An Address to the Graduating Class of Wallamet University (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Address to the Graduating Class of Wallamet University We are met here to-day to confer upon you the laurel crown awarded to those who have successfully run the race set for them by their Alma Mater. Laying aside the habits and habiliments of pupilage, in the presence of these sympathizing relatives and friends, this day, you may be said to assume the toga virilis, and with it the duties and responsibilities of manhood and womanhood. We greet and congratulate you upon reaching this goal of your youthful ambition. We heartily welcome you from the narrow and secluded vale of adolescence, to the wide and varied region of adult life. As fellows and co-laborers in the battle and work of this world, we give you the right hand of fellowship, and cordially bid you God-speed in your endeavors to realize the bright dreams and high hopes which have attended and sustained you through the years of study and preparation for this important and joyous occasion. Having equipped yourself for the journey of life, you will soon bid farewell to these familiar halls and groves, and join the ranks of the great caravan of humanity that is ever toiling across the deserts, over the mountains and through the valleys of this probationary world, on its way from time to eternity. As you pass along you will encounter the memorials of the diverse generations which have preceded you, and may learn from them how to shun the dangers which beset your paths, and to make your lives worth of commemoration and example. Amid the din and tumult of the busy, eager crowd, some of you may soon disappear from sight, and never be known to fame. Others will doubtless gain the van and go through the world in the front rank of the column. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.