Columbia College - Cayuse Yearbook (Milton, OR)

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lrts tonight. ltishard? g, we are not leax'inqitg S. ,15 and aspirationswhici C olumbla College we v; Valedictory Watchman, What of the Night? Dear Teachers, Schoolmates and Friends: N the name of the Senior class of 1920 I give you greetings. We wish to I thank our President, Dean and faculty for the hearty cooperation, kindly interest, and unselfish help, which they have so generously bestowed; and we wish them a joyous and profitable vacation. As we lay aside our school work and enter other lines of endeavor a clear call rings out to each and every one of us: llWhat can you do? Are you pre- pared to help or hinder the worlds progressW And we in turn reply with the question: HWhat are our opportunities.Pu And what are the fields that are open to us?ll llWatchman, what of the NightPll was the piercing inquiry which reached the ears of the watchman upon the ancient towers of Isreal, wait- ing for the destruction of the forces of evil. And the answer-The morn com- eth and the night ' To us who are watching for the destruction of the forces of evil in our own time there are indeed unmistakable harbingers of the dawn of a new day. Viewing the achievements of only the past year or so the watchman feels am- ply justified in saying: UThe morn cometh to those whose chief interests have been centered in the cause of prohibition. Surely the wretchedness and mis- ery of a dark night seems past and a new luster has been added to the dawn. Those who have striven so persistently in the cause of women suffrage are rejoicing that a powerful voice is about to be raised which shall join its in- fluence to the songs of the morning. The workman who through a long night has dreamed in squalor and misery of a Clay in which he should receive justice and eqnity is awaking to find his dream a reality. And the night of anguish and bloodshed which enveloped almost the whole world-the bitterness of its memories will be in great measure expiated if, indeed, it turns out that a new conscience has developed amongnations which shall make the return of the night forever impossible hereafter. And who knows but that we are about to enter upon such an era. If indeed we are, then of a truth can the watchman say: HThe morn comethfl But, what of the night? It has left many traces of darkness in our national life which the light of a new day must scatter. The situation in Mexico is causing our government no little anxious con- cern just now. On the western shore of our county hordes of Japanese are clamoring for entrance and threatening to use force 1f necessary, to obtain the desired ends. The negro question offers a large held for investlgatlon, for It has ever constituted a source of danger to our moral and social standards. The corrupt political practices which have re cently blocked the way of pezvlrclet and Ir y-mne

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with a determination that will cause us to win. llWe will never give up. We know that we can steer through to safety, and we will? Probably none of us will ever be great in the eyes of all men, but there will be a few who will remember us, a few who may sail on with our standard. They will remember us as doing the best we could, and that we did not falter, even though we failed to reach the wonderful ideal we saw in our misty dreams. - We want to win our battle with the sea. The rolling, restless, boiling sea of life. We want to steer straight through to our goal, but we hope that in do- ing this we will always remember the person next to us, and that he too wants to sail ahead but may need a helping hand to get him out of some shallow where his boat is peacefully drifting. We pray that we may never forget to lend a hand to those who need it. There is a bit of sadness in our hearts tonight. this dear old school, but, truly Speaking, we are not leaving it. Its spirit will go with us wherever our journey leads us. ' If we follow faithfully those ideals and aspirations which have been im- parted to us during our work here at Columbia College we will in the truest 7; sense be liSteei-ing, not Drifting. Ada Rogers l Thirty-eight I It is hard for us to leave- v ,l :0 19 i'x-angu .- hr W! 54 :W33. 2kg? IMEHJS ht? killv 331 3th 2' :1 2.; .il gbii'cf Kb : ' '6': chi ta: cuff a tight :bt . t 4 Mllhzztr 4:? WV 'lhtchmn IN fri'im'wl 35' 'i ruin : :5: M E2?- 4; r: uzdlxx inc snaimd maul: Ikir'sm: vi 1: ezznpzx Th mi aftflazk amt ui 3 4w W puts: an gn1m w: Ffw

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progress in our own national congress have shown that many of our legislators are still willing to sacrifice the best interests not. only of our own nation, but of the world at large, on the altar of party politics. . But what can we do to remedy these defects in our social,.political and eco- noinic life? Surely the solution of these problems is not Within our reach. What recourse is open to us? t Then, too, there are several millions of foreigners within our country who are a constant source of danger to our national institutions. Why do you who are American born, hold our flag as the most sacred of all national emblems while this man who is foreign born would trample it under his feet? Is it be- cause it offers him any less protection than it offers you? Is it because you are able to secure justice under its folds and he is not? Is it because it offers you liberty and condemns him to slavery? No, it is none of these. He has confused it with another national emblem which under the guise of freedom has deceived him and given only cruelty and oppression. Make him understand what our flag is capable of meaning to him and he will love it, and defend it even as. you and I do. Since this danger is perhaps the most imminent just now, here is an opportunity for all who would be a wat chman on the towers of Isreale-a guardian of his nationis honor. How often do we see an educator who becomes so absorbed in his work that he thinks that surely ignorance is the cause of all evil, and education is the remedy for all. The physician believes that crime and disease go hand in hand and that proper sanitation will do the work. The farmer realizing that the world is dependent upon him for food believes that its salvation depends upon his sowing and reaping. The policeman hears of a murder or a robbery and comes to the conclusion that the lives and property of the people are in his hands to care for. And so each with a sense of the sacredness and im- portance of his duty sets about it with greater zeal, and each, while he does not solve the whole problem, contributes an honest share to its solution. Two little boys on a farm were set by their father to the prosaic task of cutting sprouts. It was during the Spanish-American War and by some whim they decided to pretend they were killing Spaniards. They raced about the field bringing down sprouts in great numbers, trying to outdo eachother in this mock heroic enter- prise. And who shall say that the real task was any less worthy than the imaginary one? Of course the kind of position each of us shall occupy will depend largely upon the adequateness of our preparation. But whatever that position may be-even if commonplace we hope through a sense of loyalty to envelop it with heroic interest in the realization that upon its faithful execution depends our part in the solving the great problem be fore us. And if we have the right train- ing, the necessary equipment and the determination to surmount all obstacles we can truly be able to say: iiThe morning comethf, i Francis Nugen Forty a