Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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PREFACE HE past year has been one of great moment to the school. It has been a year of trial and judgment, as well as one of original investigation and achievement. Dark clouds have gathered and threatened to engulf us as by a deluge, but the storm has past and Dame Fortune seems about to smile upon us. In presenting this, the ninth volume of The Massasoit, and the first one published since our evolution from the rank of Training School to the more dignified one of International Y. M. C. A. College, we have attempted as far as possible to depart from the beaten path of our predecessors, both here and elsewhere, without destroying the essential characteristics of a college annual. The attempt has been to portray in graphic form, thru the use of stories, sketches and illustrations, all of the phases of activity of our unique institution. In our editorial department we have striven to make progress, hoping thereby to give our readers something of lasting value. Our sincere thanks are due the kind friends who have so generously aided us. We consider ourselves fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Robert Boardman of the junior class, who has ably assisted the artist in his labors. Mention should also be made of the work of our num- erous contributors. Without their co-operation our task would have been incomplete. We take pleasure therefore in presenting this book to you, our readers, so that you may judge of its merit. Our one wish is that The Massasoit may create a stronger bond of love and loyalty between the students and alumni, and our common Alma Mater.

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8 THE MASSASOIT — 1912 Class $onn a Today we leave old Massasoit, We’re going to say good-bye, We’re leaving now for fields of work Her teachings to apply. We came, we saw: to conquest now. Perhaps defeat to some, But we’ll start strong with this desire To help God’s kingdom come. In school or college, field or “gym,” Whatever work that’s tried, Our aim will be to help mankind As Christ exemplified. We see the wakening, prophets old Foretold in Christendom, Our prayer will be that manly work May help God’s kingdom come. God speed the time when all that work Shall join with one another, To teach as Christ, that here in life Each man is each man’s brother. So thus we go to fill our place, By work to show our worth, To do our best to help advance God’s kingdom here on earth. When after years of toil we pause To gaze upon life’s stage, And look to see what good we’ve done Along our pilgrimage, Perhaps our work will be obscure, But great our joy, if then We realize whate’er the pain, We’ve lived and toiled for men.