Girard College - Corinthian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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STEPHEN GIRARD. FOUNDER My deeds must be my life, when I am dead my actions must speak for me. I desire that by every proper means, a pure attachment to our Republican institutions and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy constitution, sholl be formed and fostered in the minds of the : holors ( 10 I (Curinlbian January

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GIRARD COLLEGE . . . 100 YEARS OLD For one hundred years Girard College has seen boys come and go. Ifs massive buildings have stood through many fair and stormy seasons. They have endured mn- try blasts and pounding rains, but today they stand as ever, solid and dignified in their classic glory. These are precious things which time cannot efface. Within their doors and within the stone wall that surrounds the college there exists a community different from any other in the whole world. It is an active, living, vital thing, this community, that runs with the smoothness of a well-oiled machine. So has it been for a century. Over the last hundred years many changes have come. Not once but many times have interpretations of Air. Girard’s will been formed and carried out. Those who wonder at this must understand that it is a natural occurrence, for Stephen Girard was so far ahead of his times in his educational ideas that for many years no one seemed to comprehend fully how to apply wisely his suggestions for discipline, (Continued on page 38) 1948 [9] (Shr Cdarintlitan

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Dear Mr Girard: After ten years of care in your college, we are taking a lingering, backward look before we start out for our goals in the outside world. How much we have benefited from your farsighted benevolence cannot be ex¬ pressed in words. Our gratitude is too much for that; it can be expressed only in the deeds of each member of the Class. It is hard to realize that we are leaving behind all that has been the major part of our lives for so long a period. We have come to accept your parental guidance as something which spread protecting wings over us and was always present. At last we must leave it. We go well equipped into the conflicts of life, for we have been armed well from well stocked storehouses of knowledge and experience. Our strengthened minds are ready for the world; our equally healthy bodies can meet its physical demands. We have come to understand and appreciate the fine arts; our ears and hearts have come to love great music, from which springs the inspiration that exalts life. There is no parting as tender as that of your sons of Girard. For ten short years here we have spread triumph and defeat, joy and tears. Ours has been the closest of communions, that of brothers in word, thought, and deed. Among us is a bond that time will strengthen. We have reached the fork in the road. Let us part with a smile or a tear, with a slap on the back, and a hearty handshake. Some of us will never see each other again. We came here children; we depart as men. Mr. Girard, as we take our last fond look upon cherished scenes, we give you our humble thanks and our promise to build well upon the foundations that you have helped us develop in this school. We depart highly resolved to bring glory to the name of Girard for Girard has made us men. Sincerely, THE CLASS OF JANUARY 1948 (5hr Olnrintl tan