Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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PRAY A mama Aste yer A ES Na a WORN SEAMASTER IER ANNAN AEN fa AR RL YU at et mR RL pe ot GVO SHELAGH AE RNIN errata VRE ERR RET AERO == N Gea oo NY Soa NV) WZ THE VFHITE @AND BLUE Ghe Class of 1924 “Here lies one whose name was writ in water.” Thus the poet Keats wrote his epitaph; and thus, in a certain sense, the class of ’24 might also end the chronicle of its career. It passed through college, leaving scarcely a ripple in its wake. It’s crew, at one time thirty- one youngsters with more bashfulness and sunburn than knowledge, has sailed the main for six long years; and though it has gained in training and ex- perience, it still has only a plain record to leave behind. It has accomplished but little that will permanently « carry on its name. And as its fame, so does also the past history of the class, in some re- spects, assume a watery nature. There are the lachrymal rivulets which coursed down the cheeks of many a homesick member in that fated September of 1918. There are the ducking pails of “I-dub-you” in those initial days. There are the floods of the early scrubbing years. There are the water blis- ters of fatigue and gym work. There are the soaked fields which kept King Swat in dock. There are, finally, the ceaseless waves of red ink which un- failingly came sweeping over every luckless fruit of labor. In fact, the class itself may be pictured as a frail ship launched upon a heavy sea. It has been beaten by bad weather. It has floundered about with torn sails and leaky sides. It has crashed upon rocks. But still its crew has managed somehow to make port. Nevertheless, although the bulk of the class has survived, seven of its members were taken by the shipwreck of fate. These seven fellow-students were either overcome by homesickness, swal- lowed by the sharks of despair, or carried away by counter currents of inter- est. The majority of those who survived saved themselves on the floating wreckage. Others, who were excellent swimmers, gained the shores of gradu- ation with honors. Thus is the name of the class of 724 as though “writ in water.” It soon, no doubt, will be a thing forgotten in the world. So thought Keats of him- self; but, lo! the poet was mistaken. His fame “along Time's flood goes echo- ing evermore.” And likewise, then, it is possible, perhaps—but that is for a future pen to write. Let this be said: that, though the class can boast of few great attain- ments in knowledge, it has at least learned (mostly through the medium of of red ink) that it knows very little; which, by the way, according to philoso- phers, is something only wise men have learned. And while the class has not been a shining light, it has nevertheless filled its niche at Concordia. In all the activities of the ie in athletics, and also in classwork it has representatives whe have merited high honors. Whatever may still be lacking, it is hoped, will be made good when the time comes to enter the deeper channels of study at St. Louis in preparation for that greatest of callings waiting in the future. Motto: Climb though the rocks be rugged. Page Thirty

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