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Ivy Oration A. E. STUART. Fellow Classmates and Friends of Princeton:- The occasion which calls us together to-day is an old one. The task to be performed is small in deed, yet great in its import. The planting of the Class Ivy is at once a memorial and a symbol. It is the memorial of a body about to leave Princeton and dissolve into its separate units of humanity. It will bear testimony to the fact that the class of IQO8, after four years of domicile in this institution has com- pleted its undergraduate life and that its members are now enrolled among that wider fraternity known as alumni. Moreover this Ivy is a symbol of how our hearts will ever turn back to Princeton, no matter where we may be. As the tendrils of this small plant will creep over the walls of Old North, spreading farther and farther apart, yet ever dependent upon a comomn root for each step of their growth, so the sons of Nassau, scattering at graduation, remain bound together in spirit through a love for their Alma Mater that is deep and sincere. Long ago we pledged ourselves to the traditions of Princeton. We entered with avowed intentions of be- coming loyal Princetonians and we have found the very atmosphere full of that ineffable something which is called Princeton Spirit . From the first her traditions charmed us. They were to us the magic note of by-gone genera- tions which time had aided with a sort of cumulative veneration and they enhanced our eagerness to become a part of Princeton that we too might live amidst the tradit- ions of the past and through their influence become a united 27
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The Nassau H erald class. In this hour when retrospections are so frequent, We realize that We have become a part of Princeton. Four years of the pleasantest associations have united us by a common bond. We are loathe to think that friends must part, for the friendships formed here are of the kind that are truest and best. They are Written too deeply in our hearts to be soon forgotten. In the years to come there will be a rush of pleasant memories as we live again, in our minds, the days and scenes now passing. Yet a fund of such recollections, happy as they may be, is not all that We may take with us. Princeton has her ideals as Well as her traditions-ideals of friendship, of faithfullness and of honour. These ideals she has sought to impress upon our characters in such a degree that they will remain with us and be our standards of ambition for all that is best in life. So now at the parting of the ways, though our reverence for the past and all its attachments has not abated, we find that Princeton has but used the past to build our futures. As we once pledged ourselves to her traditions, let us now, ere we cross the threshold, pledge ourselves to stand by her ideals likewise. Thus will the class of 1908 give proof of its loyalty to Princeton that will last long after We have gone. We have learned many lessons here and by the steady evolution of time, as it has led us through our term of col- lege life with its manifold activities, We are brought face to face with the battle of life. If We have failed to develop a fair degree of confidence in our ability to meet this en- counter, vve have been lacking in ambition. If We have failed to learn what Princeton rightly demands of us, We have been lacking in sincerity. Princeton asks the impos- sible of no man. Her criterion is that every man must do his best in Whatever he undertakes to do at all. This is but a fair return for the moral and intellectual advantages which have been ours for the past four years. Graduates of this institution have attained fame and distinction in many Walks of life. But the great form of usefullness for college men, no matter what may be their particular pursuit, 28
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