Geneva College - Genevan Yearbook (Beaver Falls, PA)

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The Genevan '20 IlllllilltlltllIlllIIVIllillllIlllVltllltllllIIIIIIVIIltllllIllllltllltllllIlllIltlIllllllIlllIllllllltlllililllllllllll llill VIillItliIIllllIlIIllllilIIIliIllllilllilllllllllltll ROBERT CLARK, A.M., BD. A.B., Geneva Collegeg Chicago University. A.M., Princeton University. Professor ol' ,Ethics HARRY II. WYLIIS, A.M., PIALD. A.B., Muskingum. A,M., Ilzirvzn'd. PILIJ., University ol' Chicago. Professoi' of Philosophy, Psychology, and Eduenticm ROBERT C. COLWEIJ., PHD. A.B., University ul' New Brunswick: IIurvzu'd3 Univer sity ol' Cliicugo: University ol' Pittsburgh. PHD., Princeton University. Professor ol' Mztthemzitics. Physics, :intl Astronomy illl i n i Il nun: Iiltlllt illllllllll il Il It lltlillltll Itllll ill I llIlllllllIlllllltlllII!ltllllltIlltlillItltllltltllltltlIliltllltltIlllllllIllltllllltltlIltltllltllillililllt . Twent y-nine

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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

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