Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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- 7 ' 1 l I Q 95:9 gag. g ag? CillllllliIllllIll!l1lNUIl'l'!llUlll,f0IllIllIlil-UIINIIIIIIllllllllllllllillfllllldlilllliINHIOIYHOllMUNIllllllllNlQl'l'lllNi2 -5'-Hibrlinbibig Y ,, H ' I 'W I 1 E 1 1 6 1 1 ,311 1 .. 9 , 9 hi 15 ,1 . DEAN OF MEN g 1 - 2 E2 l ' ' f E 1 5 21 1 , E 1 E 1 - 5 1 E 1 351 3 E 1- 1 1g- 1 1 : :1 1 Q 3 1 1 E 1 1 S 54 i 5 The interest of the Dean's office is primarily in two things, the conduct and the character of if the men with whom he comes in contact. ' E '- ' 1 2 51 . , . . l '2 1 The term conduct as here used 15 a very broad one. By It 1S meant the student's actions on the 1 5 campus, in the class room, in his study. In it is involved his business relations, his social con- 5 1 tacts, his scholastic standing. There is included the student's work and his play, his ideas and 1 Ey his ideals, his ambitions as well as his accomplishments. The student's use of money, of time, of g, , influence, of capacityg these all come under the term. In short it is so all inclusive that by the i 2 Word conduct is meant the student's ability to think, his ability to express himself by means of 1 l language, as well as his ability to act. W E E . 1 E 5 1 And, of course, character is but the resultant of conduct and consequent upon 1t. We may Well i E E! say that a man is what he does though some would put it the other way and say that a 1 2 man does what he is. At any rate the two are closely connected and inseparable. 5 Z l .3 ' . . . - . . . . 1 2 2 Now lt 1S w1th these two that the Dean of Men concerns hlmself. All else 1S 1nc1dental to 1 5 5 them. How does the man behave in the broad sense in which that term is used is the question W 5 W S that interests him. VVhat is his behavior as a student, as a man in difliculty, when in trouble. E , It is therefore of the greatest importance that sudents have fellowship with one another and with , members of the faculty. For it is by means of such contacts that conduct is determined and 2 Q 1 S 1 character developed. 1 5 E X HARRY KREMERS. i Q E Q1 li gm L. , V - . , . e f.. . , - - z , . , 1 - il 0 'nl N - F' W-3 zlpicsaieimciiitelnmummmmmmIlvltilmmmmummmmulu0nmlmmmnmmmmlmammommmmlummls .hzvasmgbr ,Q -Ax i Y Y , Page 22

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