Lycoming College - Arrow Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1923 I am la(l for tlu- niJiiurtunity lo f,n L- a l)riff iiK-ssafjc- in your Class Annual. The decision tn enlarge your class publication is a wortliN ' undertaking and re- flects credit liotli ui)on the Class and Dickinson. It is to he hc)])ed subsequent classes will see the a(l anta,L;es in this . iniual over I ' ornu-r ]iul)licati(ins and con- tinue the good wiirk. As a class you ha e tlu distinction of coni]ileting sour work the year of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the , ' chool. Dickinson Seminary has reached the three-quarter century mark and your commencement marks her seventy-fifth mile- stone. When you return for your twenty-fifth reunion, which 1 trust all of ou ma ilo. Dickinson will he rejoicing in the dignity which a century of faithful ser- ice gi ' es. ' ou will always lia e a s])ecial meaning to me ince your last ear is my first full year at Dickinson. This yiar has brought its full share of aried events. In the class room, in the religious life and acti iiies of the school, on the athletic held. and in social contacts you have faithfidly u|iheld and ni.iintaineil the high stand- ards (.)f the School, anil we lia e rejoiced with (iU in your ictoiies. And when sorrow cami.- into our ho.ne on showi-d yuur thouglitfulness and symiJUthy in w a s that will not soon be forgotten. ' ou ha ' ' made our contributions to the life of Dickinson anil in turn have bi-en benifitted b your life here. Xo one could maintain a right attitude toward that for which Dickinson stands and do faithful work in the class room and in all other activities which are here offered and fail to be immensely benefitted thereby. W ritten on the di])loma which you arc to recc ' ive is the assurance that you have faithfully performed the duties assigned you while here, but written more (iee|)ly in your character than any i)archment will record are the habits and friendshi])s here formed. ' ou are now to take vour jilaces in that loyal body of men and women who ha ' e jireceded (iu and are now known as tlu ' .Mumni. ' ou will soon lind your ]ilaces in the conimunities w lu ' re you will be ])rivileged to serve. May the strength which you ha e found here sustain you, the knon-ledge yon have gained here enlarge your hori on, the friendships you have formed here inspire you. the ideals you have set up before you ennoble your effort, and the faith you have had strengthened here serve as a sure anchor in the voyage of life so that you may find your i)lace and so serve as to bring at the end the apjiroval of your fellow- toilers and the .Master ' s well done is the wish of one who desires always to be countefl S ' our friend. John . Long.