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Now we meet to do thee honor, 



And to own our boundless debt 

 For thy fostering care and precepts, 

 "Lest we forget, — forget." 



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We are proud to be thy children, 



Proud of thy great v/ork and fame, 

 Proud of noble men and women. 



Who have labored in thy name. 

 And v/hate'er of riches, fame, or power 



We bring, as here we meet, — 

 We gladly and most proudly 



Lay all down at thy feet. 



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Fifty years ! A half a century 



By the cycle of the stars; 

 Fifty years of upward striving 



And the path no failure mars. 

 Of thy progress through the decades, 



Men with wonder hear the tale; 

 Now v/e hail thee in this triumph, 



Our Alma Mater, hail ! 



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