Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-23


character evermore publishes itself
True friends! Amid all the dross of
pride and ambition and worldliness the
pure gold of friendship lends its lustre to
human life. No one can be called poor
who owns the priceless possession of a
friend, loyal, constant, true.
In the course of six years Of the init
mate relations of college life, surely ties
have been formed which shall largely in
Auence the future. Although we shall
make new friends, let us never forget the
old ones. Let us always be loyal and
true to the memory of our college friends
and college associations. In Shakes
peare's words we find the secret of the
whole matter:
This above alto thine own self be true,
And il must follow, as the night the dav
Ihou canst not then be false to any man"
Classmates, be earnest, be selfreliant,
be true! Years have been added to that
strange magic tree called Time since we
began our work together, and we come
today to examine the fabric we have
woven, the work we have have accom-
pllshed. We are proud, vet sorrowful.
Threads of tenderness mingle with those
of JOY i'll the web of our work as the even
ing of our college life draws near. All
the past years have been sheltered and
peaceful. Behind us the path was an oft
told tale and we knew every step of the
way. Here it leaves the sleeping shad-
oWs and stretches wide and lirnitless be-
fore us. Why must we enter it at all?
Why may we not go on content to learn
and leave all the hard problems of life for
others to solve? The answer is obvious
School days are only preparation DAYS
for life i'll the world which claims us.
They are to teach us the true meaning of
character as they form it by imperceptible
degrees. Ones education can not be
measured by the years passed under the
fostering care of an Alma Mater. Each
year work has shown us how meagre
are our attainments, and how limitless
are the possibilities in the world of re-
search and accomplishment Henceforth
1t remains for us to instruct ourselves. and
by reading and study to keep the mind
refreshed and vigorous. Our teachers
shall be of our own choosing. To us it is
given to select those things which shall
influence our lives. Let us acquire the
habit of gaining some knowledge, some
power from everything which crosses our
path.
Ruskin believed that a love of nature
possessed an influence ennobling and re-
filming over human lives. 1t IS strange
that every heart is not touched, softened,
spiritualized by the wondrous beauty of
this earth. There are, however, souls full
OF poetry, souls which can interpret the
manifold voices of nature, yet which new
er commune with the Father of their
spirits; whose feelings are alive to every
charm of the natural world, vet to whom
every earthly flower is swectcr than the
roses which bloom on Calvary. Such are
scarcely pursuing the real object of life.
They are not following the one stream
that is pure. They forget the one aim
that is noble. Then in our eagerness for
knowledge and light let us not forget the
Great Teacher "in whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge"
The most obscure yields some influence.
What has ours been? We must have
added something to the life ofeach of our
or have taken something
away.
so stream from its source
Flows seward how lonely soever its course
But what some land is gladdened No star ever
rose
And set, without influence somewhere. Who
knows
What earth needs from earth's lowest creature?
No life
Can be pure i'll its purpose and strong in its strife
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby"
We shall not weary our President and
his associates with expressions of LOYALTY
and gratitude. We have tried to express
such sentiments in the past by faithful
use of their patient instruction. and in
the future we trust our lives may speak
i'll honor Of their precept and example.
Classmates, dear friends, what of the
future? When our paths diverge shall
they ever meet again? We hope so. We