Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Miss Ruth Mays Dean of Women This is Miss Mays at her desk in the office of Dean of Women. She is our friend and counsellor. If we want ideas, we merely look our wish, and from her brain come trooping suggestions for teas, parties, toasts, and pro- grams. She is a friend whose whimsical humor lends zest to our work — a lady, whose un- selfishness and beauty of character have helped to shape our ideals. Miss Mays has scolded us and laughed with us: she has always been firm and y et always fair and kind. She has served as an inspiration to all of us. and she has proved herself to be an able instructor — ever ready to reward earnest effort.

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To the Students of 1924-1925: When you receive your STONE Fort, your college record for the year 1924-1925 will have been written. During the year you have come into vital relationship with man ' s best thoughts and highest achievements. Therefore, you can not escape added responsibilities. The State ' s investment in you can only be justified by what you do in the coming years. A knowledge of past achievements is valuable only in so far as it has in- spired to worthy endeavor. Noble thoughts should stim- ulate noble thinking, and noble thinking should issue in constructive service. Many of you will become the teachers of little chil- dren. Their training will determine future civilization. In a vital sense, therefore, you are prophets of the future. Your work, well done, has in it the seeds of life; poorly done, the seeds of death. See to it, therefore, that you take into the school room a mind capable of clean and wholesome thinking. As your friend and fellow student, I can not wish any better thing for you than that you should become a constructive force in promoting clear and accurate think- ing, integrity of purpose, and nobility of life. Sincerely. President

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STONE FORT 14 .5 Agriculture Education Page Twenty-Sei