Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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? imiiiii DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF ROME, TO WHOSE UN- SELFISH INTEREST SHORTER LARGELY OWES HER PRESENT FOUNDATION, AND TO WHOSE KINDLY SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION SHORTER GIRLS OWE MUCH OF THE HAPPINESS OF THEIR COLLEGE LIFE, WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, DO DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE ARGO.

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FOREWORD With classes past and noble heroes gone. You have constructed well a good ship ' s hull; You ' ve sailed the seas on Argo ' s steady decfy ; You ' ve batl ! ed one-eyed giants; with Meda ' s charms You ' ve soothed the fiery dragon ' s poisonous fangs. And grasped the fleece you ' ve labored so to win. Will you forgive, O weary mariners. Our rest this year? The pilot turns his wheel From stormv waters to lialia ' s shore For new adventures; let us wander through The untold splendors; what is that old wall. That classic columned on the highest hill?

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JilRH S-EYE VIEW OF ROME ToR ome A band of warriors, in the days of old, From many wanderings and adventures, came At last, led by the fates, o ' er temp est seas, To Italia ' s promised land, to found A city on the heights of Seven Hills. Old Rome, thy government and classic walls, On which twelve armor ' d men could march abreast, How long it took to weld thee! wise in law, Without a peer in pow ' r, a wondrous race; But hearts pricked up by lust of glory, dread Of some dishonor; either shame or fame Could find its price for gold enough. So fell A mighty nation. Seven purple hills, Long seas away, have been again the site For Roman homes, as distant as the years. A civic virtue, lawful justice, pride, The marshals of eternal peace, and aides Of lofty freedom, guide the minds To build their walls where all humanity May march abreast, where youth meets youth, And in youth ' s random ways engages in Life miniature, as play in work of man ' s Estate, to make not living but a life. Our modern Rome, whose dread is ignor ance, Whose lust of glory is for going on.