me a light that l may tread safely into the unknowng' and he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than a light and safer than a known wayf May that Almighty hand guide and uphold us all.

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Cfficers Everybody knows Mr. Pete. A T. C. U. graduate in the class of l9ll, he has helped to keep alive that friendly spirit which has made the Ole Alma Mater famous. Not only does he guide the financial side of T. C. U., but he is one hundred per cent a purple man. L. C. Wright, or ML Pete, as he was called by fellow students, Was a tackle on the Texas Christian Fightin' Frog team, and was captain of the Frog squad in both l907 and 1909. Signing 'l'. C. U. by L. C. Wright keeps him busy most of the tirne, but now and then he tries his hand at golf. A year doesn't go by without a fishing trip during the summer, and hunting comes next in line of favorite sports. L. C. WRlGHTe MR. PETE He's the man Who handles the financial part of football trips, purchases supplies for the Uni- versity, checks student accounts, and is one of the persons responsible for the recent beautification of the campus.