Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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8 Till: HAMM Kit. many brunches in various directions, Incoming farthor and further Hoparatod; ho will the members of this class leuvo what iH now here I In infant plant, and bo scattered each in a different direction to perform his or her part in the great work of education. In the ivy we find that its first stage of growth is essentially formative. It is a period of preparation. It sends forth many tendrils, by means of which it becomes attached and obtains support, then begins its life work. In like manner wo have been preparing hero during the past year for greater achievements in the future. As the grounds, buildings and atmosphere will mother and nourish the symbol, so tin school, the faculty, and the environment here is the mother of our educational, moral and social attainments. In the ivy we find that some of tin' branches excel others in their growth, and in obtaining the highest and most prominent positions. So if will naturally be in the intellectual growth and the attainment of positions of honor and worth among our classmates. bet. each one ask flu question, Which branch will I imitate, the high or the low, th(? thrifty or the stunted. For the honor of the class of 1903, classmates, strive to reach an honorable position; never let courage fail you. While the ivy is noted for climbing to the tops of the tallest trees and surmounting the highest walls, yet we also find some branches seemingly groping about satisfied with the low and obscure positions; these branches, neglecting to use sap, may wither and die. Use is life, neglect is death, is nature's law. bet not one member of this class choose such a position; but let him ever strive to do as the thrifty branch, which firmly sets its small rootlets and climbs aloft to reach the topmost heights. The ivy is a long-lived plant, and it therefore suggests that the influence of this class is far-reaching and never-ending. What a class may accomplish in the intellectual development does not end when the lives of all its members are past and gone, but extends down through the future generations. We to-day owe . much to such men as Macon, IVstalozzi, Froobol and Horace Mann for our present enlightenment and civilization. The gifts of education are those which neither time nor destructive forces can

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Ivy Oration. BENJAMIN K. LEHMAN. A NOTHER year has passed away, and another class is on the threshold of graduation. As former classes have accepted and planted the ivy, so the hour has come for us to observe the honored rite of accepting and planting the ivy presented to us by our kind principal and teacher. To the inexperienced this may seem sentimental and trivial, but to us, who are soon to leave the scenes and friends endeared by the associations of one of the brightest and happiest years of life, this occasion is pregnant with solemn import We meet to-day within the walls around which the ivies of former classes twine as constant reminders of students who, having played well their part in their Normal life, have gone out to face sterner tasks and duties in wider spheres, leaving these silent memorials of happy days surrounding this their once happy home. The class of nineteen hundred and three desiring to leave something to be an ornament to the school, to perpetuate the memory of its own existence, and to symbolize its future career, will add one to the list. This is why we plant the ivy, and these are the few things that this suggests. The intimacy between nature and man began with the birth of man on the earth, and becomes each century more intellectual and far-reaching. To nature, therefore, we turn as to the oldest and most influential teacher of our race, our constant friend, instructor and inspirer. The ivy has been held in high esteem by the people, not only in Egypt and Greece, where it was held sacred, but also in Rome. The Romans were accustomed to mingle it in the laurels of their great poets. We can find, then, nothing that will serve better to illustrate, to symbolize what in nature our class will imitate. The ivy plant is the symbol; we, the class, the reality. The ivy symbolizes progress and prosperity, as it sends forth its

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IVY ORATION. 9 obliterate. Ah we have been able to profit and improve through the experience of others,so may the future generationH bo influenced by what we may contribute to the progress of civilization. It in hard to realize that.our Normal days are over. It seems but a short and happy season since wo were here organized as the class of 1903. It has been a period of progress and transition nil about us. Wo, too, have changed. Our mental processes have been strengthened, and our moral character somewhat developed. 'I'he fields of knowledge have been entered and partially explored. We arc united by the priceless links of friendship, and whatever else may fade from our minds in coming years, these memories will always remain with us. For these reasons, hr. byte, wo gratefully accept and plant the ivy, and with it our affection for 1903. Junk 0 Mr. Hull borrowed Miss Fly's glasses before going to have his pictures taken. Miss Oastnku Lava is a vicious liquid. hr. IjYtw- Which is the numerator of the fraction 1 5? Mu. Hackman Five. hit. HiTNuit— I low far does light, t ravel per second? Mu. Hull 10 foot. (Ana. 180,000 miles). Miss Jdnninqh- A chalk compass is a thing that you punch on the board and draw circles with. Mu. 11 icYDitiCK Who wrote the books of the Pentateuch? Mu. Hull— Why-er-Noah, I think. Nov. '21 — Miss Conklin and Mr. Hackman leave the table early to study literature in Room A (?). hwe. 3 Miss Myers faints when Mr. Lehman is on time at methods class. Lost A silver bracelet engraved with many initials, the inside containing the words, “Floss and Wit.” Please return to owner, Miss Fly. Junk 9- Bonnie fails to appear with two roses; extreme excitement.