SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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The Normal They ' ll have a line new building And .some new equipment too ; But they cannot change the campus And they cannot change the view. The students may be different. The Commercials may be gone ; But there ' ll be the same old spirit Aero.ss that dear old lawn. We may not show the feeling That leaving Normal brings, But three years make a difference In life and friends and things. We ' ve gained a different outlook — Seen another ' s point of view; We ' ve lived in new surroundings. And formed new habits too. The tilings you ' ve taught will linger Though the old seems change to new, And we ' ll hold in happy memory All the days we spent witli you. In the far dim distant future Just the happy things will stay, And we ' ll think of yon and love you As we journey on our way. Dolus Wi

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To the Class of 1931: All of the facts of the world with which we arc familiar and of which we have yet to learn exist merely for that procedure which you have chosen for the theme and purpose of your living -the education of man. Hooks, libraries, paintings, poetry, music, oratory, science, practical arts and all the vari.d human reactions in behavior to every recorded thought since time began, possess a spiritual unity and are hut commentaries upon that ideal sell which none of us has yet attained but which we all feel is not utterly unattainable. Your value as great teachers, then, will consist not chiefly of dexterity in manual or even intellectual skills but in the deeper apprehension of that spirit which can also awaken other souls to greater appreciation and self-activity. Eleven