Russell Sage College - Sage Leaves Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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E S T H E IN I 0 R S AYE WHO HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH RUSSELL SAGE FOR MANY YEARS KNOW THAT THERE COEXIST A COLLEGE VISIBLE AND A COLLEGE INVISIBLE. THE ONE IS MADE UP OF OUR FACULTY, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND STUDENT BODY, AND THE EIGHTEEN BUILDINGS IN WHICH WE LIVE, MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. THE OTHER EXISTS IN THE SPIRIT WHICH ANIMATES AND UNITES US ALL AND WHICH, EXTENDING BEYOND THE CAMPUS BOUNDARIES OF OUR COLLEGE, INSPIRES AND GUIDES THE HUNDREDS WHO CALL HER ALMA MATER. WHAT IS THIS SPIRIT THAT ANIMATES, UNITES, INSPIRES AND GUIDES? MY DEFINITION CONSISTS OF ONE WORD: GROWTH. DURING THE FOUR HAPPY, AND I HOPE FRUITFUL, YEARS YOU HAVE SPENT ON OUR CAMPUS, YOU HAVE NOTED WITH PRIDE AND JOY THE NEW INCREMENTS OF BEAUTY, DIGNITY AND STRENGTH THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR PLANT, OUR PERSONNEL AND PROGRAM. EACH YEAR SOMETHING HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED AND SOMETHING DONE. ONWARD AND UPWARD WE HAVE MARCHED, SLOWLY, STEADILY, SERENELY, NEVER COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT, ALWAYS SEEKING A FINER AND A MORE USEFUL FUTURE. ON COMMENCEMENT DAY YOU WILL CROSS THE LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHICH LIES A LARGE SECTOR OF THE COLLEGE INVISIBLE. OVER THERE YOU WILL BE NONE THE LESS IN AND OF RUSSELL SAGE THAN WE WHOM YOU LEAVE BEHIND. IT IS THE HOPE AND CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF ALMA MATER THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE YEARS TO COME, YOU WILL BE FOUND EXEMPLIFYING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN YOUR PROFESSION, IN YOUR HOME AND IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE THE SPIRIT OF ETERNAL GROWTH, FOR WHICH, PRAY GOD, OUR COLLEGE MAY EVER STAND.