Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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The Nassau Herald self-reliance had replaced timidity and irresolutiong Who felt himself suddenly possessed of the power of self-control? We pass through the same experience as Mr. Kipling's Ship That Found Itself. And our satisfaction at the final discovery is similarly complete. As we are now about to leave this place of common interests for a world of varied opportunities, We will find our paths continually diverging. The different conditions of life and dif- ferent occupations make this unavoidable. But even there We shall find strong ties binding us togetherg and strongest of them all will be our common duty to our country as citizens. A prominent speaker recently addressing a Princeton audience said, No man can be a Christian who does not take an interest and a part in politics. This may seem an extreme statement of the-case, but at least we can say that no one is a truly educated man who does not take an interest in politics and cares so little for the Welfare of his country as to be unwilling to bear his share in its government. We have already had our first lesson in citizenship, for one of its fundamental requirements is subordination of personal in- terests to the common good, and this principle is firmly grounded in the very life of this University. It is a legacy which Princeton in particular bequeaths to its graduates. But the important point for us to realize is general, not par- ticular. It is that the nation has a right to expect more from its college men, as a Whole, than it can from those who have not had such advantages, and that which it will expect most is a greater enlightenment of mind-doing many of the same things which uneducated men do but doing them 'twith a dif- ference. Enlightenment means the consideration of ques- tions in the large. It should be the duty of every educated man not to bound his View of political problems in space by provincialism and in time by the mere present. I-Ie should see that all political actions concern the nation at large, both now and for future generations. He has no right to live in poli- tics as from hand to mouth, or as after us the deluge. En- lightenment means the application of the principles found in the 18

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Class Uration HUGH CHAPLIN. This is a period not to be duplicated in all our future living. Probably never again will there be so definite a dividing line be- tween any epochs of our lives. We entered this place boys. We leave it men. ' At this important juncture, it is right that we repair for a few moments to this place of quiet to reckon with the past and forecast the future. For only by a thoughtful considera- tion of the four years now ending shall we be able to realize their true significance and relation to the life which is to de- velop. ' We cannot enter properly upon the labors of maturity until we have gained a thorough understanding of ourselves, our purposes in the World and the relation of this completed prep- aration to these purposes. A survey of the past four years will impress us with the fact that, in spite of a nearly similar curriculum, college men learn very differently, each according to his own peculiar nature. They learn as they see and their points of View are widely variant, which is to be expected. But a closer scrutiny will disclose, among these differences, experiences which all of us must have had in common. These four years have indeed been barren if they have not been the means of individual development, self-realization and the at- tainment of self-control, self-government. Each in his own way, has widened his horizon through acquaintance with dif- ferent kinds of people, new modes of living and the wealth of ancient knowledge. New interests and sympathies have been awakened, so that now, having outgrown the narrow con- lines of youth, We End ourselves broadening into full manhood. Who here does not remember the thrill with which he first realized himself a responsible man, in Whom confidence and I7

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Class Poem WILFRED J. FUNK The campus now lies clad in green About us, and is sweet with spring, And our sober senses bring A softened beauty to the scene. The sultry, slow-winged days of June Are fragrant with the scent of flowers: One by one the golden hours Are stealing from us, all too soon. Arm in arm the seniors pass Along the walks beneath the trees, And feel the blessing of the breeze, And speak of Princeton and their class. Like some fair maid each blue-eyed day Comes bearing gifts to us again And gracious memories, and then With sweet reluctance steals away. The twilight fills a heart with ease, The quiet elms content the mindg ' Strange messages steal down the wind And whispered answers stir the trees. The soft-blown airs of Fancy stir Among old days-the God-sent throng Of days-the dreams-the vagrant song- The memories time cannot blur. Our careless, curious eyes have scanned The giant ruins of the past, And now, with beating hearts, at last, Within the mighty shop we stand. The massive, quarried shafts rough-hewed By that titanic century Now gone, are given to us that we May raise a citadel to God. 20