University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Rest, then, dear soldier of the legion and soldier of the cross, rest thou forever! Thou now wearest thy medal and thy crown and right richly dost thou deserve them. We still camp upon the field; but, animated by thy example and by the good spirit that was in thee, we hope to fight well our fight and ultimately share thy rest, though few indeed of thy fellowmen may hope to attain thy glory. 26

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This inability of fame to make good the loss of domestic joys another has voiced thus: ttl came into the city and none knew me, None came forth, none shouted He is here, ' Nor a hand with laurel would bestrew me All the way by which I drew anear, Night my banner, and my herald, Fear. But I knew where one so long had waited In the low chamber by the stairwayls height, Trembling lest my foot should be belated, Singing, sighing for the long hours' flight Toward the moment of our dear delight. I came into the city and you hailed me Savior, and again your Chosen lord, Not one guessing what it was that failed me, While, along the streets, as they adored, Thousands, thousands shouted in accoyd, But through all the joy I knew, l only, How the Refuge of my heart lay dead and cold, Silent of its music, and how lonely! Never, though you crown me with your gold, Shall I find that little chamber as of old. Some, contemplating Dr. Harper's vast plans and towering ambitions for his University? its proud and numerous edifices with others yet more magnificent to come, and the stupendous endowments realized and reached for, imagined that the master builder was moved by pride, by lust for fame. It was an entire error. Dr. Harper wished to react an immense and perfectly equipped University because he believedeand he was right-that the country: civilization and humanity need such. Rationai, tar- sighted philanthropy was at work, not pride at all, save of the sort that is legitimate necessary to all high enterprise. We have been told of the very remarkable Confidence Mr. Harper had in his own reasonings and plans, of his will, so firm and hard to change. But he was not stubborn or opinionated. He could side-step or retreat as well as advance and he often did both. Witness, too, his willingness, his desire to hear all sides, all opinions, that he might not err. These are not the ways of a self willed man. If he strongly believed in the essence of his plans he was like the prophets whom he loved and expounded so well. He had drunk of their spirit. They worked and spoke for God out of a sense of his presence in themy and so did he.

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En William 182mm; Earpvr Bravest of hearts beneath the shining sun, Thou servant of the living God, well done! jehovah's law within thee young was writ; Forfifty years thou has been living it. 'Twas Moses first Who caught thy listening ear And lighted thee with visions of a seer. Then David sang his lyric soul to thine And rapt Isaiah his inspired line; While Amost wrath enkindled wrath in thee For sin and every form of infamy. Twas Job who gently taught thee how to bear The suffering sent of God and not despair; While Paul's great labors stirred thee through and through With valor great, to work, to dare, to do; But more than all the Master's toil and strife We see both in thy labors and thy life. A battle-planner thou hast planned a war 'Gainst ignorance, as prophets did of yore; A battle-fighter, thou hast conquered sin, Unyielding hero trusting God within. A high-souled courage thine to do, to bear, To die, and dying still to do, to dare. Thy will hath triumphed and thy crown is won, Thou servant of the living God, well done! LINCOLN HULLEY. 27