Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-06-14

mat tnlrty years cOulu pass,
In this brief time since daily we
Assembled in the class.
And stand we all on sloplng ground
For ever switter still
The wheels of time 60 whirling round
And rush US down the hill.
Look just ahead, times farthest shore
We see abrupt and steep;
Where we must all give this life DER
And take our final leap.
What have we done in all these years?
Has each one conquered selfp
Gained solid worth through tolls and tears;
Or only sordid pelf
The greatest man in any score
Is not who owns the Earth
With knowledge, stocks and bonds galore
But who has moral worth.
Boys strive with all the might we can
AS on through life we pass
Since Devil take the hlndmost" man;
Was the motto of our class.
So press ahead and bear III mind.
TO keep US ever pure;
For if we funk and lag behind
The devil will get US sure.
Just like a roaring lion It's said
This fellow with horns and TAIL
Roves round to catch the slow and bad;
No help can then avail.
Let all be true and valiant men
Strike hard and fast for right;
For one can chase thousand then
And put the Devil to flight
A business meeting followed lunch, at
which the publication of the Glass History
upon which very considerable amount Of
work of compiling has already been accom-
phshed by Messrs Wilmer, Conlyn and Bos-
ley. The matter was placed in the hands Of
the following members, appointed a COM
mittee on the work: +. Nj. Wilmer, Thos A.
Conlyn, e. w. Byrn, H. p. Cannon, Chas.
+. Cassell.
Tie last formal act of the reunion was the
photographng of the Glass in front of the
Glass Tree in the campas.
Notes on the Reunion: The under gradu-
atcs on several occasions called for the Glass
of '70s yell; they were informed that back in
those days each member Of the class made SO
great and so continuous noise that formal
class yell would have been dangerous ex.
pertinent.
A sentiment in verse lay beside
each plate at lunch; failing to secure all Of
them, we give that at the writer's plate:
Turn to the press; its teeming sheetsturvey,
Big with the wonders of each passing day:
Births, deaths and weddings, forgories, fire
and wrecks,
Harangues, hailstones, brawls and broken
necks.
IT'S said-,hat Joe Fighter got eighteen
to thirty letters Immediately upon his return
home Why
The class is unanimous and eloquent in
praise of Tom Conlyn's splendidly arranged
programme; to his energy, forethought and
good taste may be credited the very crafty
ing success of the reunion.
A second time the Carlisle Club accorded
the Class entree to their well appointed club
rooms on E. Main st., each member having
been presented with card. 1t was grace
full act on the part of these gentlemen.
DR.. Chas. +. Hines honored the Class by
giving marked evidence of his regard; he
spent much of his time with them and again
accepted the prefer of place IN the Class
photograph.
For the first time since 1870 the members
had the pleasure of meeting Prof s. d. Hill
man, SAMMY" and that only, in those days,
In 1895 1t was claret punch; in 1900 it was
High Ball-rye and scotch-Fac,le deseensus
etc.
Tie absence ofNed (Judge) Bddle in Paris
(he is one Of Pennsylvania commissioners
was felt it was the one missing chord in the
general harmony.
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