QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1913 . In M emoriam ^ J HUNDRED and more years ago. a ploughshare tore^^^ from its place in the field a mountain daisy. .Myriadsr ^ *« since then have perished, unnoticed in the Winterschill, but this one is remembered because it perished still in itsflower and beauty. The kings and statesmen of that age willdoubtless become mere names, shadowy figures in the backgroundof histor)-. but the memory of the little daisy may linger till thehuman heart has ceased to mourn for the death of youth andbeautv. It li\es because it fell by cruel circumstances before itstime. A sparkling
QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1913 . In M emoriam ^ J HUNDRED and more years ago. a ploughshare tore^^^ from its place in the field a mountain daisy. .Myriadsr ^ *« since then have perished, unnoticed in the Winterschill, but this one is remembered because it perished still in itsflower and beauty. The kings and statesmen of that age willdoubtless become mere names, shadowy figures in the backgroundof histor)-. but the memory of the little daisy may linger till thehuman heart has ceased to mourn for the death of youth andbeautv. It li\es because it fell by cruel circumstances before itstime. A sparkling wit, a brilliant mind, a generous heart, adelight to his friends, and an honor to his Alma Mater—this wasPaul Schenk. Frail of body, he suffered, yet smiled and madeothers happier. He put to shame many of us who bore a lighterburden with a heavier heart. He blessed us with the heroic cheer-fulness that the daisy had; Cold biczc the hitter, biting XorthUpon thy early humble birth:Yet cheerfully thou glinted forthAmtd th
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