Calvin College - Prism Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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ALL OF COLLEGE IS A STAGE All of college is a stage, The men and nomen merely players,- They hare their exits and their entrances: One man in his time plays many parts: his acts being four. At first the Freshman, hiding Hls youth and afn'lcu'ardness in boisterous declaivn. He cries his disillusionment: Sad folly and rnistalcen. glow Of youthful uionderment when in High Schoolls sighs He glimpsed content beyond the borders of tom,orrofzc.-Yet- In sttller times of ealrn conceit he hens the pure yuh-ite light Of Cal11tn's flame. He hears the uvhzfsper in the Night, Feels the steady throb of Faith, and inecermore forgets That God ts near. And then the yearling Sophomore- S-nre-seasoned-Man. He leads in teaching othersg Is heard in Lifes ajftairsg gronfs prominent In Friendship and Lore. Enthusiast, Pliilosopher, Bold symbol and replenlsher of that perennial mood-College Spirit But he turns again to lonesome heed, and in the silence of his sonl Softly speaks his prayer.' Forgire my shofn' and arrogance And teach 'me grazfity and gentle grace-and Faith That God is near. The Junior fnenrt is born in time. His age is grave, sincere, and burns in steady glove As boundless looms the portico that beckons lltrn to life. Vain philosophy discarded lies, and idle love Forgot where once they shared in fame. Whispering unrest- Holy thoughts unspeakable mote his seeking eager soul, and- Though he seeks before and loolcs beyond, and pines for what not Yet through his life weaves Veritas, and his plea sees boundless life Guide Thou my heart and thought and hand. Last scene of all that ends this epic tale Is 'vast from life's ofirfn treasuries.' the Senior, Born agarn to Beauty.-Truth and Honor are his dress. Upon the threshold of neu' planets he stands in trembling airc And yearns for clearer sight.-His life eafpands: On old familiar scenes he treads 'llflblt gentle scorn. But always-in u'hispered utterance or in trunzpeted attach He speaks his life's defense: Lead Thou me- My heart-'my thfnlght-my hand.