Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Senior Class Omtion history of the human race, which only the educated man can properly perceive. Dr. Lyman Abbott has said that a citizen must know lan- guages, that he may converse with men about himg life, that he may understand meng literature, that he may know the thoughts of the men of the pastg and especially that he must know and understand the laws that govern society. But he also said that education must train men not only to know but to will, to purpose, and to pursue as well. For four years we have been learning to know and have not infrequently asked ourselves why we havepbeen learning so much that seemed re- mote from the practical business of buying and selling, of min- ing and engineering, of practicing law and medicine. The an- swer to this question will be found in the application which we make of knowledge to things wider than our personal and private interestsg to the affairs of the nation and humanity. Henceforth we are to will, to purpose, and to pursue as well as to know. And it is not more activity in the administration of the gov- ernment that the nation just at present needs, but rather a more intelligent direction of this activity. Here the college graduate will ind his obligations. After all it is not so hard to die for one's country-anyone can do that,-a college man no bet- ter than another. It is hard to find men who will and are able to live for their countryg to carry on its government wisely and well. The nation must look to the college graduates for such men. We have received exceptional advantages, and must expect to carry exceptional responsibilities. No liner illustration can we give of our deep devotion to our Alma Mater than to strive courageously to fill our place in the world wisely and as would become Princeton men. We cannot to-day know what we have got from 'this place. It is only in the future that the true sig- nificance of the past four years may be seen. T9

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Class Poem O gracious mother grant that we May gain the simple faith again And strength, that blessed the fishermen Below the hills of Galilee. We turn to leave, and feel the thrill Of all the life that lies before, The sun-lit lands we may explore, The youth, the health, the strength, the will We turn to leave, our feet are set In parting ways-our hearts confess That all their joy and eagerness Are mingled in one pure regret. Be near us, Alma Mater, when We breast the fight where strength is born, And by thy memory, may we scorn To yield, but rise and strive again. Be near us when the lights are grown Dim, and tremble in each gust, And would go out-then give the trust That makes Death proud to claim his own. The ship in the ofling sets her sails, The snow-white drift of canvas fills, The dark hull swings and keels and veers And the shouts of our comrades fill our ears, In the early dawn Of a misty morn As we drive for the open sea. Behind-the following harbor swell, The twinkling lights, a distant bell, Beyond-the great, grey, buffeting sea, And the broken gleams of a star. 21

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Ivy Oration NATHANIEL EWING, JR. Friends and Fellow Classmates: The planting of the Class Ivy is merely symbolical of the fact that we are gladdened in the brightness of our Alma Mater's glory. It stands as a memorial of a class which has honestly done its best and which will endeavor to continue to do its best to the honor and glory of its Alma Mater. The traditions of Princeton we have long cherished 3 her ideals we have always maintained to the best of our abilityg and her president we honor and revere as a man whose first and only thought is the welfare of Princeton, and who is a representative of the highest type of enlightened patriotic citizen. H Amid these scenes we love so well, we have been afforded a training which is the best any American University can give. But as the time comes for departing on our several ways, we must realize that this education is as nothing unless we use what has been given us for the benefit of our fellow men. The fundamental idea of education is to train men for citizenship. At the present time we are living under a legal regime, and every question becomes in its last analysis a political one. As college bred men there are two fundamental things to which we must always adhere: the first is our responsibilityg the second our duty. Proportionally speaking, the number of col- lege men is few, and it is to the college man that the masses are looking for guidance and light in the great public questions of the day. We stand to-day on the threshold of opportunity, and our op- portunities are vast and varied. In our four years at Prince- ton we have been enabled to look beyond the hills of mater- ialism down over the valley where things are worth while from an altruistic point of view. There is a cry of reform to-day 22