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'Syn rw , SJ!!! 164 xx x W!! I 3 992. 'gag Q v 3-f : 155915 H5-Y' 'E' :- iZA?:S,'3? lsr. fu .Cf .gee-Jar. VV e X Velo CLASS DAY ADDRESS BENJAMIN BULLOCK .JAQUES ARENTS.'l'ea.el1ers. lUllQlGl'g'l'ELtlU2lf0S. and Friends z-The Class of 1915 extends to you a, hearty welcome to its Class Day exercises. , Altliough we have looked 1iO1'XV?l.1'Cl with great longing to this day since we were freshnien. at its a1'1'iva.l our joy is not unniixed with sorrow as we realize that this is the last. time that we shall some together as the Class of 1915. ome you. our parents. 1l1l,'011g'll whose untiring ettorts and patience we have enjoyed the advantages of a high school course. Oni' greeting is no less cordial. to our kind and helpful teaczliers through whose guidance we have been able to Complete the Work of the last four years. VVe welcome the undergraduates to our closing exercises with many good wishes and hope that they will ever uphold the honor of this school. Last but not least. we cordially weleonie you, our friends. who honor 'us today with your presenceg for without our i'I'iends, Class Day would be incomplete. I again lieartily welcome you all a11d hope you will ever bear i11 mind the motto of the Class of 1915:- VIRTUE CONQUER-S ALL.
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CLASS ORATION W A R ? JAMES FRANCIS MCGUINNESS, Jr. Q HE workings of nature have sometimes been likened unto the doings of a. giant. Eaiwliqiiakes and the eruptions of volcanoes are often charged to the restless moves nv ,Nm of an unseen spirit. If we were to hark back to the songs of Grecian Mythology countless legends of Giants If! ' would lead us to believe that the spirits of ancient fable really existed. Homer would have us know that Jupiter was a spirit inoarnate. Colossal works of nature constructions are said to be the abodes of the gods. The hurricane is sometimes pictured as being the passing of the windl god. while the tornado was believed by the Greeks to be the handi- work of Neptune. And so down through the space of time. the imaginations of some fertile brain have spiced the literature of centuries. 1 am going to tell you about the doings of another giant. This one has not passed into the opaqueness of elapsing years. but, on the contrary. has been clothed. fed. harbored and even stimulated into activity' by the hand of man. In ancient times. this giant made a few foolish mortals believe he favored them, and history sums up their eareers in a few brief lines. The brother giants of the one I have in mind have all passed away being annihilated at the hands of Education and Religion. This last one. however. was not to be caught so easily. and being a, cunning and farsighted individual. he allied himself with his henchmen. Ambition a11d Lust. Ambition was not so easily won over as might be expected. and for some years was inideeided whether or not he should array him- self with this titanic monster. By mutual agreement our giant and his henchmen. were to meet upon the banks of the sea of Ages. Let me pieture the scene to you. Ambition. tall and stately. clothed in robes of purple silk, paced to and fro awaiting the coming of his strange fellow beings. His limbs were neither large or muscular 17
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