Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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EDGAR B. GRAHAM. ‘‘Ed’’ is our mathematiciin and financier. Business mana- ger of Annual, ’14. .Manager of basketball team, ’14-’15.

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(!Ha 0 fl of 1015 ' Y HE shadows of our college days are lengthening. Each year time has shaken our class urn and now senior draws us forth. Standing on the threshold we feel the sadness that comes from the lengthening shadows that tell us that all must part and each one go his respective way. No more shall we meet in the corridor or class room but often may we meet down the corridor of time. No more shall we be together in the halls of Loyola but long may we be in one another‘s memory. True the shadows slowly lengthen. However fleeting our retrogressive glance may be, all will have to acknowledge that our Alma Mater has ma de an in- delible impression on our lives. Out in the world whatever oc- cupation we may hold, whatever country we may sojourn in, nothing will ever be able to obliterate that literary impress obtained in those years so pleasantly spent in the halls of Loyola. Kind teachers have been the main factor in helping us to cope with both knowledge and adversity. From the assiduous Rev. M. A. Purtell, who started us in the fundamentals of Latin and Greek, to the deep and philosophical lectures of Rev. Justin J. Ooghe, a continuous spirit of assistance and good fellowship has existed between teachers and student. Rev. George E. Kelley and Mr. A. T. Higgins are lasting in our memory, for who could forget the patience they showed in the last three years of High School? Freshmen, the ‘‘rosy fingered dawn” class of the college, was made memorable by Rev. M. McCabe. He disclosed to us the beautiful vista of poetry; it can hardly be said that we recip- rocated by showing him the beauty of ours. In Sophomore Rev. Joseph Ziegler lead us forth to battle not with the sword but with keen edged words, taking, for example, Cicero and Demosthenes. Rev. Henry McLaughlin, the dominant figure in our scientific course, was always up and doing, espe- cially so when we were the opposite. Mr. Joseph Kelley and Mr. Walter G. Summers, also of our scientific course, demon- (9)

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strated to us through many pleasant hours numerous experi- ments. Lastly come our Junior and Senior years, under Rev. Justin J. Ooghe and Rev. Timothy Brosnahan, years of philo- sophic thought and reflection. Like a ship sailing the world of knowledge we have navi- gated many oceans and seas on its broad expanse. Latin and Greek may be designated as the longest oceans. Only time and study will show accomplishment on their course. For six years we were rocked on the billows of Latin and Greek gram- mar and fought the persistent winds of strange expressions. Investigating the currents known as the authors was our prin- cipal occupation. Some rushed precipitatedly with heated animosity : these were the orators ; others were slow, calcu- lating and decided ; these were the historians. Pursuing our way we had to pass through the seas of Ger- man and French. However, in point of beauty, thought and sublimity they are too comm.ercial to be attractive. Still they lend a variety to the scene making the course complete, as one wishes to find out everything when on such an intellectual journey. But above all the most intricate, the most subtle and the most dangerous are the rapids of philosophy. For two years you turn and are twisted on their maelstrom surface, tossed by storms of disbelief and uncertainty, driven one way and then another, today on the rocks of despair or the quick-sands of shallow thought, to-morrow steadily drifting with confidence inspired by truth. Thousands journey these rapids but strange to say each denies the other’s course. A chaos of directions has been given which leads no where. For to travel them the individual has to make the journey himself, see for himself and, what is most important, think for himself. In other words no one can be substituted. The sounds, gulfs and tributaries of this world of wisdom may be considered as chemistry, history and mathematics, where it takes analysis, precision and a nicety to course. Thus we have made our tour and have reached the haven, the goal of the class of 1915, true Bachelors of Art or able bodied seamen of the world of knowledge. (II)