Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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I M 1 FOREWORD C jANY are the things which we, in the pride of our efforts, are hoping for this volume of the OAK LEAVES. First, we are hoping that it may strengthen the loyalty to our oAlma ater, which we feel to be embedded in the hearts of each of you. cAnd then, we hope that in the years which are yet to come it will prove a joy to you during the inevitable moments of reminiscence. Finally, with sincere hu- mility, we dare to hope that, as you turn through the pages of this book, you will catch something of the joy which was ours in its making. 9 66

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i 3 ALMA MATER We salute thee, oAlma iSMater, we salute thee with a cAt thy feet our loyal hearts their tribute lay; We had waited for thy coming, in the darkness waited Ere the morning star proclaimed thy natal day. Thou hast come through tribulation, and thy robe is clean and white! Thou art fairer than the summer in its bloom. Thou art horn unto a kingdom, and thy crown is all of light; Thou shall smile away the shadow and the gloom. In thy paths the fields shall blossom, and the desert shall rejoice. In the wilderness a living fountain spring; For the blind shall see thy beauty, and the deaf shall hear thy voice, a4nd the silent tongues their high hosannas sing. Where the rhododendron blushes on the burly mountain ' s breast. In the midland where the wild deer love to roam. Where the water-lily slumbers, while the cypress guards its rest, Lo! Thy sunny land of promise and thy home.