University of New Hampshire - Granite Yearbook (Durham, NH)

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ehicateh In llltesihent Ralph Burnie Meinl, Eiiiill., EEE. lliho wins the heights wins not by slothiul ease. Or dalliance hy the way with merry mates. He sees at dawn the high and distant star. :Xncl through the heat and lahor of the day liorgets not, hut still urges toward the goal. This man you now greet daily as you pass- Kind, generous in judgment and in deed. XVise with a wisdom not of head alone. lint also of a heart attuned to those Uiho win their way o'er rough and weary roads- lle made his way alone and unafraid. No prop. no guide or guard to take the hrunt, Ile squared his shoulders and held high his head, Nor howed in fear or favor to the wrong. l.ook well. you lads who now deride the grind , You, too. who think that only midnight oil Can gain a man his place of public power, llere see a man well-rounded, balanced true: .X sportsman keen who pulled a lusty oar: He pitched good hall, and ran a winning race. lle loved the held and track and spreading lake. Yet spent hinisell not on these joys alone, llut led in oratory and dehate, XVas chosen both for fellowship and rank. :Xnd still uulorgotten in those halls. Look well, you whom he beckons toward the height. Remember while you gird your armor on, lligh sense of honor helped him win his light, And now he gives to you what he has won! Amee Lmnsm' Wisixu

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Illlls 6 IBPWIITE, fl- ISZI igrwihent Metzel f' Al'.Pf5f DORNE lll3TZlilQ was horn in ISHB at Merrill, Wisconsin. llis ig father was a prominent attorney who gave his son an original heritage of ability and mental energy that carried him far against heavy odds. Early in his school life he showed the splendid stulii he was made of. lie- fore he graduated from the Merrill .l ligh School in 1002 he had been president of his class for four years, two years president of the student body, and two years editor of the school paper, as well as a member of the baseball, track, and football teams the entire four years. The death of his father 'and financial reverses made it necessary for him to earn every cent of the money for his college course, but he did not waver an in- stant in his decision to lay the best possible educational foundation for the place he meant to make for himself in the world. lle worked for a year after leaving High School, and in the fall of 1902 entered the Arts and Science course at the University of Wfisconsin, specializing in political science. At the university he immediately leaped into prominence as winner of the freshman declamatory contest and captain of the freshman crew which won second place against Cornell and other big eastern institutions in the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Regatta. He kept his place on the crew squad two years, but did not allow it to absorb his efforts, in spite of the beckoning fascination of the blue sweep of the five lakes surrounding Madison. For he was also for two years editor of the college newspaper, The Daily CardinaZ,' manager of the humorous magazine, The S,b1iin.'r,' and associate editor of T110 i'Vf.S'COIl.S'flL Litzwary zllagasine. lle was chosen president of the Junior class, was junior orator, commencement orator, and a member of the winning intercollegiate debating team. Wfith all his scholastic and athletic achievements, he manifested those qual- ities of hearty fellowship which made him the desire of many social organizations. lfle joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity, which is recognized to have probably the highest ideals of any of the Greek letter societies at Wiisconsing and was also elected to Phi Delta Phi, the legal fraternity, the Iron Cross, an honorary society 2 and The Monastics Society. ln 1000 he took his A. B. degree, and in 1003 the Law School gave him his LL.l3. After graduate study at the University of California and also at his .fklnxa Mater, he went to the Oregon Agricultural College as instructor in English and Public Speaking. He immediately proved so useful to the institution that he was advanced to assistant professor and then professor of English, professor of Political Science, and Director of the Extension Division, which he organized and made an instrument of vast usefulness to the college and the state. During the entire nine years of his professorship there he was in close touch with all the student activities, and for several years he was chairman of the Student Affairs Committee. How many football men went onto the gridiron with the glow in their hearts kindled by his rousing speech at the previous night's rally! He knew the boys and their desires, ambitions, and difficulties, especially he knew those who were earning their way through, for he had done the same thing himself and knew all it meant of effort and dete1'mination. Probably no 8