. Sargasso. —---a v]MA% - x ^HAfS 1 ^%n ^ ■■ jftTnn D, II wk. jjfv 5w> 0 1 LJT1 ■■ »tE wBt 1 iW k . 3BB Of nature <il its best. Twentj -eight **nNm| f ir-r? wi ■ Spread out around us is a broad stretch of beauty. ALUMNI TheSargasso Wltat % iEarlljam spirit 3s 1917 It \v;is March the seventeenth, nineteen hundred and a table in Hotel Sherman a group of enthusiastic men andwomen were meeting for the seventeenth annual banquet of the ChicagoEarlham Association. Into the midst of this conservative assembly, un-biased by the nearness of perspective that has hampered the prese


. Sargasso. —---a v]MA% - x ^HAfS 1 ^%n ^ ■■ jftTnn D, II wk. jjfv 5w> 0 1 LJT1 ■■ »tE wBt 1 iW k . 3BB Of nature <il its best. Twentj -eight **nNm| f ir-r? wi ■ Spread out around us is a broad stretch of beauty. ALUMNI TheSargasso Wltat % iEarlljam spirit 3s 1917 It \v;is March the seventeenth, nineteen hundred and a table in Hotel Sherman a group of enthusiastic men andwomen were meeting for the seventeenth annual banquet of the ChicagoEarlham Association. Into the midst of this conservative assembly, un-biased by the nearness of perspective that has hampered the present col-lege generation in their interpretation of the Earlham Spirit, the directquestion as to what that spirit really is was dropped. The replies werevaried and personal, yet they present an underlying general trend that isinteresting. A few of them are quoted below. The Earlham Spirit is one of co-operation, loyalty and love whichonly Earlhamites can appreciate. The Spirit of conscientious am. earnest effort toward a fuller is the spirit of Christianfellowship. The Earlham Spirit is thespirit of fellowship that teachesus to see beyond ourselves. Faith, Fellowship, Spirit: true com-radeship of friends, the joy ofbooks, the inspiration of beautifulsurroundings. The epitome of brotherly lovein practice. An intangible warmth offriendliness. ®ltr tEarlljam Bpxvxt Mark C. Mills, Editor16 Sargasso. College spirit by many people is most often visualized in connection withthose more r less forced demonstrations of student enthusiasm that are sostrongly reminiscent of the time when the leader of the pack mounted ;islump and the members in unison howled at the moon before starting onthe hunt. Then there is that other story-book conception of the loyal alumnuswho on all possible occasions wipes a tear from his eve and murmurs:Ah, the honor of the dear old college. Of course in real life a man of this kind would never live to be an alumnus, lie would


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