Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Stanford Quad ' 905 liini k-wiliu-ss. nnr the low of wine, nor tlie wisli tn reap where he had not sowed. His art is less for every de(hiction from his holiness, and less for ever - defeel of common sense. ( )n him who scorned the world, as he said, the scorned world wreaks its r(. ' ' enye. He that de- s])iseth small tilings will perish little by little. .Vn ilhistration : 1 lived once in luicina Hall, on the sonth side. A man went past my window often — along the Mayfield road. At other times he went out to do track work. This always seemed inconsistent. 1 sounded him once, and learned that the Aiayfield part of it was a necessary accomplish- ment for a man of literary tendencies. Later he went to South America — a consumptive, poor fellow. A year ' s grace ! Then you will go out from the L ' niversity to take your place among the few or with the many, as leaders or as followers. Your place will be determined largely by the use you make of this coming year. All reflection and application of teaching cannot be crowded into the hour in which you sit listening to the Baccalaureate sermon in Senior week. Why not tlispose your energies during the coming year? It is true that you must go through your own experi- ence, and character is formed on the whole unconsciously, but it is also true that you can do certain things and refrain from doing other things which may swing the balance one way or the other. You stand on the threshold of your work. Crystallize your plans. A Stanford man must be clear, definite, firm, self-reliant, successful. That is the ideal. That it is practicable you will find when you come out and see how many Stanford men are making good in law, in literature, in teaching, in medicine, in engineering. They are waiting to welcome you — at the close of your Senior year. Cecil M. Marr. ' cKj ' oi.

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chattering. In contrast niv companion was cool and well poised. In Stanford general terms we discussed the philosophy of self-possession, and tin- Quad I ' Veshman spoke warmly of the value of her College life. It seemed 1905 that some of the young ladies present had been her friends in seminary ilaxs. Tliey IkuI preferred Socict) to College. . moment later I met one of them! I refrain from comparisons, but 1 tell ou, girls, vou have clu)sen the better way. ini will, I am sure, be an honor to Stanford — the University where there is no co-educational problem. And now. fellows, I begin to realize that Uu.VD space is precious, and in what I have yet to say I must talk straight. Already vou have begun to anticipate the impending change. The awakening comes toward the end of the Junior year, when you see the Seniors making their final preparations to depart and leave you in possession. In an- other year, if you have not done so et, you must answer the question, What is it for? If you have been satisfied with a hazy idea of the general benefit of a College course as a means of culture, vou will soon find the truth of President Jordan ' s statement of the ideal of American education as personal eiifectiveness. The American L ' niversity of to-day seeks neither culture nor erudition as its final end. It values both as means to greater ends. It looks forward to work in life. It is most important to make a beginning, and this you can do in our Senior year. Ijegin to concentrate. For example : Alake the ' Varsity if you can but learn that athletics are a means and not an end. Some day we shall realize that the game of life is more than the game of football. We have work every da - more intricate than pitching curves, more strenuous than punting the ball. We must keep in trim for it. e must hold ourselves in repair. We must remember training rides. When this is done, we shall win not only games and races, but the great prizes of life. Widen your sympathies. If you are a fraternity man and graduate without knowing the ins and outs of I-jicina life, and cannot tell how many a good fellow is struggling against odds and making both ends meet, you have missed half the benefit of your College life, and vou will l)e forever narrow in your sympathies. Ilarbs, don ' t imagine that fraternity men are trying to be superior. Go half wav, or im also will be narrowed and embittered. A quotation from Emerson : ' I ' he man of talents affects to call his transgressions of the laws of the senses trivial, and to count them nothing considered with his devotion to his art. His art never taught 19

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Stanford Quad 1905 M GEISHA R. E. Re A flash of cherry flowers In April hours — A catch of careless laughter Echoing after, As the rosy ring of dance With its magic necromance Sways her hither, Swings her thither, As she flies, as she flies. Weaving music for tired eyes. The perfume wafted from her In the summer. Is the sweetest breath that follows O ' er the hollows. Where ancestral spirits still Linger by the haunted rill — Stealing idly, Whispering widely. Of the Japanese maid Who has wandered, who has strayed. In the airy paths of pleasure To a measure, Pirouetting, still advancing. Ever chancing All the windy realms of space Ecstacy upon her face — Yet returning With vague yearning To those distant mystic halls Where Amida nods and calls. When the fairy dance is ended Breath suspended. Fragrance shaken from kimonos She has shown us Vision of a life more pure. In those modest eyes demure. Than we guessed Lay at rest In those limpid, languorous eyes- Promising Love ' s