Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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After our obstreperousness as Freshmen, we were speedily ushered into the more dignified stale of “Sophomorisiii. True to our motto of originality, we established a precedent for future classes, as to the uplifting and inspiring effect of submitting one's self unrcsistedly and stoicall; to a higher authority, the U v of the I.and. Our names will go down into history, as great and noble examples i men who were willing to sacrifice individual rights for the good of society. Yes. even after the present generation has passed away and is no more, our names will be recorded on the city registry of Trappe as good and honorable, citizens of our country. I hit now that the follies and foibles of our self-satisfied Sophomore days arc past, we enter upon our first real work. New fields of vision are opened to us. and we, for the first time, realize the immensity of the intellectual life. As Sophomores we felt that we knew everything necessary to be known. YVe now see the limitations of pur mental horizon. 'File road leading to the Elvsian field of knowledge grows wider and wider before us. By means of Logic and Econ •mic theory, our minds are broadened until we arrive at the last year of our college course. W'c are at once ushered into the depth and subtlety of Philosophy. Through Ethics we mount higher and higher, until in Metaphysical theory, we soon soar among the clouds. The lower classmen maintain that we have suddenh taken dignity to ourselves. But. Oh! ye lower classmen, how basely yc misjudge your superiors. But wait until ye have attained unto the Senior year, and ye will realize that dignity conies not by effort, but as the natural expression of a life spent in the contemplation of lofty ideals. But while we, as Seniors, are in many respects superhuman, we will have one human quality. YVe are still vulnerable in one point—our class pride. As mortals we fully appreciate the homage shown us by the lower classmen. The open-mouthed admiration of the Freshmen; the half-hidden worshipfulness of the Sophomores, and the grudgingly given praise of the Juniors, have all been recognized and accepted as a suitable offering to the shrine of the class of 1905. Fong 111a} she live in unity of motive and oneness of purpose. May she still pursue an ideal unit} long after her real relations have been sieve red. YVe have had a great influence in the past as active moving factors at I rsinus. May our influence still go on. and as citizens of the world, mat each perform his task as willingly and as ably as he has while in college. When we, as a class, have been separated, may we still be one in the strength of character, the uprightness of principle, and in the pursuit of high ideals, inculcated into our very beings by our Alma Mater dear. 28 Historian'.

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1905 GLASS POEM. JOLLY ami Tree. O Class, are we; We have carried our youth and jollity Into the realms of History, Into the depths of Philosophy. We have climbed the good old knowledge tree, And always found her fruit iO be Wisdom. Fellowship. Love and Jollity; The great rewards of industry. Some think us all Frivolity, That we are drunk with Jollity; But in our hearts, if they could .' ee. Are grand thoughts and a noble destiny. Soon in the world we’ll be Loaded with care, all at sea; For help, 11 05. we will look io thee. And may your motto ever be. Wisdom. Fellowship, Love and Jollity. POKT. 30