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sure. The p^ood in it should be retained and the evil expunged in order 

 that the lawful ambitions and opportunities of many of our people shall 

 not be crushed bv the unjust methods of these institutions. 



Fellow graduates, I conjure you to stand by the individual in the 

 social struggles that are going on. Keep within his reach the incentive 

 for activity, for education and for commerce, the developnu'ut of the 

 liberal arts and all that goes to make up a free and active man. Fight 

 against socialism because it enslaves the masses and brings all men to 

 a dead level; the lightning of genius never strikes a dead level; it only 

 bits points. 



The value of individual ambition is too great to be sacrificed to the 

 commercial demands of the age. Ambition ruled by reason and religion 

 is a virtue. Unchecked and maddened by vanity, avarice and covetous- 

 ness, it is a vice. Ambition is opposed to communism. ''Every round 

 in the ladder of fame, from the one that rests on the ground to the last 

 one that leans against the shining summit of human ambition, belongs 

 to the foot that gets on it." It believes in ev^'y man striving for what 

 he has. "In the intellectual world, it says to every man, let your soul 

 be like an eagle. Fly out into the great dome of thought and learn the 

 truth for yourselves." No man could ever rise in his profession, trade, 

 or occiij)ation having no ambition to reach its higher p;)ints. Like 

 every other gift, it is the abuse and not the use of ambition's tire that 

 leads to erring. Kept within proiJer bounds it is a noble quality lead- 

 ing to perfection. 



REFORT OF THE NECROLOGIST. 



MRS. r. B. WOODWORTH, '93, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 



Fellow Alumni and Friends: 



Again have three years rolled away and we gather here to renew 

 once more the hai)py memories and associations of our College days 

 and to wander, as of yore, about its ever beautiful cam])us. With the 

 hnpj)iness there also comes a tinge of sadness, for always as we look 

 the faces over and inquire for all the dear old friends do we find vacan- 

 cies in our ranks which will never more be filled. And so it is but fitting 

 that, as we come together again, mention should be made of those whom 

 the Angel of Death has visited and taken under the shadow of his 

 wing. This task, hai-d for any of us, seems doubly so to \m\ for so 

 closely has my life been interwoven with the life of the College that 

 the death of any alumnus is in almost all cases the loss of a personal 

 friend; and it is with heavy heart that I look the list ovei'. Since our 

 last meeting twelve of our number have answered the last roll call and 

 gone to their eternal rest. Uut we thank (^lod that the lives were true 

 and useful and that the memories which they have left behind are dear 

 and honored ones. Their usefulness could not end in death, for always 

 will theii- example be felt as an inlluence for tlie good. In several cases 

 have the deaths come from lingering and incurable diseases, an<l these 

 h*\\e been borne in a spirit of greatest cheerfulness and resignation. 



