Western Maryland College - Aloha Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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coin, giving no value to the gold or silver, but only rendering the brass current, yet those of merit tell the tale of successful post-graduate work. Look through our catalogue: LL. M., one, D. D. S., one, C. E., three, Ph. D., seven, B. D., twenty-two, M. D., twenty-two, M. A., one hundred and nine, LL. B., one hundred and nineteen, add tvvohonorary degrees of D. D., and there is a total of two hundred and eighty-eight decorations. Others are yet to be adorned and others still deserve it, for they are found THE PRESlDENT'S HONIE. in high and honorable positions-the parish ofthe metropolitan bishop, the desk ot the county school examiner, the chair of the editor the Oallerv of the artlst, the sanctum of the author, and the halls of state andcnational legislation. ' H Loyal Family. The Yin o a membei of oui first class. Phe Alumni Hall, though not entirely built gling Gymnasium stands as a monument to the liberal lov-lltv W 1 .24f.

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- vs- .r ' V. ' F 'L i 'N'---f 1 1 V1 'J ,- ! 4 ' , Y 'V - -V , cs ., '11 , 4..L-x-,,.-Q , 4,-,, 1.-.AMN -'A ' ,li 'Y ni V, 'V - ,U txt., A character and career of the graduates. VVestern Maryland College wel- comes this test, for her weightest endorsements are her children. H Large Family, Beginning with her first class of graduates in 1871, and closing with the class of 1902, we count the names of two hundred and fifty-eight men and two hundred and seventy-eight women-total, five hundred and thirty- six. Compared with some colleges-hoary with age and heavy with INTERIOR OF BAKER CHAPEL. endowment-this numerical result may seem small, but since our college is of tender years and has no endowment, the size of our family is the source of pardonable pride. But we do not rest the highest value of our Alumni on this plebian problem of addition and multiplication gs we mount to matters patrician. H 'Citled Family. We challenge any college of our age and number to show as many titles and degrees. Though mere titles of honor are like the impressions on ..23.

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L .-f' - X -' ' an -'1.. -. ,- 1 -. . V -' it sf - . . -. , .. . -r. , . .5 - - .. ,- - l V - .- -. ., g - , g- A-1 'g .. '- 5, .-. . ,, , H-. f ,. 2 - f..-: . - V. - ,-- 5, , Q X . , ., .. . . . , .,,, . . . -4 , .., ,A ,. . .. V I q.. g,, , A , ,K A i by graduates, received contributions from many a class whose loyalty must be determined by the act of giving rather, than by the amount given. In a few years we shall be in a position to command wealth, and then will come bequest and donation. But we may give proof of our loyalty outside of gift and legacy by the word of enthusiastic endorsement, by the faithful effort to turn new students into our halls and by the organization of local Alumni Associations. The one recently organized in New York may be a prophecy of what will soon be seen in other cities, and then, as the poet proudly claimed- To Berkeley every virtue under heaven - A I l COLLEGE LIBRARY. so around many a banquet board the same shall be claimed for our foster- ing mother, and our frequent toast shall be: Our College to-day, our University to-morrow. Then let us pin our colors close upon our hearts and echo our class and college yell at every reunion. Says George W. Curtis concerning the florid post-prandial oratory at the Alumni dinner: It does no harm. It is the lyrical fervor of loyalty. The Englishman who removes his hat and remains uncovered while the band plays 'God Save the Queen' is not the snob of St. james' nor the cockney of St. Paul's, but the baron of Runnymede where America began. ..25..