Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Svrntimrnt Iliull H. F. REIST-Sow good servicesg sweet remembranees will grow from them. NANCY IQULP-Slllilll in stature, but not so in mind. F. S. .PQISERSOLE--Ill thy face I see the map of honor, truth and loyalty. LULU GREENWALT-They say she knew much that she never told. M. C. LEHMAN- I've made up my mind to clo great things. FANNIE E. COFFMAN-Age cannot wither her, nor cus- tom change her infinite variety. J. E. HARTZLER-LifS'5 greatest results move slowly. G. H. RUTT-With graceful step he walks the streets And smiles at all the girls he meets. C. E. BENDER-I don't know what I'll beg I guess I had better wait till I see. E. RUTT--I wish to be known as a philosopher. ANNA H. KAUFFMAN-ThC noblest life is the one spent for others. A. B. RUTT-A truer, nobler, trustier heart, More loving or more loyal never beat Within a human breast.

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SALUTATORY ADDRESS BY I-I. F. REIST I I I N the midst of the daily activities and ceaseless demands of life, we as students and friends have assembled on this A occasion. And surely there never was a time when we were more in need of a brief respite in some chosen refuge, some h inviolate sanctuary, from the cares and anxieties of our daily existence, than at this hour, when a moment in life 181 Q meaneth so much. We need a little breathing space occasionally to rest from our anxious thoughts, to free our minds - from the perplexities and solicitudes of a strenuous life. Here we may best hope to find that quietude which we are seeking. This is an age characterized by material progress. It seems as if nothing were left undisturbed in this steady advance. Even this college building with its immediate surroundings, which is dear to us because of its pleasant associations, is not yet free from disturbing iuiiuences. A comparatively short time ago we were anxiously looking forward to the erection of this building. Week after week until the weeks became months we cried to those who stood upon the walls: VVatchmen, what of the night! They answered again and again: The dawn is breaking,-it will soon be day. But night seemed to be gathering around us darker than before. At last we asked no more tidings of the watchmen, for all about us the signs of victory were bursting forth. ln the midst of these activities and changes we, the Class of 190-1, welcome you to these, the graduating exercises of the iirst class to complete the college course as offered by this institution. We have looked forward to this event with pleasant anticipation, not with the thought of having successfully finished a prescribed course of study, but as an event which indicates our entrance into a broader and more useful avenue of life. Our ideals and visions of life advance and widen with greater rapidity than we are able to realize them. New fields of labor and need constantly appear upon our horizon. The little we have accomplished sinks into insignificance compared with that which lies before us. We are thus spurred on towards nobler and grander achievements in life. We glory, not because we have ideals, but that we are from time to time getting higher ideals. And the efforts of realization will cause us much happi- ness and inspiration. Tonight we are gathered together as students, as graduates, as alumni, as instructors, as friends, but above all we are all assembled as American citizens. Welcome then, yea thrice welcome, fellow students, who have shared the trials and pleasures of school life with us. Welcome ye, instructors who guided us in the acquisition of knowledge, and presented to us visions of life beautiful. Welcome ye, who preach service as well as obedience, remembering that the Prince of Life came also to minister. Welcome ye, who are training the youths, to whom our country looks as its future guardians. Welcome ye, who in the various other walks of life are contributing towards the progress and welfare of humanity. In behalf of the Class of 1904, I greet you with a most hearty welcome.

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DINING HALL