Emory and Henry College - Sphinx Yearbook (Emory, VA)

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Cljc JjfjtltX y be so, with “Bob” Daniel, Grace Templeton, and Gwyn Price at the head of these organizations? The Young Men’s Christian Association, the White Topper, and the Glee Club, are all led and managed by seniors, “Tubby” Earman, “Rabbit” Williams, and “Dimples” Davis, respectively. The Literary Societies, too, have been presided over by members of the Class of’24. Since our arrival many permanent improvements have been made at the col- lege: The Memorial Gate-way, improved roads, concrete walks, and a Gym- nasium which is the best in the South for a college the size of Emory and Henry. Some of those who started out with us in ’20, have been eliminated by the ordeals of math, psychology, and physics; others, because they were the fittest— but not for their school duties. Some of us stuck it out to the end, because it was the “eternal fitness of things,” some because “eternal vigilance is the price of victory,” some because they “learned Bible with a little map,” some because they could understand “here, here, here, here,” and still others because they met every difficulty with a—“It Can Be Done:” “Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a-chuckle replied That ‘maybe it couldn’t,’ but be would be one Who wouldn’t say so ’till he tried. So be buckled right in, with a bit of a grin On bis face. If be worried be bid it. He started to sing as be tackled the thing That couldn’t be done—and be did it.” Even so, and before the ink of these words has time to dry, one of our number, O. E. Jennings, is called to his reward. He lived with us four years and lacked just one quarter’s work of graduating. In that time he lived the life of a Christian gentleman. Surely his comfort and anchor in life was grounded in faith like that voiced by Whittier, when he said, “ I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care.” The faculty—yes, it has changed, too. Some returned, some left, some came, others tarried and some visited. The seniors will remember each of their teachers with fondness, or- . We leave the Blue and Gold with a deep sense of gratitude, for what our Alma Mater will mean to us in the future more than she has in the past, for as the path lengthens with the fleeting of the years, she will become dearer to each of us, and not until then will we be able really to appreciate the contribution of Emory and Henry College to our future success. 65

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