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Dedication Upon the pleasant seas of ancient Greece The Halcyon-bird doth yearly build her nest Of vagrant weeds and driftwood, yet no fear Assails her gentle breast. Secure and happy in her fragile home, No port she seeks. Her journeys never cease ; Upon those storied seas, she ever floats, The type of joy and peace. So we would launch this petty craft of ours, A trifling bark, of vagrant fancies wrought, Made of such driftwood as doth ever float Adown the tide of thought. We seek no port unless it be thy favor, Thy breath of praise shall be our onward breeze. Our skiff is launched ; with merry songs and laughter, We ' ll sail the sunlit seas.
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Life of William W. Birdsall. ILLIAM W. BIRDSALL was born in 1854, near Richmond, Indiana, and spent his boyhood days on a typical western farm. He was educated, principally, in the public schools of the neighboring- city, completing his studies at Earlham College, where he was graduated in 1873, the youngest man in his class. After a year or two in business, he taught Mathematics and Physics, for five years in the Richmond High School. His first experience in conducting a school indepen- dently was during three years spent as Principal of the Boys ' High School, in Wilmington, Delaware. A remnant of old-time discipline seems to have been in evidence during his prede- cessor ' s reign here. President Birdsall was visited by the father of one of his boys soon after his installation as the new Principal, and was appealed to by, Indade, Misther Birdsall, you ' ll niver govern Danny unless you whip him ! President Birdsall resigned this position in order to accept that of Professor of Mathematics in Friends ' Cen- tral School, of Philadelphia. After very successful work in this department he was made Principal of the Boys ' Department in the same institution, and filled this position until 1898, when he was offered, and accepted, the Presidency of Swarthmore College. Whiie in Philadelphia, President Birdsall became exceedingly interested in educational work among Friends. He was influential in the organization of the General Conferences of Friends, one of which was held in Swarth- more in 1896, and which have proved so successful. He figured prominently in these as presiding officer of the Educational Conferences. The First-day School, at Fifteenth and Race Streets, owes much to him for its growth and influence. The Young Friends ' Associations, which are now organized in every Yearly Meeting, have also partly owed their existence to his energetic, unfailing aid and practical advice. President Birdsall has brought with him to Swarthmore a keen, active brain, a quick wit, and ready sense of humor, a strong personal magnetism, and above all an earnest, practical interest for the best welfare of the College.
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