Geneva College - Genevan Yearbook (Beaver Falls, PA)

Page 27 text:

The Genevan '20 lllIllllllflIlllllIlllllfllllllIlIllllllllIlllllIllllllllllllllIllIlllllIllllllllIlllIlIIIIIIllllllllIIlllllIllIIIIIIllllllIlllllIIIIIIIIIlllllIllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllll I he Qlullcge Quart BY Piaissinewi' R. ll. lVlAR'r1N ln last year's Annual the writer ventured the prophecy that the college year l9l9-1020 would be Geneva's banner year. lime has proven the prophecy true. ln many respects it has been Geneva's best year. For several years past the war had seriously interfered with the work of the college. The loss in students and members of the Faculty had been heavy. Col- lege standards had been lowered in more ways than one. This year ue are getting back to a pre-war basis. College life is again normal. First of all, several members of our Faculty, who had been given leave of ab- sence to engage in war service, are with us again. New members have been added We now have a Faculty of which we are justly proud-a Faculty which in scholar- ship and teaching ability has never been surpassed, if indeed it has been equalled. in Geneva's history. The efficiency of the members of the Faculty, their co-opera- tion and self-sacrifice have been important factors in making this a banner year. The Board of Trustees recently gave expression to the Faculty's service in a way which I am sure the latter will appreciate. The year is marked by additions to the College curriculm. New courses have been added in History, ficonomics, Physics, Chemistry, Education, French and Spanish. The Board of Trustees recently voted to divide the Department of fidu- cation and Psychology into two separate departments, to add new courses in each. and to place these departments Linder two teachers instead of one as heretofore. A chair of linglish Bible has been established. The Extension Department-a department in which College subjects are taught in evening classes by members ol the College Faculty-has grown this year beyond the growth ol any former year. ln the number of our students also this is our best year. Geneva has always placed the chief emphasis upon the School of Liberal Arts. The attendance in this school for this year is 280. Last year, including the 95 men in the S. A. T. C, it was 246. ln the last four years, it has increased from 152 to 280-an increase of 84 per cent. ln all departments-in the School of Liberal Arts, Music, Public Speaking and the Normal School---the attendance this year is 5-fo. We are fortu- nate not 'only in the number of our students, but also in the character of our student body. lt is our banner year in the number of students in our graduating class. The thirty-six Seniors who will be graduated this year will be worthy representa- tives of Geneva in the great world of affairs. Their capabilities and College spirit are attested by this Annual which has been prepared and published by them. lt has been a favorable year in the extra curriculum activities. The annual contest between the Literary Societies has been revived, stimulating literary work as carried on by these Societies. ln lnter-Collegiate Debate, Geneva won in three contests by the unanimous decision of the judges, and lost in the fourth by a majority decision. In athletic contests also the year has been very successful. We have won the majority of our Foot-ball and Basket-ball games even though most of the opposing teams were from schools much larger than ours. Yale and Prince- ton were on our Basket-ball schedule. The religious element in Education has always been emphasized at Geneva. We believe that The Soul of Education is the Education of the Soul. ln view of llllllllllllllllIIllllllllllllllIIIIIIllflllllllllllllllllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllIIllllllllllllllIllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllfllllllllllllIlll Twenty-seven

Page 26 text:

GeneUanllllT?0Il ll lllllllllllllll I I I lllll I I I I IllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII RIYNWICK l-IARPER lVlARTlN,'A.B., DD. ' Presidmzt of the College' A.l3., Geneva: Columbia Universit . y, D.D., Westminster C ll 1 Professor Ql Bible and I I llllllllllllllllll Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I 0 Cf.,C. of Political Science IllllllllIIIIIllIIIIIIIIl II Ill I lll I II I Il IIII ll ll IIIIIIIII II IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII llll Twenty

Page 28 text:

The Genevan '20 lIIllIIllIlIlllllllIIlllllllIIllIIllllIIlIlllIlIIIllllIlllIIIIIIlllIllllIllllllllIIIIllllllfllIllllIlllIllllIlllIllllllllIIllllllllIllIlIIllIllllIlIIIllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll the Forward Movement in the Churches and the great need of college trained men and women to carry out the enlarged program of the Churches, more than usual emphasis has been placed upon the religious this year. After a week's preparation, a series of special religious services were held. A number of vesper services have been held on Sabbath afternoons. Frequently outside speakers have been brought in to present the claims of Christ and the Church upon the life and service of our students. That these efforts have not been without effect is evidenced by the fact that many of our students have signed life service cards, dedicating themselves wholly to the Master and promising definitely to seek to discover llis will concern- ing their career, and having discovered it, to carry it out. At one time it may have been true that Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other made a college. That time, however, is past. Physical equipment is no longer unimportant. Geneva has made great advancement along this line in the past ten years. This year progress has been made. The removal of the library from cramped quarters to the two large rooms formerly occupied by the Christian Associations, where there are ample accommodations for books and magazines, for reading and study, has materially increased our facilities for good work. The addition of over 3000 volumes to the library within the year is worthy of note. A new wireless instrument has been installed in the Science Hall. A dor- mitory annex has been purchased. An agreement has been entered into by which the late j. L. McCartney property, adjoining the Geneva campus on the north, will become the property of the college The McCartney house has been moved to provide a suitable location for the new dormitory for young women. This dormi- tory, to be known as McKee Hall in honor of Mrs. M. E. McKee ol' Clarinda, Iowa, whose generous gift made it possible, will be a fine three-story stone struc- ture with accommodations for eighty-five young women. lt is now in process of erection. The body of the College has been well looked after in recent years. lt is now time to make adequate provision for her soul. ln the near future it will be neces- sary to add several members to her present teaching staff. To secure and main- tain a liaculty, sufficient in number and unexcelled in efficiency, will mean more for Geneva's progress in the immediate future than anything else that can be done for her. ln the next few years the endowment must be doubled if not trebled. Something has been added to it this year, but our hope is that plans already under way for increasing the endowment will result in adding to it many times the amount added this year. No resume of the College year would be complete without a reference to the loss sustained within the year. l'n one of his books, Newell Dwight Hillis says that the character of Washington is worth more to the United States than all its territory lying west of the Mississippi. Geneva's greatest asset is not in her build- ings and endowment in money, but in the great and noble men who have moulded her character and held her true to the ideals and purposes for which she was estab- lished. One of these noble men, our beloved President Emeritus, Dr. W. P. john- ston, who for seventeen years was the honored president of the college, left us this year. The candlestick of his life was of beaten gold. He loved Geneva as he loved his-own soul. He gave her the best ol' his life. lrlis sacrificial service has not gone without reward. Today hundreds who have come under the moulding influence of his personality, teaching and friendship, rise up and call him blessed. Though dead he still lives in the lives of those whom he has inspired to better things. lt is fitting that this Annual should be dedicated to him. May Geneva ever keep his memory green! lllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIlllllllllllllIlllIIlIIlllIllIlllllllllllllllllflllllllIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllll , , Twenty-eiglit