Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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IN THE SINCERE HOPE THAT THESE PAGES MAT IN YEARS TO COME BRING BACK TO US THE FOUR GOLDEN TEARS THAT HAVE ROLLED BT SO SWIFTLT, AND THAT IN THEM WE MAT ONCE MORE RELIVE THE LIFE THAT HAS BEEN ALL TOO BRIEFLT OURS, WE OF THE BOARD SALUTE TOU. Page Five

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Jaaar i ' lprpkfiH To the Class of 1920, the death of Isaac Sharpless brought a pro- found sense of loss. Our first impressions of Haverford were under his presidency. His chapel talks, in which were mingled so much wis- dom and a diplomacy that seemed more to suggest than to lead, were to us lessons in calm, unbiased judgment. By incomprehensible means, liis thcnights and wishes forestalled friction, compelled respect, and were accepted often as our own, so persuasive was the inspiration of his ex- ample. Thus we early came under the influence of his breadth of vision, liis absolute sincerity and rectitude. Haverford stands as his lasting monument. All of its truly great features today we owe to him. His life work is before us in the spacious, sweeping beauty of the campus, in the traditions of clean sportsmanship and fair play, in the high scholastic standard, in the renown of the col- lege, and in the devotion to high spiritual values. He built the very fibre of his life into the college. His work lives on in the lives of those who knew liim. of those who before us developed their ideals and pur- poses under his guidance at Haverford. These are the countless, un- traceable influences of a man who has left the world a better place for his passage through life. Isaac Sharpless ' work can not cease; the seeds he has planted by precept and example are growing into agencies for the betterment of humanit . His was a character that stood out above liis contemporaries, a product of tliat discipline of will to high ends that alone forms true and noble natures. fage Seven