Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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THE MILESTONE - I 9 X 9 MGMXXX MAGIC LETTERS these! There is something in Old Roman Numerals which casts a spell about one. They speak of a world that has long been with the eterni- ties. never more to be known among human kind: and yet they speak of a world whose only proper name is Grandeur.— The Grandeur That Was Rome. And both the Antiquity and the Greatness enthrall. Magic Letters they are, also, which measure time in ii flight. Nothing else seems so fit for the Baptism of the Years. Once to every year this magic symbolism is given, never the same, and henceforth down the long trail from In the Beginning to World ithout End each year marches with its lettered symbol on i» scutcheon.— the horizons of the future beckon. Never before has M C M greeted Hope: in this Milestone M C M stands at Saline. Never again will M C M X N sound the bugle call: with the Finis of this Milestone VI C M X bows to Taps. Vet between the Salutation and the Valedictory fancy drives with freest rein friendships meet in gayest pleas- antry. faith writes large on prophet scroll. Good Reader, be you gentle or churl, pray laugh at our fancies or scorn if you please: drop curtsies for friendship or frown if you must; speak leal for our faith or doubt if you will.—we dip you our colors, the Okanoe and Bi.uk of M C M X X