Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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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.

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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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Tke Shorter Girls Creed ■ -J BELIEVE in girls, in the women of a great to- Yet 4 jgj morrow, and that whatsoever the girl soweth, the woman shall reap. I believe in the curse of ignorance, in the dignity of learn- ing, and the joy of serving others. I believe in wisdom as revealed in human lives as well as in the pages of printed books, in lessons taught, not so much by precept as by example, in ability to work with the hands as well as to think with the head, in everything that makes life large and lovely. I believe in beauty in the home, in the classroom, in the workroom, and in the influence of God ' s great out-of-doors. I believe in laughter, in love, in faith, in all distant hopes that lure us on. I believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its obligations, and in the divine joy of living, here and hereafter.