Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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CAMPUS SCENES

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Miss Herbert SPONSOR tenior Class OFFICERS J. J. Riley President R. C. Stuckey ....Vice-President W. W. HoLMAN ..Secretary; W. J. Brown..... Treasurer Seventeen

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OULD I but have the vision of the seer. And then could sing the melodies of cheer, Then I would sing of happy future years, And hide the sorrows of our parting tears. For though we shall awake another day. When we are then surrounded by life ' s fray, Far from this College we may then be gone. With our affections ' round her gently drawn. Then we shall our reflections calmly cast Upon the dreams which are forever past, And wonder how some boy his honors won, And why, perhaps, our task was left undone. The rising tide of fate may drift us far, And every tossing wave may leave its scar As each man labors through the -oming strife. Then bending neath the cares of mortal life. But in this life we have a work to do. If we will only to our Class be true: So then, may not one of us turn his back Upon the Gold which floats beside the Black. In this wide world there are both weak and strong. So may we shield the right and right the wrong. And gently calm life ' s raging tempest vile, As did the noble Doctor James Carlisle. Patient! Patient! O Thou who rulest Time, Men lean always upon thy love sublime. Bear then with us who enter life today And lead us high into the perfect way. May each man make this feeble, mortal fight In honor of his country, God, and right. And may the final breath each comrade draws Be followed by Heaven ' s welcome applause. — J. D. Stuart, Class Poet Nineteen