Shattuck School - Shad Yearbook (Faribault, MN)

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Armory to Morgan Hall are unsurpassed. Our dormitory buildings are not so satisfactory, and it is toward the improvement of this feature of the School's equipment that we are now working. A plan for the future development of the School has been prepared by competent arch- itects and engineers which makes use of the present central group of buildings as the keynote of the plan and adds other buildings for dor- mitories, harmonizing in architecture, and yet suggesting their use for residential purposes. These buildings, two in number, will be located at the east end of Morgan Hall extending towards Phelps Cottage, to which an addition is now being added for a school hospital. flliventually Shattuck and Whipple Hall will be moved from the fore- ground and the campus extended to the road west of the Chapel. The faculty residences at the south of the campus will be moved to the low hill east of the School and a wider entrance to the School grounds provided, perhaps by means of a concrete bridge spanning the ravine which separates Shattuck from the School for the Deaf. As one enters the grounds from the south there will then be an unobstructed view across the wide campus, of a facade of massive vine-covered stone buildings reaching from the New Dormitory on the east to the edge of the hill overlooking the town on the west. The tennis courts and run- ning track will remain in their present position, while the enlargement of the campus will permit of additional football and baseball fields and perhaps the location of a low concrete grandstand. 'jlThe western edge of the bluff will be left open with vistas permitting a view of the city of Faribault and the lakes beyond. The working out of this plan will, it is felt, preserve all the natural advantages of the location and provide as beautiful and dignified a setting as any school in the country can show. flThe plan as here outlined is not elaborate or expensive. It is not a visionary dream for the distant future, but a simple, practical scheme that we can hope to see realized within a very few years. fl0ur vision of the Future of Shattuck, however, is not one of buildings and material improvements alone. We shall hope to go forward equal- ly in other directions. just as our proposed new buildings are center- ed about the substantial structures that we already have, so in outlin- ing the School's development in less material ways, do we propose to build on the solid foundations of the past. We shall strive to adhere to the principles upon which the School was founded, and to live up 10

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Shattuck and the Future VERY well conducted organization should work along well thought out lines, with a definite program for the future. In a school or college it is even more necesf sary than for most other enterprizes, that there should be a plan, a policy, a vision, of the years to come. Such a vision of the future, however, should not be at too great variance with the traditions of the past. filn the period of inflation following the war the craze for expansion and extravaf gance was not confined alone to indusf trial and financial enterprises. Certain of the colleges and schools have apparentf ly lost sight of old values and propor- tions,-conservative and time honored traditions have been sacrificed to the present demand for members and magnificence. In no respect is this more apparent than in the numerous campaigns for unheard of sums of money for endowment purposes, and in the elaborate building programs which are being announced on every hand. fIIn comparison with the building projects of some of the great univerf sities the plans for the Future of Shattuck will seem modest indeed. During the past few years we have resisted the pressure to grow in mere numbers, though this has meant the loss of many desirable boys, and we have tried to keep the cost at Shattuck within the reach of the boy of moderate means though at a financial sacrifice. In line with this policy our plans for the material growth of the future are conservf ative. We have no wish to grow to such a size that we shall lose touch with the individual boy. Two hundred and fifty is the maximum number we ever expect to see at Shattuck. 'jlln planning for a school of this size we already have 1 splendid nuclef us in the central group of buildings on the Shattu k Campus. In digf nity and completeness these solid stone buildings reaching from the 9

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to the ideals which have governed its growth during the past fifty-five years. The Articles of Incorporation provide that The general pur- pose of the corporation shall be to establish and conduct a boarding school for the Christian education of boys under the Protestant Epis- copal Church. There shall be no capital stock, and no profits shall ac- crue to any member of the corporation or other persons from the bus- iness or income of said corporation. This shall continue to be our purpose,-to conduct a school for the education of Christian gentlemen, a school not for profit but for service-a democratic school, including boys from the ranch as well as from the city,-a place for the training of western boys in all the attributes of good citizenship. fllThe record of Shattuck men in the Great War has abundantly justi- fied the military training which they received here. We shall continue to emphasize this side of the Shattuck training not only as a patriotic duty, but because we believe it is also the best possible preparation for civil life. The Shattuck Plan of military training is unique among the Military Schools of the country. lt has kept us on the Honor List almost continuously since the War Department adopted this class- ification. Simplicity and efficiency are the keynotes of this Shattuck Planf, We shall work for efficiency, thoroughness, and discipline, but trappings and show will have no place in the military system as applied at Shattuck. ' flWe shall continue to believe in vigorous athletics under a system that includes every boy. Our aim shall be to develop athletic teams in which the School may have a just pride, because of their sportsmanship, as well as their achievements in winning games. HIA sound scholarship, and an attitude in the student body that places a proper value on the work of the class room will be our aim, and we shall hope to maintain a group of masters who shall be more than in- spiring teachers, who shall be sympathetic friends and counselors as well. 'lAnd lastly in our vision of the Shattuck of the Future we shall seek to preserve and to strengthen whatever is good, and to correct whatev- er is bad, in the standards and traditions of Shattuck. These intangi- ble forces are all powerful in developing what is known as school spirit -and the right school spirit is the most priceless heritage that any school can have. THE HEADMASTER 1 1 ak