Irving College - Irvingiana Yearbook (Mechanicsburg, PA)

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ynaxh nf Cirnsiees PRESIDENT, - - A. R. STECK, D. D York Pa VICE PRESIDENT, - REV. CHAS. S. TRUMP, Martinsburg W Va Some Members .- ' PROF. H. N. FEGLEY, D. D., - Mechanicsburg Pa REV. T. j. FERGUSON, - MR. A. G. EBERLY, ' F. S. MUMMA, ,F. K. PLOYER, R. H. THOMAS, E. E. REINDOLLAR - Taneytown 19-

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A nd his name which so proudly you wear, Do you ash why we bring thee cur praises When such honors so j4Zl.S'Ll6l you bear ? The years in their flight have ley? traces Of thy progress along learning's way, The grandmother, mother and maiden All love and revere thy sW sway. The maids who wore youth with thee, Irving, Have been crowned for years by the snow fy sweetness and gentle living, That develop as older they grow. The mothers, made wise by thy knowledge, A re hewing the world as they go, And teaching the joys wr living Which thou didst teach them to know. And Wien thy daughters who latest Have gone from thy sheltering care, Yearn to be back in thy bosom Thy peace and protection to share. But the seal fyf each heart mf the loyal Glows but the brighter with years, A nd the days that stretch out bdre thee Seem not through a valley ofjears. Mother Irving, our hearts true and steaoyizst, We lay at thyjeet as thy mead,- IfVe claim for thee all that is richest A nd fallow where'er thou dost lead. The habfcentury past asfbundatzon And the centuries ahead still to build, Press on and the worla still Zllwldllllg' Shall claim all the world as its guild. Alina Mater, receive jhfom thy daughters The wealth mf the praise we would give, For our hearts and our lives, Mother Irving, A re thine while each cf us lives. Enough for us is thy glory, A nd pl'0ZlL?,7b! we lay at thy feet, The praise and the song and the honor Whzchjvr thee are but fitting and meet. -M. L. E., 1904