University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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BOTANICAL -'GARDENS

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THE CLASS MESSAGE HE CLASS of 1905 has entered upon a new era in its history For four years have we labored and striven and learned, that we might now enter the realm of life-work and good citizenship, to lay our just rewards as a tribute at the feet of her who has sponsored us-our Alma M3tS1'. A career at Pennsylvania, all too short, has inspired in us deep reverence and a true respect for the great University whose heritage we claim. Our undergraduate days have been marked with high aspirations and sincere endeavors toward a righteous ideal-that of serving Pennsylvania. If we have succeeded-and that is for others to judge-then we may retire with a true feeling of satisfaction. If not, it has not been for a lack of devotion, and we are unfeignedly thankful for that which we have done. .. During the four-year undergraduate career of the Class of 1925, Penn- sylvania has entered upon a new epoch in her activities. She has emerged from a period of quietude and embarked upon a tremendous building program, developed an adequate endowment campaign, and set forces in motion, all bent toward accomplishing a more centralized and efficient administration, undergraduate and graduate. VV e are happy that good fortune has granted us the opportunity of participating in 'these efforts toward the constructive development of our Alma lVIater. I Our graduation unveils even a greater opportunity for Service and respon- sibility. lVlay we remain intact in spirit and in loyalty, if not in body, that we may, working as a. unit, accomplish deeds of achievement that will redound to the benefit of Pennsylvania. lVIay we forever reverence her venerable age, her glorious history, and may our affection for her ivy-clad walls, and that for which they stand, be as deep-rooted as our souls. I lVo1'cls fwafil little, but our m.e.s'.s'age is- t'Pennsylfzvcm'iai, true love for tlzeef, QMGWJ