College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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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

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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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