Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ©fftcfra JAMES KlLGORE President A. J. WEEKS Secretary C. C. CODY Treasurer (ttirrnlibr Committee C. M. BISHOP Chairman C. C. CODY Secretary John. R. Allen A. A. Booty E. G. Gillet Jas. Kilgore R. G. Mood B. D. Orgain A. F. Bentley Otis Truelove MKest Sesae Conference Rev. Thomas Gregory Rev. J. T. King Rev. A. J. Weeks Rev. F. B. Buchanan Mr. W. H. Hagy Mr. B. D. Orgain Mr. J. E. Pritchett Rev. T. F. Sessions Mr. J. S. SMYTH Mr. M. D. Slator Rev. J. G. Miller Rev. A. S. Moore Mr. W. A. Palmer !5ortl)U)ei3t tZTerae Conference Rev. J. G. Putnam Rev. G. S. Hardy Mr. Walter Nelson Mr. Otis Truelove Rev. Simeon Shaw Mr. Geo. W. Barcus Mr. W. G. Swenson Rev. J. M. Peterson Rev. R. G. Mood Mr. N. P. Doak 12ortJ) terau Conference Rev. O. S. Thomas D. H. Aston Mr. J. J. Russell Mr. Sil Stark Rev. W. F. Bryan Mr. L. Blaylock Mr. H. C. King (german Conference REV. C. A. LEHMBERG Mr. C. H. Grote Rev. W. L. Nelms Rev. C. R. Wright Mr. A. F. Bentley Central QLettw Conference Rev. Horace Bishop Rev. E. Hightower Mr. F. F. Downs Mr. H. S. Wilson Rev. James Campbell Mr. M. B. Lockett Mr. T. L. McCullough Heias Conference Rev. Nathan Powell Rev. Ellis Smith Rev. Jas. Kilgore Rev. L. B. Elred Mr. R. M. Kelly Mr. Cone Johnson Mr. W. S. Gibbs Rev. I. F. Betts Mr. W. N. Weiss Mr. Robert a. John 12

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March 6, Wednesday. Anniversary of Alamo Society. March 9, Saturday, 8:00 p. m. Senior Orations. March 12, Tuesday. Final Examinations for Winter Term begin. March 19, Tuesday. Spring Term begins. March 21 , Thursday, 5:00 p. m. Period for Registration closes. April 19 and 20. Second Home Coming. April 20, Saturday. San Jacinto Day; Anniversary of San Jacinto Society. April 25. Senior Day. May 2, Thursday. Mid-Term Reports; Spring Term. May 30, Thursday. Final Examinations begin. June 7 , Friday, 4:00 to 6:00 p. m. Art Reception at the Annex. 8:30 p. m. Music and Elocution Recital. June 8, Saturday, 10:00 a. m. Address to Literary Societies. 3:30 p. m. Alumni Address and Reunion. 8:30 p. m. Brooks Prize Debate. June 9, Sunday, 11:00 a. m. Baccalaureate Sermon. 8:00 p. m. Sermon to Undergraduates. June 10, Monday. Thirty-eighth Commencement Day. June 11, Tuesday. Summer Normal begins. June 11, Tuesday. Summer Session begins. June 11, Tuesday. Summer School of Theology begins. l l

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AN ADDRESS TO THE CLASS OF 1912 We hail you, Brothers, from the marts of trade. From shop and forum; farm and factory; From mine and mansion; pulpit, and from press; From plain and prairie; from beyond the sea; From hamlet, and from city; and from where Men fight alone their battles, with the soil, Or with the mountains, or, in foreign lands. With sin and sorrow, squalor and disease; From every corner of the busy world; From North we hail you; and from South and West And East we give you greeting; Hail, O, Hail! Strangers are we, perhaps; and yet we were Nursed by a common mother, and we knew The same dear places, daily walked and talked With the same masters, met the same defeats, Thought the same thoughts, and found the same ideals, Holding at last, enshrined in our hearts, The same fond mem ' ries. Of the tiny stream Limping along between its banks of stone, Tripping o ' er shallows where the minnows p ' ay, Gliding by banks of sloping meadow-land, Pausing in woodsy glades as if to hold The pictured image of the sturdy oak And elm and willow, hung with hoary moss. God-giv ' n restorative for tired minds, To linger on its banks, and while away An afternoon of pleasure unalloyed. More than a pleasure; inspiration, too: Here came Jess Stanford, and his brother, Frank, Metcalfe, and Jones, and all who went before, With Smith and others, who the murmur caught Of Nature ' s oratory, and the sweep Of God ' s own eloquence, to sound it forth In pleas impassioned, or in grave debate. Here Mosely walked and wooed the wayward Muse To flights of fancy; Walling heard the Voice Of that Divine Infinitude, whose name Is God; and uttered forth his heart in song. Here later Bowden came, to dream and sing, Philosopher, pure-minded, and the friend Of all the friendless, the interpreter Of Life and Nature, whose sweet, limpid verse, Clear as the viol and mellow as the lute, Bespoke a poet-soul unspoiled by time. The morning hour of prayer, when from the desk, The words of life were read, by one of those Who were our teachers, or by one who came From that wide world that lay beyond our ken; Dreamed of, and known in part, but full of power To charm our fancy. Travelers were they, And men of learning, ministers of God, Who told us mighty tales of mighty men, Giving their lives for Him in distant lands. Of women, too. One I remember well. A fellow-student she, who put aside Her gay young life to follow Christ into The land of morning Calm; but as the flowers Wither before the sun-blast, so she died. Their speech was full of wisdom and advice, Kindly, ennobling, pointing ever up To true success. Then, when the speaker ceased. Chapman, or Hendry, as the case might be, Led in the singing; or in other years Some other singer. Gloria was the tune, Or Faith of Our Fathers; and we stood and sang 13