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1914 shall become a plu s sign, not a m inus one. T h a t he or she shall
iep resen t as nearly as possible perfect manhood and wom anhood is a n
other dear wish of m any Chem aw a friends who will w atch them as they
take th e ir places in th e world and its affairs. W e w ant them to be al
ert to do th in g s—real th in g s—and above all, to do rig h t th a t th ey m ay
bear a good nam e and keep C hem aw a’s banner unsullied.
From this d ep artm en t—th e p rin tin g office— are four who are m em
bers of the class. All of these you n g m en will m ake good. T hey have
stuck to th eir posts in the shop th ro u g h thick and th in and have proved
their m ettle. T hey have been of our num ber for m any years and we
th in k we know them better than most people and w hen we predict th a t
they will succeed it is a prediction based on first-hand know ledge. If
they should fail we will be surprised as well as d isappointed—but we
do not for a m om ent im agine th a t one of them is to be a failure, not
one. In closing we desire th at all m em bers of the class shall feel as
sured of o u r interest in them and of our good w ishes w herever they
may be.
T H E P A S T YEAR
Few of us are conscious of the fact th at the world moves or that we
progress, so gradual and sm ooth are the w orkings of th in g s—earth ly
and hum an. D uring th e past year Chem aw a has shouldered her af
fairs and moved ahead. W hen we look back we can see th a t great
progress has been m ade, but d u rin g the passage of th e year we failed
to see or realize the progress th a t we were m aking. But little by little
we were accom plishing th in g s, step by step w alking ahead, g ath erin g
up and add in g to th a t w hich we already possessed, un til at the end of
th e year we find th a t we have had m uch to deliver. On the w hole it
has been well done—all responsibilities well m et by both academ ic and
in d u strial departm ents.
.we
u P°n the fu tu re we see m ore and m ore clearly the
possibilities for great achievem ents w hich are vested in Chem awa. T he
horizon is presented in b rig h t colors— m uch of good is in the prom ise
ot the fu tu re. H u n d red s of y o ung men and women are to be prepared
toi th e ir life w ork at this in stitu tio n , later to become citizens of this
great com m onw ealth. T h ere is no nobler w ork in all the world th an
th a t of educatin g the youth of th e land.
A sense of pride possesses one w hen he takes a glance backw ard into
th e history of Chem aw a. T he record is a good one. All over this
braad land of ours will be found men and women who at one tim e were
here and who are a credit today to them selves and the school. W ho
can blame us for feeling proud of our record—did we not glory in it we
ourselves, would be un w o rth y . W e believe it fitting at this tim e to
call attentio n to these th in g s.