Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Ivy Ovation nation to the present time, from James Madison to Woodrow Wilson, Princeton men have been courageously active in the service of mankind 5 may the time never come when they shall cease to be so !-And as this little sprig of Ivy will develop year by year, spreading until it shall completely enfold the stones of Nassau Hallg so may we develop strength and use- fulness in the largest sense, as we grow ever closer to the traditions and the ideals of Nassau Hall. II

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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

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President's Address MAITLAND DWIGHT . -QELLOW CLASSMATES: For the last four years, if not for a much longer while, we have all been looking for- ward to this day: We have planned con- tre I cerning it and dreamed about it, and now 2 mejgdtgieg le- it has come. It has been this thought, the thought of what this Commencement means to us, the thought of being classed among Z the Alumni of this University, that has al- ways been before our minds and that has inspired us continually to renewed efforts. L., .f Sometimes we became discouraged, some- times F ate seemed against us, but whenever we realized what the goal towards which we were working, had in store for us, our few hardships seemed as nothing. At present, however, as we look back everything seems to be clothed in a golden hue, and our few discouragements, which at the time seemed very great, seem now to be the very foundation upon which our manhood has been built. It is among these surroundings that we have passed quickly from boyhood into manhood. Our ideas, our ambitions, in fact our very attitudes towards life has changed. Now we are men and we must do men's deeds. For the past few years we have been part of a great educational system and, although our world has been varied and important to us, it has been limited. To-morrow we go beyond these limitsg the world lies before us. Standing now as we are, on the very threshold of life, the question naturally arises: What are we going to do with our lives? What are we going to do with all these advantages which we have been permitted to enjoy here at Princeton? Although this is a difficult question, let us at least resolve to take such a position in the world that the lives of all those go mtg? f ex 95 :fr 1 - 13. - . l . d-. . ul.: - ..1k,1s1:.:'a:'f 11- .- 23 , 1, as-.gs A ' 42 Lf: 'si' I W ezg E F g i E- 'E 2 'E if ,E 5 A ,E fi -lv is 62 I2