Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Farewell Seniors yOU, who Wear the toga of the graduate, pass from the portals of our beloved Alma Mater prepared to combat face to face the problems of Life, for having been a Temple student you have received a heritage which well marks you as one who will overcome all obstacles, however difficult the task may be. May you always reflect due and justified credit upon your Alma Mater that she may go on progressing, maintaining her high position in the universe. You have a modern World to face. You will meet its problems well fortified. -411 28 ia-

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- 1 .r-sf--?'S'V ,,. ,H C is - HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1930 OFFICERS BENJAMIN W. LERNER . . President EDWIN ROBINSON . . Vice-President IKATHRYN M. BENDER . . Secretary MAYER GEKOSKI . A Treasurer DR. ARTHUR N. COOK . . ariulty Adviser UR college days have passed quickly. Now, upon the threshold of new experiences, we are looking forward hopefully to the problems of the future. Yet, it is with some regret that we see our college life at Temple drawn to a close- a period of four years-a period of four years in which we have aspired to master the mystical implications of thought and to win for ourselves a knowledge of realities, for future service. In the course of these four short years, we have seen a spirit of close co- operation among the students developed, and also between the students and Uni- versity authorities. Never as today has there been such an imperative demand for cooperation. We find the tendency expressed in whatever Held we may examine whether it be, industrial, financial, agricultural, or political. The privilege of cooperation came to us as students of this school, requiring of us the surrender of selhsh aims and ambitions. Thus we endeavored to give our best to aid in the growth of a greater institution. It is the purpose of this history to trace the activi- ties of the class in relation to those of the University as a whole. In September, 1926, we entered this great institution, a heterogeneous group of young people, possessing ideas of college life, ideas immature, or, perhaps, too mature. The Sophomores, the Class of 1929, soon dispelled our illusions. Wonder of it all, however, green ribbons and dinks did not wound our pride, nor did defeat in the Flour Fight daunt our courage. We understood that it was traditional for the Sophomores to win the Flour Fight. Victory in the Tug-of-War was our means of wreaking vengeance from the dominant Sophs. With the organization of our Amalgamated Freshman Class, we grew bolder in our aspirations. As the year advanced, moreover, we found a comradeship manifested throughout our class, that was beyond expectation. We began to know and appreciate the real meaning of Persevarentia Vincit. Our social activities were confined to a single Frosh Night. It was, indeed, an eventful night, for shall we ever forget how our President, Bernard Ralph, in order to escape a scalping, successfully dodged those supercilious Sophs? A vigorous political campaign resulted in the election of Burton Zehner, Thomas Marshall, Wayne Strubel, and Harry Rosenstein, to act for the class as President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. I ii A :FII ' JR Tas. X r .... s '-21 30 Its--