Excerpt from Oration Before the Alumni Association of Haverford College: On the Occasion of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Opening of Haverford School, Tenth Month 27th, 1883Fifty years have now passed since the doors of yonder hall were first thrown open to students, and Haverford School com menced the work it had assumed to do. So commonplace have anniversary celebrations become of' late, that we might well shrink from the observance of this occasion did it not so impress our minds, and stir within us deep feelings, reviving pleasant memories and evoking glorious hopes, that we dare not deny ourselves its pleasures nor withhold from thee, our Alma Mater, the tribute that is thy due. We come, not only to deck thy brow with well-earned Chaplet, but recognizing that so many of us - thy sons - have attained the full strength of manhood, we come with Open heart and hand to enter into sympathy with thee, and to promote thy work, thy life, thy mission.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.