Ferris State University - Ferriscope Yearbook (Big Rapids, MI)

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Proem F' l bf no stroke from mem'rf's scroll , ' 1 l' F ' h as the years their course shall onward roll. l To those who daily toiled nor stayed I Un darkness' outmost bounds, a ray Unwilling We, that all OU1' Sl1OW l'reludes the fulness of the coming day. Of goodly life, true feeling's ebb and How, And thus on time's far verge we see rxec 5 Faint beams of knowledge herald our day's bril1aney. ,vanis , llut all the glory of those times Not less a votive offering In dust entombed had lain, no poet's rhymes ln truest gratitude, we Wish to bring To glad, nor mind of wise to guide, A f C y , llad pen no record made of what the soul deseried. The ready hand to ever render kindly aid. So we, like they of olden days, , V ' u , i fhough weakher far, yet knowing well that praise ! All life doth merit, give to years Unborn, the story of our hopes and joys and fears. 2 7 fi I Q. A +- P ' wwf R. L. M. Qld-i----xhgg start amb C182 Sehc N. 3 I

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N C, K. DEDICATION N the banks of the swift-flowing Muskegon Back from the noise of the town 'M q' ' , 4 Xlwfit the crest of one hill among many G7 4? f Our own Ferris Institute's found. 63 1 X jf g f VVho has guarded through many a strifeg She is blessed by the one who be ot her gig . . He who urged you to come and whols led you To gain a new pathway to Life. 'Tis to these with their stores undiminished 'And to you as you go from the fold, Wfith pleasure and very best wishes, VVe dedicate Crimson and Gold. 7

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v, l ward roll. Woodbridge N. Ferris T Spencer, N. Y., on Jan. 6, 1863, our nation was en- riched by the birth of a boy. He was only one among the thousands of babies born that day, and the world paid little heed to the pride and joy that swelled the hearts of his parents, john and Stella Ferris. He was the first of seven children, and his father's tense nature was stirred to its very depths as he planned for his son the foundation of the great future destined for him by his Creator. Under the loving care of his mother, the baby grew into boyhood, his soul enriched by a love of the pure beauties with which nature surrounded him. It was here, at Spencer, that XV ood- bridge N. Ferris imbibed that vigor and physical strength that stood him in such good stead later on in his eventful career. Fishing and hunting beneath the unsullied rays of VV. N. FERRIS the sun, romping and working out in the sweet, fresh coun- try air, the lad's heart expanded to all that was pure and free, and he grew to be sound in mind as well as in body. At the age of fifteen, we find him in an academy at Spencer, and the next year in Candor, N. Y. At this time Mics, XV. N. limems the lad gained a certificate as a teacher in his county and started upon his destined mission. Urged on by insatiable ambition, however, he entered the Qswego Academy. Then C1870-73D he attended the Oswego Normal and Training- School, becoming principal of the academy at Spencer, N. Y. two years later. ln 1875 he married Helen F. Gillespie, of Fulton. N. Y., who has borne him two sons-Carleton fi. Ferris, now a law- yer practicing in Detroit, and Phelps Ferris, at present Z1 student at the Institute. She itis who, through the nobility and beauty of her character, through self-sacrifice and lim- itless ambition for her husband's success, has proved the greatest comfort and inspiration to XVoodbridgc N. Ferris.