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

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i gn il? CAP AND GONVN V V 'Q v A Message WENTY-FIVE years in the life of the University of Chicago from the point of view of those who have de- voted their lives to the institution during this time is a period Worthy of celebration. In the lives of institutions like Oxford, Cambridge, Paris or Bologne a quarter century should not be over-emphasized. The present unhappy World situation, moreover, makes any great festal occasion impossible. The University of Chicago has, therefore, decided in celebrating its Quarter-Centennial to give the exercises the aspect of a home aHair. No invitations will be extended to foreign universities or even to American institutions as such. Every effort will be directed to securing the presence of those who have at one time or another been associated with our University. All the com- mittees at the present actively at work are enthusiastically en- deavoring to enlist the interest of alumni and former students in all the graduate schools and colleges of our institution. The Divinity School, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding, has arranged a notable program. The general pro- gram, including the Convocation, the dedication of the Ida Noyes Hall and all the other events from June second to June sixth, also is of such significance as to command the interest of all friends of the University. Whatever may have been ac- complished in the twenty-five years is but a beginning in a his- tory destined to be as long and honorable as that of older uni- versities. In celebrating the past of our Alma Mater the chief thought of all of us should be for her future. HARRY' PRATT J UDSON. 11 , . .M .... if I I I I I I 3 . I V, 423 i V I I V I I I I 'I I I In Il I I I 1 I i I ,. I I I I I K!

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l tm E, YI Y Q Q Y 'tv Alma Mater Today we gladly sing the praise Of her who owns us as her sons 5 Our loyal voices let us raise And bless her with our benisons. Of all fair mothers, fairest she, Most wise of all that wisest be, Most true of all the true say we, Is our dear Alma Mater. A Her mighty learning we would tell, Tho' life is something more than lore, She could not love her sons so well Lo'u'd she not truth and honor more. We praise her breadth of charity, Her faith that truth shall make men free, That right shall live eternally, We praise our Alma Mater. The City White hath fled the earth, But where the azure waters lie, A nobler city hath its birth, The City Gray that ne'er shall die For decades and for centuries, Her battlemented tow'rs shall rise Beneath the hope-filled western skies, 'Tisvour dear Alma Mater. EDWIN 12 F. LEWIS, '94 W U 2? 'Q'