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

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Valparaim Universify, f0um16d1875, under the ramble managemenl of Brown and Kinsey, was one of the largest educational schools in Ha? country and becamr known ax tbr poor marfs Harvard.

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v E r RA man,s life Consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possessethf' The truth given utterance in this statement by Him who is Himself the Truth has been emphasized, in no unmistakable terms, by the trying and protracted period of depression through which our country is still passing. Vast fortunes have been greatly reduced; bank accounts have disappeared, as it were, over night; material pos- sessions generally have lost much of their former worth and value. While many of our fellowmen have sustained heavy losses through the past three years, the young men and women Who are leaving our institution as graduates this year have come into possession of a treasure which no financial crisis can ever take from them and Which has fitted them better to meet any emergency Which may arise in the future. A good education is one of those intangible assets which is of enduring value. We congratulate these young people up0n their good fortune, and as they now leave us to go out into life, we bid them faithfully to use the talent entrusted to them in the service of God and their fellow- men, and always to remember one of the lessons Which the bitter experiences of the past few years has taught us that ua man,s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things Which he possessethf, President