Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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Hon. Geo. S. Park Dr. John A. McAfee. PARASIA. Mrs. Park. Mrs. McAfee. COLLEGE. Hail, Alma Mater, Queen of Learning, hail. Parasia be thy name. Thou art the Grace That woos our waking soul, and lifts the veil Of narrow sense from Nature’s hidden face. Thy faith, Parasia, gave us faith: and taught Us in the tiny blade of grass to view The Ruler of the world, whose care hath wrought The atom and the boundless, starry blue. THE POUNDERS. McAfee, Park, Sherwood. Thy home is in his heart, who blessed thy head In holy consecration; all his days He loved and served thee and thy pathway led; His favor and design still bless thy ways. Thy name perpetuates his name, whose land Gave forth these rock-built walls; who loved thine aim To cause the humble youth to understand Their life and destiny; we laud his name. Thine almond, old by many a stormy day, Sends forth new buds, though shaken by each blast; Whose snow-white branches soon must pass away, But not the ripened fruit of seasons past. THE FUTURE. Parasia,—thy home is everywhere: From Sitka’s ice to Orient sun, the praise Of loyal hearts is thine. Unceasing prayer Is thine inheritance. Long be thy days. God grant thee riches and prosperity; Only obey His law; incline thine ears To hear; so will thy Lord be pleased with thee And give thee peace through all the changing years. —10—

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We do not count ourselves judges. “The Narva” has omitted much worthy of honor, and has possibly presented facts better omitted. No at¬ tempt has been made to be fair according to exact merit. “The Narva” con¬ tains what interested us, no more. If you are here unnoticed perhaps next year your praises will be sung. Forgive, if we have abused some. Long live “The Narva.” The editor-in-chief wishes to take this occasion to express his delight at the enthusiastic co-operation of the members of the staff; especially is praise due to Mr. Bible for his tireless labors. Evidently the relations existing be¬ tween the members of “The Narva” staff have inspired our whole class with a feeling of generous good will, quite exceptional in senior classes. Again, mention should be made of the generous help received from persons not on the staff, artists and typewriters especially. To Messrs. McLeod ’02 and McMillan ’03 we owe some of our best sketches. Miss Bennett ’01 and Mr. Stewart and others rendered invaluable aid with their typewriters. We thank all. The staff is under special obligation to Mr. Teachenor of the Teachenor- Bartberger Engraving Co. and to The Burd Fletcher Printing Co. for many helpful suggestions, which have enhanced the appearance of this volume. Shall “The Narva” be published annually hereafter? Is it a wise move? Will Park people stand by it? How can it be improved? Mr. Elvin McLeod of the class of 1902 has already been elected editor-in-chief of the second volume of “The Narva,” with Mr. Archie Law as business manager. If you have answers for the above questions you will greatly favor the new editors by indicating such to them. THE NARVA BOARD, 1901. —9—

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HISTORY OF PARK COLLEGE. lege. H LASSROOM work began in Park College May 12th, 1875. Accordingly we call that Founders’ Day. There were seventeen students to begin with—who has not heard of the “Original Seventeen?’’ They all came from Highland, Kansas, where they were “prep” students in the university. In Hugord Home at Highland, which was the prototype of Park College Family, there were, in 1875, thirty-five students of Highland University. Eighteen were members of the college classes. These Dr. McAfee left to shift for them¬ selves, which they proceeded to do with good grace, and the other seventeen will enjoy the honor throughout the countless cycles of the ages of being the “Original Seventeen” of Park Col- One need only attend a Commencement in these latter days to learn from the effusions of the older Alumni how things went in those early days. If you will only sit patiently through Dr. Hindman’s annual recital of the tale of the Irishman and goat and red shirt and railroad train, he will tell you all manner of interesting stories of the hard work and scant fare and rigorous rules and of going to prayers before breakfast and of how large a factor in the college life were the chapel services, and of how hard he studied things that he has forgotten all about, and on and on. From the extravagant stories that they all tell, you must inevitably get the impression that those were the days of plain living and high thinking, and if you are an undergraduate of the present generation your heart will swell within you as you recognize in the worthies of those days your lineal ancestors. It was in ’79 that the institution was incorporated and really became Park College. It was incorporated because the work was developed into some¬ thing beyond an experiment and because there were four students ready to be graduated. About the first thing the Board of Trustees did was to pass out diplomas and it has been kept active in the same business ever since. The class of 1901 will bring the Alumni roll up to 425, quick and dead. Now a goodly number are in the heavens above and the rest are scattered to the four corners of the earth. Their levers are set secure under those same corners and before you are dead they and their successors will turn the world upside down. Here is where you may find them: In Uncle Sam’s dominions every¬ where—God bless him and them—in China, India, Japan, Siam, Laos, Egypt, West Africa, Oceanica, Bulgaria, Canada, Korea, Mexico, South America— keep an eye open for them wherever you may wander over the face of the earth. There are none in Mars yet: they have not found a way to get across. Besides, Professor Mattoon says it is chilly over there. The faculty have not always been so handsome as they are now, but hard work has always been done in Park College. The facultv has alwavs been