Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Ivy Oration HUGH CHAMBERLIN BURR. ELLOW 'CLASSMATES AND favs 5 FRIENDS: We are met here to perform a simple ceremony, but one of the deepest signifi- cance. Each year a class plants its Ivy in E 2:-.E the protecting shelter of' Old North, and fe goes its way, and, in this silent act, pays f .:-:-2Y11?..f- igfhtn the highest tribute to its Alma Mater, for ig ? as this custom, old yet ever new, adds each year a new sprig to the Ivy that covers these venerable walls, so each succeeding class E-Emi C9 brings its love and loyalty to augment that ' of Princeton's many sons. In itself this tiny plant is nothing, but symbolically it is our class, its past, its present, its future. To-day this cutting begins a new era in its life for, having passed through the period of its growth during which it was the object of fostering care, it is transplanted and hereafter must iight its own iight for existence. To-morrow we will be formally graduated from this institutiong transplanted, so to speak, into the garden of the world. The culmination of the happy years of our youth will have been reachedg and we will leave these halls, which we entered as irresponsible boys, responsible men, ready to take our place in life. This entrance into the world we have been awaiting eagerly and with varying emotions: to most of us it has seemed like a passing out from the land of things as we know them into a countryiwhose laws are entirely new to us. The separation of the two worlds, the academic and the actual, has been em- phasized to us repeatedly, but is-it natural, is it possible that such a difference should exist between two phases of life .ES F I ..-able - -3'- l ll ' Q32 il 1? ' - -- -,- .fs-E -E g 5 ,.E........ -if ss: :E . 'TF' E- ' E5 525555 izglzi 352125 ' 555:52 -225 5 'EE-3 - ' . 9

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The N assau H erald Clint had been indulging in gen'man's tea when a strange whim seized him in Chestnut street to dispense with the convention- ality of modern dress. The policeman after having followed Clint two blocks collecting his cast-off garments conducted Clint to the station-house. The papers next day in comment- ing on Clint's disrobing act referred to it as a very clever take-off. Until this morning I had fully intended to relate those very romantic events which culminated in the recent announcement of Iohny De Ford's engagement. But I received a telegram a few hours ago and asiit has spoiled my story I feel that I am justified in reading it to you. The telegram reads: Make no mention of my love affair. Although I have her promise, am not sure I can hold her to itf' I have decided to reserve the mention of Jimmy Dwight's name until last, thinking he might appreciate the novelty, for during his four years here he has always come first both on the athletic field and in the councils of the class, But the high hurdles he clears on the cinder track are as nothing com- pared to the obstacles he has to overcome on the path to knowl- edge. How he ever gets away with it is more than we can understand, but the fact that he does makes us confident that we will all receive our diplomas in June. 8

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The N asscm H emld which touch at so many points? Is it reasonable to expect that we should be schooled in principles which, when we tried to put them into practice, would be found to be fallacious? It is notg and so we find that this vague something called the world is simply the life to which we have been accustomed developed upon a larger scale. The laws and principles which have governed our life here are the same which we will find in operation elsewhere, only the conditions will be changedg and as we realize that the difference between Princeton gradu- ates and Princeton undergraduates consists only in the five letters which spell the word under , and that all are Prince- ton men g we will appreciate the fact that our life in the World is the natural outcome and complement of our college life of preparation. That the college man is a favored individual is a truism, but few of those who so glibly state this fact understand its significance. When we realize that only one out of every seventy of our young men enjoys the privileges of a college education, and that of college graduates only one out of sixty is a Princeton man, we are well-nigh appalled at our re- sponsibility. It is not enough simply to accept the advantages which we have at Princetong in so doing we incur an obliga- tion. We are agents, who hold in trust for our fellowmen the ideals and inspiration we have received, and are in duty bound to spread those ideals and to stimulate others with our inspiration. However, great advantages and great responsi- bilities do not necessarily imply great opportunities for' serviceg and each one of us cannot expect to find at hand a chance to render some great service to mankind. To-morrow is the last time that we all will be together. As alumni we will scatter in every direction, and varying conditions of life will be our lotg but wherever we may be, there is our duty-to work whole-heartedly and disinterestedly for the Welfare of our community and of our country. Our heritage is a noble one. No institution of learning has given to the nation a larger or nobler body of great-hearted men, imbued with the spirit of unselfish statesmanship. From the infancy of our IO