Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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SENIOR CLASS POEM, A little band We put our hand To write our name, but not in sand. And by the love Of 190.J, We ever shall be proved to stand. Vet once again I take my pen In hand to write a little, when Mv thoughts go back Along the track Of college days not spent in vain. We've wandered o’er The beaten shore Of knowledge, where the waves of yore Have their pearls cast Which we at last Have found, to keep forevermore. When dark the sky. With courage high Wc shouted out our battle-cry, And side by side, What e’er betide We forward march to do or die. How soon we'll glide Upon the tide Of life's great ocean far and wide ; Rut evermore Shall 1904 Within our memories abide. 24

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A SENIOR HISTORY is almost an epitaph; it is both a chronicle and a benediction. It is an account of the fourth act in a drama, whose fifth is long and uncertain, and in which even the actors wait for the curtain to rise with expectant hope and anxiety. The short, happy years of college life pass rapidly away, and only at the end do we realize how great an influence has shaped our lives; how vastly our ideals and aims have changed. Our mental horizon, gradually enlarged as we climb the hill of knowledge, seems wide when compared with our narrow outlook, standing tip-toe in the valley, and yet our present point of view only shows clearer the heights beyond. To consider that the end of college life is but the beginning of real effort is the purpose of the Class of 1904. As a class our history has been uneventful ; gradual development without violent crises affords little historical material. Small in number, our class has taken active part in all forms of college life ; we have borne extra burdens because there were so few of us to labor. Seldom has a class been so scattered. The Coeds, like Gaul, divided into three parts ; the proctors policing the unruly “ preps the Reverend at “ Sclnvenksville,” and the remainder, including “Brownie,’1 sojourning in the East Wing. For this reason our history is more the record of inner changes in our individual attitude toward life and knowledge, than an account of that intangible, yet real essence, “ class spirit.” Yet, our class possesses a unity—unity of purpose to do something, to be something ; a determination to realize our motto and to be a credit to our Alma Mater and to ourselves. We have come to the parting of the ways. As we look back we realize how trivial have been our past troubles when compared with the problems of life which confront 11s, and we resolve to meet new duties with renewed effort, knowing that, We fall to rise, are battled to tight better, sleep to wake. Historian.

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The Seniors. Go where glory waits thee, —Moore. Oscar Davis Brownijack, ....... Classical. Parker ford. Pa. I approve of the youth who has something of the old man in him. Ursinus Academy ; Manager of Book Room (i , (2), 3); President of Class 2); President of Schaff Society (3); Second Prize in SchafT Prize Debate (3); Member of Library Committee (3), (4); Treasurer of V. M. C. A. 1 4); Manager of 1904 Ruby 3); Class Historian (3); Honorable Mention in Junior Oratorical Contest (31; Assistant in Biological laboratory (4); Manager of Ursinus Weekly 4); SchafT; Ministry. Alma Julia Clamkr, ....... Modern Language. Collegcville, Pa. Coquet and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected. Ursinus Academy; Chaminade Club (n, (2); Captain Second Basket-Ball Team (11; President Zwinglian Literary Society (4); Honorable Mention Zwinglian Declamation Contest (1 1; Assistant Editor 1904 Ruby (3); Assistant Editor Ursinus Weekly 3). 14); President of Modern Language Group (4); Zwinglian. Raymond Garfield Gkttel, ...... Historical-Political. Shippensburg, Pa. “ Greatness knows itself. Cumberland Valley State Normal School ; President SchafT Literary Society (4): First Foot-Ball Team, Quarter Back, (3), (4); First Base-Ball Team (3); President Historical-Political Group (4 ; President Monday Night Club (4); Class Historian (4 , Instructor in Academy (3 1, (4); Literary Editor Ursinus Weekly (4); President Ursinus Union 14); Member Inter-Collegiate Union (4); SchalT ; Teaching. Harvey Stauffer Gottsiiall. ....... Classical. Schwenksville, Pa. I play the good lmshaml at home. Perkioinen Seminary; Class President 3 ; Treasurer of Class 12), (4); Assistant Editor 1904 Ruby (3 ; Member of SchafT Prize Debate Team (3 ; Assistant Librarian (4); Teacher in Academy (4): SchafT; Ministry. John Ezra Hoyt, ....... Mathematical-Physical. Hammonton, N. J. He i the very pine-apple of politeness. Hammonton High School; Class President (11; Second Foot-Ball Team 1 ; Glee Club (1); Sophomore English Prize (Half) (2); Class Poet (2); Bulletin Staff (2); Assistant Editor Ursinus Weekly (3); Editor-in-Chief Weekly (4); President Zwinglian Literary Society 3); Vice-President Audubon Science Club (2), (3 ; President Mathematical-Physical Group (4); Instructor, Ursinus Academy (2), (3), (4); and Summer School (3); Zwinglian; Teaching,