Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Sasliuztatcrga ddress. BY CLINTON W. BIRD, N. Y. Ladies and Gentlemen-You are gathered here to-day to Witness those exercises and ceremonies, which from time immemorial have marked the last chapter in the history of each graduating class. College graduates are unanimous in the sentiment that there are few associations so delightiul or so zealously treasured as those which cluster around our Alma Mater. It is there that their intellectual life was born and nourished, there that the battle between boyhood and manhood was fought, there, too, that friendships were formed, life-long in duration, cherished even to the grave. When We shall have passed from this seat of learning, and are struggling for an honorable and useful ,place among our fellow-men, our memories Will ever bring back to us some- thing of our early strength and vigor by recalling the happy days of our youth spent here. It is then that the remem- brance of generous friendships-some strengthened only by the lapse of time-and others sundered by the separa- tion of death, then it is that remembrance will touch us with peculiar delight, or make use better men by giving us sober, solemn thoughts. To-day, my friends, We are assem- bled for theclast time as a class, to-morrow we must be men, Whether We Will or not. To-morrow, life, stern, exact- ing, practical life, with all its anxieties and perplexities, will stare us in the face. Let us not shrink from the ordeal, but let us to-day give ourselves up unreservedly to the spon-

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CLASS DAY ORATORS. Master of Ceremonies, Class Orator, - - Class Poet, Ivy Orator, - C1ass'HistorizLn, - Presentation Orator, - Prophet, - - Censor, - Class President, - - CLINTON W. BIRD, N. Y DUNCAN EDNVARDS, N. Y -, F. S. WOODRUFF, N. J C. F. MCCLUMPHA, N. Y - JONATHAN STURG1:s, N .Y A. B. GAITHER, Md. - E. WILSON, N. J. C. WV. MCILVAXINE, Vt. - C. R. KNOX, N. J. ' CLASS DAY COMMITTEE. C. A. ARTHUR, JR., A. T. BAKER, Pa. W. D. BELL, N. Y. M. N. DUE, Ala. J. FISHER, Md. F. M. GRIFFITH, Ill. JOHN VV. BARR, Chairman. J. B, HASRRIAIAN, N. Y. H. M. LAMBERTON, Minn. S. H. LEEPER, Pa. R. W. PARKER, N. J. F. I-I. SPRER, Pa. C. VAN AUSDAL, O.

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6 THE NASSAU H ERALD. taneous enjoyment of the hour. And when around the cannon our orators, with good-natured sarcasm unfold our history, or narrate our mishaps, then if you do not appre- ciate the allusions and the cause of roaring laughter, bear with us, for remember that it is all pertinent and pregnant with meaning to us. And now, kind friends, it is my pleas- ant duty to offer you a sincere and hearty Welcome in the name of the Class of '85.