Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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2-54- R., :E Y , in wa ' ' 'W ' EE: : H1 1 l E l . 5: : E E . t 1 -- ,Maki :E H HSM E M J ii 'Q -fill. Illllyymulx 'lf ,Mun 001150 'M' N1 ' .,,, Ii ' 1... flllgrw, ' I W I. 'Mn 'I r-v-ii. Center Hall was built in 1857. The campus entrance which frames it was built in 1963. Thus the picture on the preceding page symbolizes Wabash: a school that is strug- gling to synthesize the best of both those eras-the best of the old and the new. Wabash is old in its outlook, since it is an all-men's col- lege of liberal arts, at the same time its outlook is new, since it is of high academic caliber. The key belief of Wabash is almost a paradox: academic progress is best achieved when a context of tradition is preserved. This approach produces excellent results, but also tensions: how much old and how much new are a perfect combina- tion? The story of these tensions, and how they are being resolved, is the story of Wabash in 1964: a school in transition. 4- Q-if Q 'I' fl! iv'

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Wabash is buildings, books, tools of education both old and new. It is first of all a place to learn. It exists as it is because for 132 years its people have agreed that a curriculum inherited from the past is an excellent way to equip men for the fu- ture. But exactly what to learn-how to learn it -from whom to learn-all are problems that face the Wabash of today in a very real, acute, and special sense. The traditional and modern in education do not always blend smoothly.