Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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P1'eside1fLt's Address innumerable hardships between us and our goal. There are rough places to be met with along the path of life, and often we will meet with discouragement and apparent failure, only to take hope, and push forward. And, now, as we stand here today on the eve of gradu- ation, each with his life to live as he pleases, it is with honest concern that we are struck with the thought,- Is the world to be better for my having lived in it, or am I to fail on account of lack of courage and determination . Let us remember that We cannot fail if we are determined, for success and deter- mination are identical, one and the same. Let us remember that there is work for each one of us to do. Let us remember too, that the honor, of our class and of this university demands that we do that work well, and that by honest and lofty achievement, we add further renown to the already illustrious name of our Alma Mater. We leave here soon, some of us not to return for many years, and some never. But wherever we go, whatever may be our calling in life, whether it be humble or great, let us every one remember that with him are the best wishes for his happi- ness and success of every man in the class, and let us each one take a flower in remembrance of the four happy years We have spent together at Princeton as the Class of IQIO. 31

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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

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Class Prophecy ROSEWELL GRAVES ROLSTON. . - .R SPEAKER,-I reckon you don't EQ know who I am. VV ell, I am the man 1:1 who was sent by the Princeton Ice Company together with Dr. Cook gills ts Causse the discoverer of Labrador, and that famous poler Cobe Darling, to verify Peary's findings at the North Pole. I I will not bore you with an account of our uncanny adventures on the way, of how the Esquimaux wanted to kill Cobe for blubber, or of how Dr. Cook was almost made king of Greenland by the natives who were enthralled by his stirring eulogy to Lulu , but suffice it to say we got there after a journey of two years. We stayed in the polar regions for a year while Dr. Cook shot pole cats and Cobe put in his time cracking up icebergs for 'Tom Collinses , until one day a wireless dispatch from our class Secretary, Walter Maurice Wilkins was received which read as follows: I Come back to fifth reunion, june I9I5 .-T. Well, on receipt of this message, we broke camp and started for the coast where in due time we were met by the Good Ship with Capt. Dodge at the helm. The way D. D. handled that schooner brought back to us many pleasant recollections of undergraduate days and we watched him in awe, fascinated. When we arrived off Fire Island, a row boat drew along- side and Windy Hughes climbed aboard asking for the ex- clusive vaudeville rights and promising to have a new song about our exploits in every moving picture house in the country in a week. 32