Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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Alma Mater As Alma Mater ' s children, we Proclaim our filial loyalty. For Clarion is of regal fame. And proudly do we bear her name; The purple robe of power she wears Above a heart that dreams and dares. While golden Truth her forehead crowns. And far and wide her praise resounds. In dignity enthroned she waits For all who seek her open gates. The Book of Knowledge wide outspread With Wisdom ' s light upon it shed; Her gestures invitation spell. Her eyes a radiant welcome tell. Each stranger may adopted be Into her royal family. To her we render homage due. And daily pledge our vows anew. To her we bend the willing knee In token of fidelity; Her touch uplifts to manhood ' s height, Her counsel girds the soul with might. As forth into the world we fare To plant the gold and purple there. ' Air, The Watch on the Rhine. E. O. S. 18

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Andrew Samuel Thomson, professor of Psychology and Agriculture, through his large understanding of life, of the best that is in people, and his rare sympathetic qualities, has popularized learning, humanized friendship, and endeared himself in the loving memory of the students of the Clarion State Normal School. He is a large man in body, intellect, and spirit; his rare appreciation of life and nobility of character serves through his teaching, to point to higher realms and to lead the way to greater endeavor and finer ideals. Students always speak in the highest terms of the inspirational qualities of his work; of its power and dignity and permanence. With a forceful personality and a highly trained philosophical mind, he always goes to the root of things; he stands for intellectual honesty. He holds himself in an intimate and per- sonal relationship with students — has appreciation of the needs of young people — loves his fellow men. 17

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