. The Monticola. sed to mine withall its luster and beauty upon everyone as he took his stand in the arena of class seems to have been the Joshua of its time, for it has commanded thissame star to shine on until everyone had put his enemy to flight. And it obeyed. And now as these wars are all over and the enemy, both mental and material,is strewn on the desert waste—as nothing else is in sight here to conquer—let usplace on this brow of knowledge the mortar board, fold our black, but not mourn-ful robes about us. and silently steal away to the presidents chair, the congressrmans s


. The Monticola. sed to mine withall its luster and beauty upon everyone as he took his stand in the arena of class seems to have been the Joshua of its time, for it has commanded thissame star to shine on until everyone had put his enemy to flight. And it obeyed. And now as these wars are all over and the enemy, both mental and material,is strewn on the desert waste—as nothing else is in sight here to conquer—let usplace on this brow of knowledge the mortar board, fold our black, but not mourn-ful robes about us. and silently steal away to the presidents chair, the congressrmans seat, the orators platform, the bankers counter, and the lawyers library. 47 And when we have reached the highest eminence <»n the pyramid of success wewill hold high the torch of fame that yon too, my underclassmen, may see itsBickering light and tread in our footsteps until you have reached the pinnacle ofperfection. So endeth the reading of the works of Those who Know and Know that They Know. I/O. I i i TheB^jf— No Sir. nor yet 4S d UN!


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