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-% :i ^ i A. > ^ \r,f: •%. t.^^^ *''^ •^4^ '^•<^ "*•• ;a.ft<j sii "K *.'** .^•*^.' . »i M. r^^ <j?;,*' ^^^«^^V^ BOOK -.^^^^^ THE LIBRARY / \- % OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE 1 Haverford, Pa.) the gift of Accession No. / "" T" "^ ^ NOT TO BE TAKEN FROM THE LIBRARY. ^ t. " ' Loci: Hi Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/haverfordianvols13have ! PROSPECTUS OF The Haverfordian. 1. Vol. I. HAVERFORD COLLEGE, SIXTH MO. 25,1879. No. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS. and unspoken communion of our minds with yours has secretly Delivered by John H. Gifford. of the Class of '79. guided our thoughts and actions, shaping our lives,—we thank you fortius. To you, now, but not to the influence of your lives and the name of our Class and, much more, in the name of teachings, we must say, Farewell 1 our Alma Mater, to whom is due the honor for all success IN Finally, Classmates 1 the moment for the granulation of this and interest in this, the closing exercis-e of our course, little cell has come. The tissue, that has bound us together, must again, friends of our Class and College, we thank you here be broken. Each of us must now become, by himself, a for the kindness of your presence. We wish to ask that, for a few nucleus. Where each may be cast, to what organ he may be moments, you will favor us with your patience, while we here bid attached, if only his proper growth and function be not hindered, farewell to so inuch that we have held and must always hold makes little difference. Let us, however, remember this : nowhere most dear. in the world is individual influence so powerful as in our own free And, first of all, Fellow-students, w-e e.\tend a parting word land, nowhere so great as here is every man's responsibility for to you,—you whose entrance among us we have watched so the welfare of his fellows, nowhere is good and evil in such open carefully, that, for the first few d.rys, our anxiety may have been conflict. The principles of our government are the hope of the to your minds almost a burden, and was. indeed, a selfish feeling. hope our nation is in the integrity of the people, world ; but the of What difference time has made in the relations between us is and. most of all, in the transcendent power of the great and the better felt than told. Our interest in you hereafter shall be not good. Let us, while we strive, feel that the fate of the world is less strong, but nobler. If our hopes are not deceptive, we shall resting on us. all belong to the same society in the world,—that of the good and And, Classmates ! it will not be strange if, in the fields of life, useful. There we shall await the realization of expectations we find the garlic growing side by side with the violets and the which your qualities inspire, — the fruit of your eftbrts here. daisies. The world, too, may give us a tossing now and then, one Confident as we are of the fulfilment of your highest ideals, the more severe and no less useful, perhaps, than that with which we thought of separation becomes to us one of merely giving way, were favored by our immediate predecessors. If it is the means of that you may advance to greater usefulness,—a pleasing, not a making wisdom follow knowledge, let us take it with a smile. In solemn thought. Only the memory of past associations springs this as in everything, be our motto, " This and more." up, and gives a tinge of sadness to the final word which seems to ..." All e.^perience is an arch wherethro' break forever the connections between us as we say, Farewell Cileams that untraveled world whose margin fades We turn to the guardians and protectors of our Alma Mater. Forever and forever when wc move." Gladly, were we able, would we acknowledge, were it only in But our hope is in the future, our joy is of the past ; it is words, the the to her, she owes to you. depth of debt we owe passing from one to the other, from the known to the unknown, This, for as for of children, the work of our lives us, all her which makes our sorrow now. The memories of the past, uncalled, must prove. feel indebted, however, not so much for the We spring up to testify. The societies, the studies, the sports, the knowledge she has given us, as for her training of all that makes walks, the friendships, the place itself and all about it, a hundred suited the the ; for fostering she has to man that care which recollections deeply engraved upon our minds, arise to swell the fullest freedom. She seems to have imparted a share of the throng. Happy the thought, we have not these to lose I The beauties of her self the character of her sons, now outward to and sweetness and influence of these memories, immortal as our minds, to smile in silent satisfaction for the usefulness and integrity of nothing can remove. We arc to relinquish only the objects from their lives. With a fond desire that your reward in us, as in which they spring ; and now to these, many as they are, and dear, them, may be great, with gratitude for your generosity, with with feelings of sadness subdued by hope, we bid one fond confidence in your wisdom, with honor and with respect, we bid you farewell ! Lovely and benignant Mother, Classmates, all. Farewell 1 Farewell 1 But to you, our professors, for your eftbrts, for your interest, for your advice, what shall we say ? Like a child before its College work has two values. It has what may be called a benefactor, wc arc dumb with gratitude ; certain that the gift is knowledge value, or the benefit derived from the knowledge great, but unable yet to prize its worth. This the experience of obtained ; and it has a disciplinary value. Of the two, the latter the future must teach us; that shall more than atone for the is by far the most important ; there is a popular tendency to inappreciation of the past. underesiim.ate this disciplinary value, and to measure things by If there is aught in us to-day more than at the beginning of their knowledge value. Thus there are many erroneous opinions certain our course, and you know what it is ; if we have learned to dis- as to the importance of certain studies. The motto of a tinguish honest doubt from skepticism, means from ends, true training-school— contains the whole idea of education in a nut- from apparent blessing ; if we have gained a stronger faith, a shell, " Power, not Knowledge." This does not mean that mere nobler love, a loftier aim, —for this we are grateful to you. knowledge is to be despised, but that it is trivial as contrasted with the If you have been merciful to our faults ; if you have given us the power obtained through a conscientious discipline of a mortgage on the future, to bear interest forever; if the intimacy mental and moral powers. ! THE H A V E R F O R U 1 A N . THE HAVERFORDIAN. which appointed a committee to consider and report on the desirability of such an enterprise. Upon making a EDITED BY favorable report on this point, the committee was con- c . \v.. Tow:N'SEND. A. P. CORBIT. W. A. Blair. tinued, to report a plan of organization, which was, with c. Hadley, Business M;anager. Walter little change, adopted. In accordance with this plan, SiihseripHon PWee, One Copy, One Tear, $t..'!0. the Loganian appoints the business manager, and each The Havhrpordian is the official organ of the students of Haverford College, atiJ of three societies one editor. These are to have entire is published monthly during the College year. control of the paper for the year, and are alone responsi- Literary communications should be addressed to the editors. Advertising rates, 10 cents per line, agate. Special contracts made upon application ble for anything that may appear in its columns. to the Busine.'^s Manager. To those who feel a special interest in our new enter- prise we would say that we have every reason to believe EDITORIAL that our paper rests upon a solid foundation. It has the efforts college journalism at Haverford THE at heart)' support of the entire College, Faculty and somewhat spasmodic in the past. have been students, and we are sure that no effort will be spared to Annuals bearing the name we have chosen, make it a success in every respect. others with the sprightly title of " T/ie Haverfordian, The Although our plans are not entirely matured, we think Grasshopper," and perhaps still others with other names, it safe to say that The Haverfordian will be issued on the have from time to time been issued, but we know of 1st of each month during the college year, and will con- no attempts to publish regularly a journal at shorter tain twelve pages, about the size and form of this pros- periods. pectus. We shall take care that the quality of the paper present management will begin, with the com- The used and the mechanical execution shall be unexcep- mencement of the next college year, the publication of a tionable.

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