The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28


Dear chums Of mine, do you recall,
When college had begun,
The gladness of that glorious fall
And how we spent the "mon''?
The days of cheer the days of beer,
The days Of 81.
Wen sing once more the days of yore
The days OF 81.
Dear maids of NINE do you recall
When first my heart you won,
There were no lights in Roble Hail.
But, oh, such loads of fun?
The days of dark, the days of spark,
The days of '91.
Wen sing once more the days of yore,
The days OF '9l.
Dear Major Profs do you recall
The night, at set OF sun,
We met. when each had made his haul
Where vineyards and pathways run?
The days of scrapes, the days of grapes,
The days of 81?
Wen sing once more the days of yore,
The days of '9l.
Dear college, now good-by for all
The four years thread is spun,
And yet the folies recall
We would not have undone;
Those days when youth came seeking truth
The days of '91.
Wen sing once more the days of yore,
The days of '91.
DR.. George E. Howard represented the
pioneer faculty on the programme. His
able remarks commanded the utmost at
tention throughout. He said:
1.-THE closing of the Pioneers history
is a great event; great in its signif-
canoe to all concerned in the found
ing and building up of this univer-
sity. Do we appreciate the tremendous
significance of the founding of great in
stitution2 The University of Paris
of Europe. There is greater honor
and significance in founding a
university than in building many a
State, because the influence of
such university as this is eternal
and always for the good and right.
Where shall millions be employed to bet
ter advantage? The interest shall accrue
for unbroken ages.
"The teachers calling has high sane
ton. He stands for social right
eousness and intellectual rectitude.
In the moment when I entered
upon my active work in the classroom the
possibilities of the future flashed before
me in second and / was almost over
whelmed.
When this trust was imposed upon our
president he realized the significance
thereof when he contemplated the posi-
bilities of nineteenth century culture, and
the duty of putting aside the old, the idle
and the traditional, and in outlining the
policy of the future and selecting CO.
laborers to assist him.
"There is no special merit in being first
o. hQ ctn I,,f
great privilege. What have we done
with it? Have we nurtured liberty OF
thought? Have we realized proper ideals
of culture? What type of character have
we developed? Are they men of great
ness and strength; Of thoroughness and
modesty2 Would that every one of you
might be like Chaucer's knight-gentle in
spirit, but lion on the eve OF action.
"Your work of the future will fall under
three classes. 1t may be material. You
may be employed in developing the ma
terial resources of the country. Or it may
be social; the possibilities OF work in this
field should fill you with jealous enthu-
siasm. Or it may be intellectual. Learn a
lesson from the Old World, and avoid being
too much engrossed in material things.
Cultivate leisure. Combine labor and
leisure and your lives will be productive
of their utmost capacity"
John f. Sheehan Jr., one of the popular
| leaders of the class throughout its career,
| assumed the task of drawing up 1855
Last will and testament" His wit and
humor, wrought into legal phrases and
technical Technology, were entertaining
In the extreme. His hits were ali local.
The event of the afternoon folIowed-the
unwilling of the handsome brass plate af-
fixed to the tree. 1t is an elegant design
in brass, and contains a cavity in which
will be placed the class roll, class history,
| class minutes and class picture The plate
bears the simple words: Dedicated to
| '95-the Pioneer class" James T. Sanford
president OF the class, cut the cardinal rib.
bons and released the silken cardinal veil
accompanying the act with few appro.
pirate remarks. George Toombs, presi.
dent OF 96, delivered the response:
| This tree, which the class of ,95 has in
| trusted TO the care of the class of ,96 we ac
| cept, and shall hold it as a rememberance q,
our old-time rivals and at the same time oul
| very best friends.
| AS long as Stanford shall exist, do not be.