Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Ivy Omtiovz Princeton is to make her end our end, and to make the most of her as a means to this common end. We go forth, then, with all that Princeton has given us, to serve, as earnest citi- zens, each his own locality, through the locality to serve the nation, and through the nation to serve the world. But should the ideals with which we are now entering upon this larger life prove vain and illusory, should our efforts to realize them prove weak and faltering, still we shall always cling to those ideals which we have found true here in our college years, ideals of democracy and of friendship, of truth and of honor, we shall always cherish the scenes and associa4 tions of these years, weshall always give of our best to secure continued success and NLong Life to Old Nassau . 29

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The N assaa H erald to man. We have found ourselves mistaken in hasty judg- ments of our associates. We have learned that the best way to judge is to suspend one's judgments, and that true democ- racy gives every man a free, full chance to prove himself. The friendships that we have formed here are the most precious facts of our college life. A man cannot live to him- self alone and the best in his life incorporates itself in his friendships. These friendships we carry away with us and through them the memory of these years shall never die. The thing that binds our various experiences together is thought. We have learned to think for ourselves. ln our study, in our fellowship, we have tried to choose out the ele- ments of truest value. What we have chosen has helped to form our points of view, our principles, our ideals, and these are the things that will count in our lives. Side by side with our individual development, with our associations and friendships, has come a closer connection with Princeton. We have reached the maturity of Princeton manhood. We have grown to a truer realization of the ideals of this place, ideals established during the century and a half of its life. We have learned to distinguish between ideals and established forms, forms which seek, ever imperfectly, to give expression to ideals. At times some custom, some standard, some institution may have cramped us, but we came to realize that our role was to be active as Well as passive, that we were to mould as well as to be moulded, and that Princeton was to be not only what she has been in the past, but what we in the present and generations yet to come were to help to make her to be. Strengthened thus by these four years, and proudly bearing the name of Princeton men, we, are now going forth to justify Princeton in the eyes of the world, to prove her worth to those who have not felt it in their own lives, to justify the capital, the labor, the lives that have been devoted to her. We go forth to fulfill her mission. For Princeton is not an end in herself. Princeton is here to serve the nation. Princeton is here to serve the world. The truest service that we can render 28

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Presidents Address. GEORGE MILTON JONES. X ELLOW CLASSMATES: gt l The time is at hand when We must luI'HIlIjHK 'A part. One more day and then separa- tion. 1 I wwf And, now that that sad time is so 5 near, let us stop to consider that the ig E best four years of our lives are at K ' Q' an end, and that one of our first at- tainments is about to be accomplished, that is, to be classified among the Alumni of Princeton. We realize that the years spent here, Which' we look back upon now with nothing but pleasure, were not entirely free from care but that those same cares have taught us that responsibility which comes with only real pleasures. Our connections here have been such that we have been able to form many friendships of lasting duration g and because of them, along with our common devotion to our Alma Mater We, as a class, feel bound together by those ties which never break. Because of these happy years, these friendships formed, We can but feel sorrow at the thought of leaving the scenes of such privilege. But there are other thoughts than sad ones that come to us today. Life for us has received a new impulse, and We are eager to share its struggles. Everything seems bright before us. The goal of success lies there apparently easily attainable, and We are strong in youth and courage. We are ready for life in its serious aspect, and Willing and eager to win our way to success. And, yet, there are 3 30