Excerpt from Duquesne Monthly, Vol. 19: October, 1911 In a few moments we shall have finished our Commencement Exercises, and where all is now light and joy and gladness, there will be only silence and darkness, with these painted imitations of nature looking down upon the scene of our closing scholastic endeavors. Thus comes the end to our college life. So also must there come a similar end to all human attempts and achievements, for the end must come with time, and tonight we are forced to bow before the unrelenting hand of time which is ever hurrying us on towards the inevitable goal of our destinies. Our existence here on earth may be formulated into two great divisions - the preparation for life, and life itself. In most cases the success of the latter depends upon the merits and the qualities of the former. To-night marks the successful climax of the preparation for our struggle in the broad arena of life. Although the change from the theoretical college life to the practical problems of the world, fills us with a natural temerity, yet, on looking back over the years of our preparation, a feeling of confidence arises in our breasts that dispels all the fears that the vision of the untried world conjures up within our hearts. We stand solidly upon a preparation of years of study and application - a preparation begun, molded and completed under the guidance of most conscientious professors, men whose sole, unselfish aim has been to lead us to the heights of knowledge through the paths of truth, honor and justice, - to instil into our hearts a love of what is good, to influence us with the desire to possess knowledge, not for the sake of knowledge alone, but that we may be of some use to our fellowmen. 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.