Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-07
Phi, the University Council. His final


ought not to have done, and we have
left undone those things we ought to
have DONE" But now remember that,
"He that heedeth advice is greater
than he that taketh a city,"
The last speaker of the exercises was
Carroll Sherman Chaplin of Portland,
Mr.. Chaplin has q clear, forceful de-
| livery and way Of showing the au-
dience that he feels every statement
he makes. His farewell address was as
follows:
Members Of the Faculty. Classmates,
Fellow students, and Friends.
There comes a time in the life of
| every man, when he must say farewell
to the things of the past, and when
he must part with the fond associa-
| lions and the endearing surroundings,
| and step forth into strange and un-
familiar environments, to cope with
| new problems and make for himself
| Il place Of honor in the ranks of his
| fellow men.
1t has been said that every parting
| bears the image of DEATH and that
: ITO know, to esteem, to love and then
to part. make up life's tale to many a
| feeling heart"
The truth of this Is known to all.
| Is there any word harder to say, any
word which carries with it a deeper
feeling of sorrow and comes deeper
| from the heart than this word-fare-
well? No experience, however great
can make parting painless, nor help
us express what we feel.
But the word must be spoken. Mem
| hers of nineteen hundred and four, we
| stand together for the last time. Ties
| tender beyond all measures of value,
| are being severed forever. We have
| reached the sunset of our college life.
We stand upon the Threshold and
| lock beyond into the real life for which
we have prepared, and upon which We
| are so soon to enter. We must put
aside all the pleasures and enjoyments
| of the past four years, which. having
repaired impress themselves most
strongly upon our hearts. The scenes
| OF our student days, the joys, the sor-
| rows which they have brought to us,
| the pleasant friendships, all these must
| be left, to return only as pleasant
| memories.
Together we have travelled along 4
happy way, cleaning knowledge from
| the roadside, and learning as We
| strolled. Until today, our paths We're
| one, now the way divides, the scenery
| is strange, and there is no way to go
on, but by the little narrow footpaths
| which wind over the little hills and up
| the valleys, some bright, some dark, but
| all lovely and new. And each must take
his path and push on alone. Some paths
WI IA ha
seen no more, some may be near to-
gether for a while, and we may call to
| each other, but always the voices grow
| fainter and at last are still.
1t would be un1ind to depart and
| leave uneXpressed our gratitude to the
university, to whom we have looked
in years past as the chosen builder of
our higher natures. To her we are in
| debted for the truths impressed on our
minds. truths. which shall develop the
| highest type CT manhood and woman
| hood, for the implanting in each brain
| and heart of the germs-of knowledge,
| whose perfect growth shall form lives
| of success and whose fruitage shall be
| the browning of well-spent lives. She
| looks to us to bear her name abroad.
| 1t is through us and our works that she
shall become known. Upon our Shout
ders rests n share of her future great
ness. for as the world knows us so shall
| it know her. In life, a goal attained is
| but the gateway to a higher path.
whose ending in its turn becomes of
| itself another gateway, till the final end
| is reached. And so although we have
attained our goal. the result of our col
| lege work. it is not the end, it becomes
| but the beginning of another path, q
harder path. leading to the outer world,
| the world of care and responsibility.
| Our pilot has left us and soon we
must guide ourselves through the
| storms of the future. Our own eyes
must now watch the compass and scan
| the chart. Our own hands must hold
| the rudder and if we are good pilots we
shall go forth on the sea of life like
good ships. masterpieces of our alma
mater, proclaiming by our achieve
ments her greatness and her fame.
| From her encircling arms we shall on
the morrow depart to pursue the mis-
sion we have chosen in the great outer
| world.
| Farewell, scenes and places grown IA
miliar to our view which time can never
| ctface from our hearts fond rccollections.
| When the brows that now flush high with
| youthful ambition shall become withcrcu
Thy the advance of age, pcrchancc we shall
| look back. as to Il bright sunbeam amid
| the shadows of the past to this dear
place, to these wcll-remembcred faces, to
| which we now say farewell. And as we
| go out from one another into the great
mysteries of life, where the road is I'M
broken and strcwn with Snarcs. | would
| charge you as a parting word to per
severe in all things
| For l hold that it becomes no man to
nurse despair,
/ But in the teeth of clenched antagonSms
| TO follow up the worthiest till he die"
Again-Farewell.
| After the valedictory came the singing
of the class ode by Clyde Irving Giles.
CLASS ODE.
| (Tune-University Hymn)
| 1t seemeth now but scarce n day
Since first we trOd thy noble halls.
| Now at thy feet our lives we lay,
| And part to go where duty calls.
To thee, o Alma Mater dear.
| Thy loyal sons well ever be,
| And as life'S end we all draw near
May each have proved steadfast to thee