Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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To I9IO SEN IOI CLASS POliM We fain would see into the future, But would not trust our sight so far, We know it would be mere pretension And based on what we really are ; Since prophets powers are the rapport Of spirit ' s voices fraught with will And human modes and notes of being And not the inward seer ' s — until We raise our mortal eyes from finite High upward to infinite power, and There in hallowed comprehension See and feel and understand. Oh, could the poet ' s wish for better And higher use of dowered powers, But show in model exposition How best to use these minds of ours! But since it works not so, and guidance Leaves itself for nobler minds ; we Can but dimly, O how dimly. Look on to what we wish lo be. The tongues of bards, the lips of muses Would leave the praise but scarce begun Of deeds, by which these sturdy exiles Conquered in the land they won. How they, from meekness into pride rose. And thence to self-respect ; which last Soon merged into entire dominion O ' er self; such profit from the past! With duty first a phantom spirit Her voice grew clearer as they sped. Her sweetly sympathetic pleadings Encouraged, beckoned from ahead: And there upon an age-worn summit They found her. pausing for a space. Allowing them a moment ' s breathing Ere they again took up the chase: And going each and every runner The classic parchment, wisdom wrought. And typifying meed of service Though of itself intrinsic nought. But see! O youth, X) fellow-runners! The race is scarce begun to-day Again see Duly how she poses With one arm becks, one points away To where one height succeeds another Each higher than its nearer neighbor; Pursue and climb and strive and clamber By dint of persevering labor. And gain at last that awful height, Now spired in the misty blue And crowned with brilliant, pearly light So dazzling, blinding to the view That man its lustre only bears By slow approach through tailsome years And gains at last his goal. May you! J. M. H.

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Class of 1910 ntc llwl a.u5 MLIIikc and Wallace Locksley Long, B.S. Charlotte. N. C. Age. 20; heighl, 5 ft. 9 3-4 in.; weight. 133. ■■IVith tlu blanJ. Behold him a youth of great promise. Not nearly so quiet as he looks: a general favor- ite with the barbers who like easy money. During his stay at Davidson he has cultiva- ted a repose of manner that won ' t allow him to crack a smile even without figuring before- hand the energy necessary and the chemical qualities involved. In fact his meek and lowly deportment has caused a good many people to believe he is hen pecked. Oh, no, he ' s a bachelor! Edwin Thomas Cansler, Jr., B.S., H. M. n. Charlotte, N. C. Age. 20; height. 5 ft. 1 I in.; weight 140. CouU 1 love less. I shotdcl he lappicr. Member German Club; Ex-member Phi. Society. Darling of the Gods — gods did we say? We mean ladies! According to Edwin one should not be engaged to more than seven at a time, though on special occasions he has been known to increase the number to ten. In spile of his aversion to the straight and narrow path. Katy was long a favorite with the ladies, until two dozen of them com- pared notes on him. and all claimed him. . ' s a result he has retired from active service, and if he can elude them, will live the life of a bach. 18