Linfield College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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ADMINISTRATION

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u ' rocks, And trees, And sun sun, and sea, and wind and sky! All these Are God’s expression.” •—Richard Hovey. O A K L E A V E S

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Charter Oak C LOWLY from the hazy interior of the room one makes out the dim figures of intense, strained men. The lamps flicker, and a door op ens. Ah, it is true, after the long struggle for Connecticut’s Royal charter allowing them local sovereignty, the traitorous tyran- ical Governor sends hired scoundrels to steal it and destroy it. The emisaries of the Governor arrived. The con¬ ference was in meeting, when the signal was given. The lights were extinguished. Cursing of the royal offi¬ cers, hunting for the lamps, the door opened for a slim figure to slip out into the dark night, then closed. And while the bewildered officers of the Governor were lighting the lamps, the youth sped to a giant oak tree, scaled it, and deposited the precious charter of free¬ dom in its heart. Hartford was searched by the angry governor; but the strength of the oak endured in keeping its faith, and at last freedom and local sovereignty were brought to the people with the removing of the Royal Charter of 1867 from the heart of the oak tree—so finely hon¬ ored, by being newly named, “Charter Oak.”