College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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76 The TRAIL The fame of our founders, indeed, is safe. Although no sculptured monuments should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be treasured up in the hearts of those who love them. Our beloved pro- fessor and friend who has so recently passed on to his reward will not be forgotten. Like the mariner whom the winds of the ocean carried along' until he sees the stars which have directed his course and lighted his pathless way, descend, one by one, be- neath the horizon, we feel that the stream of time has borne us onward until another great luminary, whose light had cheered us and whose guidance we had followed, had sunk from our sight. Marble columns may moulder into dust and time may erase all imprints from the crumbling stone, but the fame of our founders remains, for it is imprinted upon character and character cannot perish. We, strengthened by the purpose held so steadfastly before us, must not fail in our our great duty to humanity. Other misfortunes might be born and their effects over- come. Our worldly goods might be swept away, but future industry would replenish them. Disastrous wars may lay waste and desolate our fields, still, under a new culti- vation they will grow green and ripen again into future harvests. Indeed, it were a triiie if these buildings 'were to fall and mingle with the dust. All th-ese might be rebuilt. But who shall reconstruct a demolished chara.cter?A Who shall possess the immortal spirit to conceive the skillful architecture which unites citizenship with IYlO1'- ality, character and education? If these spiritual columns erected by our founders should fall because of failure or neglect upon our part, then our opportunity to have served the world will have passed, and the world will have suffered in some degree, an irreparable loss. But we are expecting' better things. These benign institutions are ours, ours to enjoy, ours to preserve, ours to transmit. Generations of the past admonish us with anxious voices, posterity calls out to us from the bosom of the future, the world turns hither its solicitous eyes and all conjure us to act wisely in the relations that we sus- tain. May the sacred obligations which have devolved upon us sink deep into our hearts. Let us endeavor to comprehend in all its magnitude and feel in all its impor- tance the part assigned to us in the great drama of human affairs. Perhaps we can win no laurels as our fathers did. Nor are there places for us by the side of our founders. These places are taken. But there remains to us a great duty of defense and preservation. Ours will be an age of improvement. In the day of peace we will advance the arts of peace, and the works of peace. We will call forth our powers' for the preservation and improvement of the world's institutions and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not do something' worthy to be remembered. And may the Work of our founders be carried on faithfully until our college stands as a monu- ment upon which the world may gaze in admiration forever. ls ' ' ef ' ' 'i 'fp Q it e tis: I za 'N' -pf .-L . :T --3,

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The -TRAIL 75 , Founders Day Address are meet to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary cf the founding of the - ,i College of Idaho, thus to commemorate the spirit of the men and women in i A ,f ip - whose ardent love for the fundamental truths of mind and spirit our U' -if ., 'ex -IX: 1? fl ix if S F beloved institution has her firm foundation. We have come here to pay tri-bute to our founders and to live once more in the spirit of sacrifice and devotion by which they were impellecl. It is a noble faculty of our natu1'e which enables us to shift ourselves backward into the past or to project ourselves forward into the future and hold communion at once, with our ancestors and our posterity. Human and mortal although we are, we are not me1'e insulated beings 'without relation to the past or the future. Neither the hour of time, nor the domain in which we physically live, bounds our intellect and spiritual cnjoyments. By ascending' to an association with our ancestors, by studying their character and imbibing their spirit, by sympathizing with them in their sufferings and rejoicing with them in their triumphs, we mingle our own existence with theirs, and seem 'to belong to their age. And in a like manner, by contemplating the fortune of those who are coming after us and by attempting something' that will promote their happiness we protract our own earthly beings, and se-em to crowd Whatever is future as well as all that is past into the narrow compass of our earthly existence. Thus we can be interested in and connected with the whole race througliout all time, allied 'to our ancestors: allied to ou1' posterity, ourselves but being links in the great chain, of being, whiich begins with the origin of the race, 1'uns onward through its successive generations, linking' together the past, the present, and the future, and terminating at last, with all things earthly at the throne of God. l Standing in this relation with our ancestors and our posterity, we are assembled at this spot to perform the duties whlich that relation andthe present occasion imposes upon us. Great action and striking' occurrences having excited a temporary admiration often pass away and are forgotten, because they produce no lasting results. Of the ten thousand battles that have been fought, fertilizing their fields with carnage, and bath- ing their banners in blood, of all the Warriors who have risen to glory, how few con- tinue to inter-est mankind. Victor and vanquished presently pass into oblivion, and the world goes on in its course, remembering only the loss of so much treasure and of so many lives. But there are enterprises, military as well as civil, which because of their lofty purpose, cheek the current of events, give a new turn to human affairs, and transmit their consequences down through the ages. The founding of our beloved institution thirty years ago, was the result of impulses of so noble a nature as to give it a higih claim to lasting commemoration. Born of an unselfish vision, reared by patient sacri- fice, she stands today, triumphant, ready to exert he1' influence throughout the world. Her influence like an emanation from heaven has already gone forth and will not return void. He who loves- sublime virtue loves to contemplate its purest models. That love of country may well be suspected which affects to be so elevated or so refined as to care nothing: for our national benefaetors. All this is unnatural. It is as if one would be so enthusiastic a lover of poetry as to care nothing' for Milton or Homer, or so pas- sionately attached to eloquence, as to be indifferent to Webster or Gladstone, We may be assured that he who really loves the thing' itself loves its finest exhibitions. We who love and admire the spirit of self-sacrifice and who believe that character building is the chief function of education, can do no otherwise than to love and honor that little band of men and women whose sincere efforts and patient sacrifice made this in- stitution possible.

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The TRAIL 77 Founders Day Events VERYONE feels that Founders' Day was a great success from 'il 3159-YQ? the parade in the morning to the closing performance in the evening. The parade, led by the May Queen float, after which lg A came artistic floats representing the different organizations of the school and very original representations from the classes, passed through the main street of Caldwell and up Cleveland Boulevard to the jazzy music of our clown band. It ended at Voorhees Hall, where Mr. Ezra Hinshaw gave the address of welcome, and Mr. Walter E. Kerrick, an alumnus of '16, gave the response. At 12 o'clock about 500 guests were served with lunch at Sterry Hall. The afternoon was spent in various ways, in visiting the museum and dormitories, witnessing the tennis tournament, or attending the baseball game, which was between the Caldwell and Weiser high schools for the southern Idaho championship. X At 6:00 o'clock lunch was served to the high school Seniors and at 7:00 classic dances under the direction of Mrs. Boulton were given on the campus. The dances consisted of a solo dance by the May Queen, Miss Ruth Miller, and the May Pole dance, Spring dance and Woodland Nymphs' dance by her attendants. The evening's program consisted of stunts by the various classes, sev- eral musical numbers, and the play My Turn Next, which was cleverly and ably presented by members of the Advanced Expression class. A t X. -A 1. 5 k af6lb' .-- .-fp .-fimffgfl' A Ctgffflill.- -1Q.S411:.:, in .Q-1l1t!l!g' WW ini lf ., A 5 ...V 1 I7 W