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

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22 Volens et. potens ELMER FUN KHOUSER Classic and Professional Vincz't, qm' se m'ncz't JAMES H. MORRIS Classic and Professional

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21 manent International Court of Arbitration to Which all nations may have recourse for the settlement of their disputes. Since its creation many cases have been submitted and both satisfactorily and amicably settled. It is to be hoped now that in the near future an International Congress shall be estab- lished, necessarily with limited and advisory powers at first, but Which, like the congress of our own Ccnfederation of 1781, may in due time develop into a truly great legislative body, capable of dealing With all problems of inter- state and international concern. At the ter-centenary celebration in Burlington last month, President Taft congratulated himself on having heard uttered those sincere expressions of good Will and the promise of a lasting: era of peace, as came from the accredited representatives of England, France, and Canada. Although we look about us and hear the cry, just as the Greeks and Romans did, ttBring us back our golden age l-the good old days of our fathersW yet we have men to-day Whose lofty and towering geniuses, like that of the cosmopolitan Agricola, drink in the love and beauty of great and excellent glory more ardently than cautiously. The time has come for men to 100k onward and upward for the ttg'olden agell; for, though the race moves on slowly and at times somewhat reluctantly, yet it is building a Hmonument more enduring: than brass and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids.,, When men are looking for a higher meaning of life, civilization must advance, and the republic is the highest form of civilization. Why should the race look back or bow down to stagnant pools When it is possible, through persever- ance, to approach freely to the crystal spring-heads of perpetual peace? Well did Tennyson express it When he said: ttMen, my brothers, men, the workers, ever reaping something new: That Which they have done but earnest 0f the things that they shall do: For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw a Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill With commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots 0f the purple twilight, dropping down With costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nationsl airy navies grappling in the central blue; For along the world-Wide Whisper 0f the south-Wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging throt the thunder-storm; Till the war-drum throbtd no longer, and the battle flags were furlld In the Parliament of Man, the Federation of the Worldf,

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CLASS POEM. LOLD PICTURES IN VALPARAISO. RAY ROSENBLATT. Oh, kindly Muse, Pray don,t refuse To guide my faltering meter, But fit these feet Some day to meet The approval of St. Peter. Should that good saint Not hear my plaint, And judge this rhyme imprudent, I still shall pray My humble lay May please each Classic student. Then hear thou mee Calliope: Receive my invocationy Make clear the wow tThough thoughfs preferredx In true and right relation. When years have fled And marked each head With Old Timets Whitening flnger, On Memoryn wall Of our classmates all Full many a scene will linger. The softened haze Of olden days Will beautify the pictures, When Memory leads, For 10! she needs No painterts brush and mixtures. OF Valpo town, Of Kinsey, Brown, And more at Learningls portals, Who hand draughts out From Wisdomts spout T0 knowledge-thirsty mortals. That building Old With its crust of mold As harsh as any cough is, Its decrepit air, 'ts tread-worn stair, And its thronging, ancient office. WIrile just Without, A11 strewn about, Lie trunks and bags and caseme The endless stream Of those who deem TLis Valpo best of places. Harkpethe dinner bell ! A11 flyeoh welle For they are hungryivery; And the breakfast rush For milk and mush, With remarks incendiary. And those Who would Be thought so good They went to Chapel-service; A speech, a prayer, Announcements there, tPerchance it made you nervousJ And as they pass To change their classe A bright-hued long procession! Then maid with man Might walk a spana A brief but dear digression. Still doth t1 at lake Sweet pictures make, And rest for those who labor, Where one may see The youth so free A, himself doth love his neighbor. All these and more Make up the store Of fancyys Vivid limnings; But one most dear in a class-room here Called tt six, had its beginnings. Twas here we sat in Greek and Latin, Learned worth of Wisdonfs ways 0- Ver those less Wise, In kindly guise, From the Sage of Valparaiso. yTwas here wetd go And strive to know Fair Truth in staid appare1,e In Logic Wan, 01' P01. Econ. MNOW take that apple-barrel? Such imaged views Shall live, Oh Muse, And when we,ve gone far hencetll Fill each heart With works of art Clear sketched by Memorye pencil. N0 gilded frame Their charms Will claim,e Theytre set in depths thoracic, And prove ,tis fine In naughty-nine To be a learned Classic.