Susquehanna University - Lanthorn Yearbook (Selinsgrove, PA)

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Greeting Frank greeting! You men who have gone out Into the world from these loved halls For struggles hard in the behalf of truth, — T° you, Alumni of old Susquehanna, |n whate ' er place the battles of this life Each one has fought, it gives us pleasure now To tender here, upon the eve of this Half-century, our heartfelt greetings. And you. Directors, Friends and Faculty, N«« ' do we greet. Your labors and your love N°t unappreciated are; your aid Incites the student to success; you work Vast good. And Students, to you we extend Especial greetings. Years of comradeship Replete with cherished incidents, of which Some record this book keeps, constrain this class A students to remember lovingly. Rightly to spell a word, we add a line — You ' re greeted by the Class of Nineteen-Nine.

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The Alumni HPO that one of the founders of Missionary Institute, who is yet living, it may seem only a short time ago that that humble beginning which has since grown into this institution, set up its ideal and began its part of the world ' s work. Yet it is now a half -century since this school was founded under the name given above. At the time of its establishment in 1858 it was granted full university privileges. These privileges it did not, however, fully exercise until 1894, when it reorganized under its chartered rights, assumed the name Sus- quehanna University, and started out with an enlarged number of courses, with new aims and toward new purposes. But, nevertheless, during all the fifty years of its existence, it has kept up high grade classical and theological schools. It is of the graduates of these departments that this sketch deals more particularly. The character and ideals of a school have a great influence upon the char- acters and ideals of its students. This has been true of Susquehanna. The lives and work of her graduates have not been such as to reflect the least discredit upon their alma mater. Instead, they have been an honor to her and an encour- agement to her in her work. Perhaps it is the old ideal of Susquehanna, seen reflected in her first name, that still clings to her, for her aims have always been evangelical. With the enlargement of her activity and the expansion of her courses, she retained the old missionary spirit. Her mission is no longer to the heathen, but against all manner and forms of ignorance and vice wherever found. The ideal of usefulness, service in the cause of the right and opposition to evil, exemplified in her alumni is but the reflection of her own ideals and aspirations. As the phosphor escent particles in the sea, having bathed in the light of the glorious midday sun. in turn send forth their light and illuminate the darkness in the seething track of the great ocean liner, so the lines of Susquehanna ' s men, radiating forth again the light received from her, do brighten and make better elements in the turbulent stream of life as it heaves at the passing of this throb- bing, pulsating twentieth century progress. Susquehanna ' s students have attained eminence in many walks of life. Students from her halls may be found in the highest ranks of the theological profession, filling the most influential and useful offices in the church. Promi- nence in the legal and the medical profession has been won by Susquehanna ' s men. Some of her students are accomplishing excellent work in the teaching profession, bringing honor and credit to themselves and to the institution. The missionary ideal of the school has brought forth good results. The heathen of far-off Africa have heard the gospel from the lips of Susquehanna students. Business has claimed the lives of many, and the common walks of life are graced 5