Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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WALTER A. ZAUGG mens agitat molem nihil quad tetigit non ornavit ALBERT WEDEKING

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27 fame. T0 13nd this plant he has searched the depths of the wilds of Africa and South America, and has at last found it in Florida. The name of this plant is known only to a few, but was told to me the other day. It is ttThistle-downt, t0 feather the nest of Brown and Brown. Charles A. Coburn has attained great success in his line of work. He has built several large factories for the manufacture of large balloons and air ships, and has succeeded in finding a new way by which Hhot ail may be supplied for a continuous trip around the world, Which he shortly expects to take. And this same supply does not affect in the least the overflow of tthot airti from the supplying individual.

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29 TOAST RESPONSE AT ALUMNI BANQUET WALTER A. ZAUG-G. R. TOASTMASTER, Ladies and Gentlemen: Again the best wine is being served at the end of the feast. To me has fallen the lot of detaining you for a few moments in order that the luxuries which have been partaken of may find time to reach equilibrium. Some folks even object to speeeh-making, but I have found as much displeasure in silence as in talking. There are times when both are painful, and I feel at this moment that the pain is mutual. A young boy who was very inquisitive once accompanied his father to market with a load of hay. On the way the father urged the boy to keep quiet in town lest the people should think him a fool. After reaching the end of their journey, the old man left him in charge of the load while he went to find a buyer. After he had gone, several men came up and asked the boy if he desired to sell the hay. The son kept quiet and uttered not a word. The gentlemen repeated their question, but the boy was firm in his silence. They at last became vexed and exclaimed, HYou little fool, if you don7t want to talk keep your hay? and walked away. When the father returned the little fellow, in a much discouraged mood, said, uDad I kept quiet, but they found me out anywayW So I thought it matters little whether we talk or not, you will find us out anyway. In presenting you the merits of the Classical class, I am representing a family of loyal children. We have remained under the protection of our Alma Mater the longest. Others have allowed the hustle and strife of life to entice them from her walls, yet we remained obedienthsacrifieing what seemed to them temptlng in order that we might go out into the world as bachelors of a higher degree, not excluding even some of the most aged of the Scientific brethren, or any of their dear Profs. We are not many, but it is not the much- ness of things that really counts in this world, for we are taught that even the hairs of our heads are numbered. It would be unnecessary for me to tell you anything of our childhood, other than that we came here, many of us becoming students of science. In this department our work was of such a nature that some of the teachers even desired to have us remain with them another term and we gladly responded to the encore.