Greensboro College - Echo Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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the echo H5a- » aa% Our Chain There are chains which are made of leaden weights. But they bind not voir and me. The links of Our Chain were wrought with love. And we care not to be free. A chain? Yes, strong and powerful, but as slender as the silken rope by which the fierce and voracious wolf, Fenris, was restrained by the gods in Asgard. By magic arts the dark elves manufactured it out of such impalpable materials as the sound of a cat ' s footsteps, a woman ' s beard, the roots of a mountain, the long- ing of the bear, the voice of fishes, and the spittle of birds ; yet when it was fin- ished no strength could avail to break it. The more it was strained the stronger it became. Just so slender and strong appears the chain which binds the heart of each alumnae to Greensboro College, surrounded as it is b .he ties of society, of church, and of home. It, too, is fashioned of impalpable materials : the inspira- tions of the heart of girlhood: the aspirations of young womanhood: the realiza- tion of the opportunities life will offer her. with the responsibilities which always accompany them : and the college training which would enable her to make the most of each opportunity and to bear best each responsibility. Invisible it may be at times, but let her trace back the threads as she will, she will find through all the influence of her college training. To the girls who are now in training, I would turn especially. You, wdio to- morrow will have l eft these college halls as students only to enter another door as alumnae. Do not try to break the chain. Do not attempt to forget it. It cannot be broken. It will not be forgotten. The name Alma Mater is fraught witli meaning. She is in truth your mother and you are the heir of the accumulated wealth and wisdom of her existence, of the life and influence of every teacher, student, and friend of the college. All these have laid their gifts of gold, of intel- lect, of personality, and of character at her feet that she may pass them on to you. As a mother she asks that you make your life strong, noble and sincere, and that you give her the devotion of a heart that is true. Thus, link by link. - ide by side, we stand : students today : alumnae tomorrow : daughters of Greensboro College always. Lucy Belle Totten. Page Tice ity-o

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the echd rs3-- -±,srxssm Unity Alma Mater, kind and true, We would turn our thoughts to you. All united we would stand. Heart to heart and hand in hand. Without fail through all the years, We have shared your smiles and tears. You have given us joy and fame. Low we bow before thy name. Was it then in thirty-eight Thou didst open wide thy gate? Swift the years since then have flown. Filled with girls whom thou hast known ; Girls who ' ve grown to women true. Women who now honor you. All united now they stand. Heart to heard and hand in hand. Alma Mater, great in fame, We would magnify thy name. We who know thy wondrous worth, We would circle all the earth. Everv girl whom thou dost find, Makes thee blest of all mankind. Spirits of thy absent daughters Return again from distant quarters. Here on earth their souls still speak Of the strength thou giv ' st the weak, Of the power thou giv ' st the strong, To help the weak, to right the wrong. We who take thy gifts divine. Thou h ast given us all of thine. What shall we now give to thee. Alma Mater, brave and free? All united thou wilt find Our strength, our time — one heart, one mind. Page Twenty

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