Hiram College - Spider Web Yearbook (Hiram, OH)

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looks back at this history of joys and sorrows, happiness and heart¬ aches, it is not strange that he becomes very thoughtful. Yet there is more sunlight than shadow in the picture of the past. Love has been the greatest influence in the world. It has given us our happy homes and made our lives full of gladness. And perchance, as the student dreams of the joys which have made the lives of others so blessed, his heart has a secret yearning toward that blissful state of which the poets sing. The history of the college proves that many have made their dreams real, and the question comes whether it is an advantage to the student. This is a problem requiring years of experience to solve. Each must decide for himself and then abide by the conse¬ quences. Whatever may be the condition of the student now, or in the future, it is certain that the world needs a loving life of service. 22

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he violates the great principle of prosperity, for such subjects as ‘‘Woman’s Rights” and “Man’s Neglect,” create much speech,which is of course silver, whereas, if single blessedness had settled on the mind of that individual like dew on a pumpkin, silence would have reigned supreme, and silence is golden. Gold is better than silver, therefore singles are better than doubles, which was to be proved. k k 3|s 5k sjc I pause with reverential awe before undertaking the prodigious task of speaking upon the subject of matrimonial bliss. I pause, pause with reverential awe before undertaking the most blissful subject of all blissful subjects. Many others have paused upon the blissful brink of this chasm, and alas, some have fallen in, and remain there still. Some have retraced their blissful steps and are retrac¬ ing them still. Others have fallen in and have fallen out again, and they remain fallen out still. After the above mentioned pause I seized my pen that I might exhort you with a few well chosen and powerful words concerning the many advantages of married student life. The young man who has been wise enough to take unto himself his better half while in school, will find that, after his graduation day, every door will be opened unto him. It matters not what position he expects to fill, the fact that he has been successful in one attempt in his life will add ten points in his favor. Then too, the young woman who is fortunate enough to be the wife of a student, O that I had the power of pen to picture to you even in a limited degree the one thousand and one advantages which are hers! But time forbids and I cannot mention even one of them. But in my own weak way I would exhort you, brethren, not to enjoy your college life alone. 5k From a long and interesting table of statistics, covering the period from the advent of Adam to the present time, it has been re- centlv discovered that the marriage question has been intensely inter¬ esting to both men and women, in all ages. And as the student 21

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SOPHOMORE CLASS DAY, Once upon an evening dreary, while I wandered, weak and weary, Tired by many a dry and curious volume of such classic lore, While I stumbled, nearly falling, suddenly I heard a calling, As of many softly calling, calling near the school-house door, “’Tis a Freshman score, I muttered, “calling near the school-house door, Only this and nothing more. Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the cool November, When each separate vying member, left his tracks upon the floor! Earnestly I wished the morrow; vainly I had tried to borrow From my walk release from sorrow,—sorrow for the Sophomore, For the brave and boisterous class-men, in the church, the Sopho¬ more, Famous here for evermore. Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, hoping, cheering, Looking, seeing sights no mortal ever dreamed to see before, But the silence was unbroken, and their progress gave no token, And the only pass-word spoken, was the whisper, “Sophomore! This they whispered and an echo murmured faintly, “Sophomore! Merely this and nothing more. Then into the church-yard turning, all their hearts with spirit burning, All remonstrance quickly spurning, onward marched they to the door. While within the three boys pounded, little dreaming they ' re sur¬ rounded, Till the church with yells resounded, as the Freshmen crossed the floor. Flow their hearts within them bounded, as they opened wide the door! Sight forgotten nevermore! 23