Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 23 ESTHER MAE LEHMAN, A.B.'t Major Subject: Philosophy and Education. COLUMBIANA, OHIO. Oh for a thousand tongues to do the sub- ject justice. A girl with those rare combinations ot character, those qualities of personality which to be loved needs but to be seen. Esther is pluck personined. She has already accomplished some great things in her re- markable career. She has in the past spent some time in training boys and girls to walk aright as they should in the public schools. And after having been a notable figure in our institution for some years she left us for a season to instruct and inspire the young minds and hearts who gathered about her at Hesston Academy. Now that she graduates with ns, we believe that there are much greater things still coming. itVVill receive degree in August. History and Prophecy of Senior Class 1914 Esther M: T VVAS on a beautiful September afternoon when the Cultura our re- nowned ocean steamer set sail for a far distant harbor. The crew consisted ot such persons as were in pursuit of knowledge which was to aid them in their service for mankind. Eachi year the group who had attained the high- est degree of knowledge disembarked and others came on board. l shall endeavor to relate a few ot the experi- ences of the class who boarded the ves- sel in 1911 and is now to disemliark. We had already sailed well out of the harbor and had met to exchange impressions and experiences of our new and strange lite to which we realized we were far from adapted. Some of our fellow shipmates had dar- ed to call us freshmen. We did admit to each other that the term was rather oi L0 Lehman strikingly unique but did not like to think oi' its direct application. They stared at us as though they thought we had probably been washed into the harbor by some unfriendly tide and be- cause ot' moral obligation were picked np by the Cultura. VVe felt that in every sense of the term we t1'uly were at sea. iWe learned that the others had united themselves together under a well defined plan of division of labor. Vile concluded that this would be a. profitable step so we followed pre- cedence. At times dark clouds hovered over us and sailing proved to be rather unpleasant. Vtfe found our plan of or- ganization very helpful since it was oftentimes necessary to stand together in time ol' friendly rivalry. Above all it enabled us to propagate our class in- terests and seniiuate the deeds and

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24: GOSI-IEN COLLEGE RECORD. valor and victory of the various indi- vidual members of the class. As the year passes so rapidly new impressions crowd themselves into our receptive minds. Un one day we are all absorbed with such lines from from Bacon as HStudies serve for de- light, for ornament and ability. VVe include that in order to be- come educated twhich ol' course was our aimj we will just simply read and read and do nothing but read. Surely in t.his way we will in a short time not only look wise but actually be wise like those dignified persons who call themselves seniors. One of our num- ber who is of an exceptionally practi- cal turn of mind even dares the state- ment that at the rate the professors are assigning out side reference reading it will not take four years to complete the books on our library shelves. 'We feel certain that there can be no doubt but that these studies will be trans- mitted into character which we know is so important in the attainment of our motto '4Culture for Serviced, Great plans and air castles loom up before us as these new impressions become part. of our experiences. A harbor is passed and others board the Cultura. and the Seniors are with us no more. VVe now take the name ol' Sophomores and look with sympathetic interest at our fellow Freshmen. Dur- ing this year we were especially im- pressed with the words of Wordsworth in which he says, Upl Up! my friend and quit your books, Or surely you'll grow double Up! Up! n1y friend and clear looks Why all this toil and trouble? Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife YOUI' Come hear the woodland linnet How sweet his music! on my life 'llhere's more of wisdom in it. Surely Wordsworth cannot mean that we shall quit the books which we know contain the very essence of cul- ture which we must sometime obtain while on board the Cultura.. Was it an error on the part of liacon when he so highly praised the cultural value of books 9 VVe come across another strik- ing verse from Wordsworth. One impulse from the vernal wood Fan teach us more than man, Of moral evil and of good, 'Phan all the sages can. Can it be possible that the innocent woodland linnet can sing to us the truths that are contained in our num- erous library volumes? Van one im- pulse from the vernal wood compete with our faculty Qto whom Words- worth doubtless referred when he spoke of the sagesj- in teaching us about the morals of man? NVho of these wise men shall we trust? Where shall we tind the truth through which we hope to obtain culture. These im- pressions weigh rather heavily upon our minds, however we are so steadily occupied and continually learning new facts that we do not have time to medi- tate too long on one subject. A third harbor was passed and wc were called Juniors. We tind that our experiences have not been at all un- usual ones, but that others have gone through the same periods of 'uncer- tainty. Perhaps we have a little over- emphasized the statements of the great authorities in Literature, Science and Philosophy. lt is with considerable re- lief that we conclude that these were not necessarily contradictory state- ments, but each expressing the same