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

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T f f THE 1;; cum: 1 A. V. JONES, Fowlkes, Tennessee A strong-minded and energetic student who is an authority on things Grecian and Roman. His keen insight into the work of the Class, strengthened by his subtle humor and unique philosophy incites the awe and com- mands the respect of all Who know him. Ex- pects to study law at some reputable institu- tion and eventually enter public life. H. L. NOLAN, S0. Weymouth, Massachusetts A worker always. Active in all Class matters, and long Assistant Editor of the Torch. Here also is a man Whose Very re- serve makes him the more popular, and if an energetic spirit and an earnest intention are elements of success, Nolan will certainly suc- ceed. R. W. GRUMBINE, Freeport, Illinois Here is a man, slightly dignified and re- served, yet a. student Whose gentle personality has endeared him to all members of the Class. He is a student of whom we are justly proud, and his industrious habits and generous, un- selfish ambition are sure to win for him the m fame he so richly deserves. 21

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t I 7 THE EEC EIREI l iiAD ASTRA PER ASPERA. CHAS. F. MUELLER. HW'elre beaten back in many a fray, But never strength we borrow, And, where the vanguard camps today, The rear shall rest tomorrole THE emblems in humankind flare up only when something enkindles 1: them. HThe fire in the flint shows not till it be struck,77 said the Shakespearean genius. From whatever angle they approach their HSweet are the uses of adversityfl said Shakespeare. Adver- sity calls forth the dormant powers, the talents which under prosperous cir- cumstances would have been lost to the world. Difficulties unfold the pro- foundest emotions that cause the bards to sing. Impediments incite men to hnd new ways by which man can help his fellowman. 1f Ancient Greece with all her pathos and glory were living, where could her stirring chorus find a more illustrative example than in Lincoln to chant at once his life and death and career as the prelude and epilogue of the most imperial theme of modern times? Born as lowly as the Son of God, he made the diplomatic Seward, the judicial Chase and the Violent Sumner stand aside, while his strange figure was brought to the front by unseen hands and given the reins of power. No, no one can develop into a. noble man or women without the education that comes from the struggling to overcome difficulties. A determined man is not to be kept from success. If you place ttstumbling-bloeks77 in his way, he will use them as stepping-stones and on them will climb to greatness. Rob him of his purse and he will write the HWaverly Novels.H Lock him in a dungeon and he will compose the immortal HPilgrims Progressfi Put him in a cradle in an American wilderness, and in a few years, you will find him in the Capitol at the head of the greatest nation of the globe. itOur greatest gloryf said Goldsmith, tiis not in never falling, but in rising every time we fallfl Men who are men and women who are women will, after a fall, rise with old-time audacity and with greater strength than ever before. They become masters of the situation. They defy and scorn the assaults of weakness and despondency. They become masters of themselves and thereby become mas- ters of others. til will be lord over myselffl said the versatile Goethe. theep cool and you command everybody? was the saying of St. Just. And the first duty incumbent on us is to be just unto ourselves and to know our- selves. To know oneself is to succeed. NWhat the superior man seeks is in himself? wrote Confucius, Hwhat the small man seeks is in others.,7 23 '