The Gavelyte, May 1908

71i THE GAVELYTE, ---------~----------------- riatPS the b·>autiful prn:,sibilities of your nature; and though it as quickly recoµ:ni;.;Ps wherein you fa ll short, yet though you disappoint seventy times RPVen, this friendship will' not fail. A true friend ha8 merits that are not our1,. We must re~pect those merits and give them room to mount up and Pxpanct We should, in a mP,a,;ure, worship his superiorities . We must wish him not. less by a thought, but hoard and tell them all. The annals of hiRtory hand down the names anrl storhs of several remarka– ble pairs of friends . But above them all stand Jonathan and David, exhibit– ing- the most disinterested, self-forgetful and end uring friendship, which en– nobled each, and was begun on ear th only to be consumated in heaven. Yet another element is sincerity. A friend is a person with whom we must be Rincere. Surface polish and culture may draw admi ration, it can never win and hold the love and respect of our friends. There must be at the bottom character, or even in externals we do not please. "The tint of the flower proceeds from its roots, and the lustres of the sea-shell are a part of its existence." The gist of noble friendship is the culture of the in– dividual inner life of those who partake. The soul of our friend thus become:os the door through which we entrr the society of all good and pure souls, the beautiful gateway opening out toward heaven; the shining ladder on which we climb upward toward the Supreme Friend, the Supreme Good,-even God. The Story of Brown's Refortnation ..· It iR in the year 1920, old C. C. is now in the zenitti of her power. · The old village has become rejuvenated J..iy the spirit of the orange and bl ue. It is a great day for Alma Mater for around her are gathered the sons and daughters whom she fostered and nourished to noble manho,)d and woman– hood- sons and daughters who perhaps since their graduation have been strangers to her. The annual commencement h3.s just taken place and some thrl"P !--CnrP men anrl women have bPen sent out to do battle tor the glory of their Goel. Upon the great coll£>ge steps, there sits a group of men all in a bright gleam of life with smooth strong ma:;culine faces. It is a strange crowd for a,- I remarhd many alumni were present that day. As I come Rauntr ring clown thr walk - for no longr·r can we cut arrm,:,; thr campus-I