Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 9 Von der Liebe Lust and Leid Und geniessen-fern vom Leben- Gluchlich die Zweieinsamkeit'l. Or it may have been because our father and mother expected much of us, it may have been the encourage- ments and little advices given by our high school professors, it may have been the quiet expectations of our friends, it may have been the personal touch of our faculty during the few years we have been here, it may have been the wholesome communion with those few very intimate friends whose sympathies never faltered. All these and many other sources have contri- buted their part. But from whatever source our lives have been influenced, we acknowledge our indebtedness. We realize that it is not of ourselves that we are what we are. VVhat little things we have accomplished would not have been possible if it had not been for many of you. We however do not wish to infer that our own wills had no important part in determining the things that should mould us, that we were victims of the environments into which we were thrown. We had difficulties to meet. We had intellectual, moral, and religious struggles which you know nothing of. Our lives were not al- ways as pure as you thought them. And at such times when everything that was good seemed to have forsaken us, when we trod with uncertain foot- steps towards the abyss of despair, when we were losing our grip on the Masters hand, at such times it was only through the will divinely given us that we could return to a few moments of reason and see that good was yet in the world. But it was in those mom- ents of reason that your seemingly in- significent, perhaps unconscious, good and bad qualities would loom before us, when we could clearly see that your worth depended upon your worthy as- pirations, that we with determination vowed to tread the path where beauty leads us. But just such occasions have made it possible for us to more fully learn to profit by your mistakes and by what you have done well. We have learned to appreciate what is good in all of you,-there is some good in the worst of us. And we can with all sincerity say that what we are is the result of what we have done, and because of you it was possible: HThe worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world l am , the fruit of I have done, And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world Ml lovew, the only living root . We are in the world, ul amw, on the threshold of Ml shall be . The l shall be is only the vision the I am has of life. The value of the vis- ion, the prospects of its noble frui- tion, depends upon the vigor of the one living root, I love . lt is the key to the heart of humanity. It is the fount of life, and its beautiful, rippling, wa- ters spring from the human heart and others partake of them. Maeterlinck says, lf we could but probe to the root of things it might well be discovered that it is by the strength of some souls that are beauti- ful that others are sustained in life. Is it not the idea we each form of cer- tain chosen ones that constitutes the only living, effective morality? But in this idea how much is there of the soul that is chosen., how much 'of him who

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8 GOSI-IEN COLLEGE RECORD. say with regret that there are many who would like to appear with us here, but were not willing to apply themsel- ves accordingly or make what seemed to them unnecessary sacrifices. But saddest of all, there are those with keener minds than ours, those who had the very best opportunities, whose eyes seemed dimmed to their own in- herent possibilities . We have advantageously utilized at least some of our time, by virtue of which we become graduates of this in- stitution. Most of us have been reco- gnized as careful students. Some of us have been awarded honors sueh as should only be received as a result of scholarly attainments. But with all this we do not wish to claim ourselves to he the best that can come from Go- shen College. We have often workefl hard. Many times we were bent over our books when other things were much more attractive. We have not done, however, what we might have done, we have not been as diligent as we might have been, we have not even had as many pleasures as we might have had, and we look forward to the time when we can with pride point out young men and women, who have been more loyal to the ideals upheld by Goshen College, who have more faith- fully pursued scholarly attainments, and who will have developed such a type of character that they will not only be an honor to this institution, as an institution of learning, but who will so have allied themselves with world movements and enterprises for the up- lift of their fellowmen, that Goshen College can be looked up to as a model for the development of genuine man- hood and womanhood. These things need not he idle dreams. Our environment here is conducive to such attainments. And we do not need to look for the keenest intellects to at- tain them, but those clear a11d pure minds that have the will to do. But what then has given us this will to do? What has all this time been gent- ly induencing our lives 'Z What forces were at work which spurred us on, making us better students, stronger characters, better friends, made us what we are? A few words might suffice to answer these questions-the vital personal contact with those about us. Vlfords cannot express how much good we have received from such per- sonal associations. nor the exact intiu- ence they had on us. There may not have been any particular moment or circumstance, although there usually are certain moments which have left 'L deeper impress than others. lt may have been in the classroom, athletic field, gymnasium, or student meetings. Who knows, it may have been up the Elk- hart, a time of much inspiration for some, as one of our American poets so beautifully and appropriately describ- es it: 'tAuf den Wellen-ein kleines Boot, Fern am Himmel das Abendrot, Apfelbiiten susser Duft ln der lauen Fruhlingsluft. Frieden-iiberall umher, Nicht ein Ltiftchen regt sich mehr, Nur Vom Ufer der Lieder Schall Einer klagenden Nachtigall.- Doch im lioot-ein liebend Paar, Siewein blondes VVllSCl1E'll1?l31'- Lehnt sich an ihn an, ganz dicht, Schaut in sein sonnverbrannt Gesicht. Und das Ruder schwingt er lose, Langsam wiegt das Boot sich fort, Neigend griisst die Wasserrose, -Sagend sich kein einzig Wort, Sondern trauman, still ergeben,

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10 GOSI-IEN COLLEGE RECORD. DANIEL A. LEHMAX, A.M. Class Professor Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z SENIORS Z Z Z Z MOTTO: Mann kan tun vas er vi1l. COLORS: Green and White Z Z . Z Z CLASS TREE: Elm FLOWER: Whlte Rose Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z: OFFICERS Z Z E ' Z Z: W. T. NUNEMAKER, PRESIDENT VERNON S. CULP, VICE-PRESIDENT Z Z Z Z INEZ SCHROCK, SECRETARY JOHN J. FISHER, TREASURER Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z