University of Oregon monthly., May 01, 1908, Image 20

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train, fell overkon its "side. The freight engine went over on
tap of it; The cars adjoining the engine collapsed completely, „or
were thrown from the track, while the-rear-of .the train ploughed
its way nearly to the ’defnölifehed- ^engines. 5,5 !
I t was 'one "of the nastiest wrecks'ft,e ver Seen on the Glenn’s
I'erry division., tiA mountain of bp^.paj^w as piled upon the track,
while wreckage ywA^.s^strewnaroundr the spot for a hundred yards;
traffic was tied up ^ r twenty-four hours. And on£ man was the
cause of it
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a result of t{ii$ wreck there wef^, three, promotions ip, the
Glenns Ferry division. Twoi to the position öi engineeT 4n‘d ,‘ one
to that.,of fireman.,
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^onnelly was unhurt, but he didn’t remain Iqqg enough.to be
“fired-” ■
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W" To the College Graduate
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H A T part will the student of the American?University take
in the solution of the. social problem perplexing the na-
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tion?, H e,, who for .over twenty,years has been the récip­
ient of the unstinted favors off^pCiety; at , whose-feet society has
laid „down dfs. ' choicest, treasures and its highest efforts in art and
literature, science and philosophy^ ;-?Should he use his acquired abil­
ities to crush deeper and deeper into the mire the already over­
burdened, of .the land; to climb the. ladder of fame and fortune upon
the sbould„e£S/.of his fellow-men ?
thrice" no^' Freply has he
received, „freely should he give his‘ noblqs^ and best to the uplift
of his,fellows.,.
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Then in the name of justice, truth, and liberty; in t|}e name of
suffering hum anity; in the name of the Master Servant of thé
,ages? beholding in full this human inferno, may ,the çpllpge student
do his part in blazing forth to society the intricate pathway of social
progress,; and in leading the people onward toward fHe -golden
.age.of. humanity—the universal brotherhood of men.”
. . 7--Ë[àrry W, ‘ Eaidler.