Western Maryland College - Aloha Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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S i 5 , H Missing D2190' There is, however, one page of her history that has .never been. pug- lished in the ALOHA. The present editors have found the missing page , 311 Q , . - ' - '. T h for the Salie of V31-lety, present this year a history of our alumni 6 departure may result in value as vvell asvv-ariety, for the.h1STlO1'Y Ul Hg educational institution is but half told if it deal only with dates an- 3 dollars halls and houses, campus and curriculum, professors and presi- dents, the other half is found in the personal and public lives of those who si 5 i i --ENTER HERE. 1-fi A ' ' bear her diplomas. We do not rate the value of a manufacturing establish- X ment by the size of its smokestack, but by its output, the wisdom of a , if p lawyer by the beauty of his home, but by the number of his clients: the 5 ii worth of a physician by his rapid driving and fast talking, but by the m number of patients who survive his treatment, the power of ll prcaeller by his clerical cut and pulpit tone, but by the success of his sermons and the in- l Huence of his example, so the final test of the worth of :1 college is in the 5 bl if ' 5 g. iq ii l if . . 22 . ' i li 1 l

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.-.........,.f,'v ---.AA ,,,f-- 4 ,. 3 ,, J-., -xi' 14 -, , N f-. ' - A y 7 HN , '-f f.: - -- Historical--the Hlumni. 25' 25' 25' BY AN ALUMNUS. T has been customary to dedicate this page to a history of Western Maryland College. Local historians-well qualilied because of resi- 'i A dence and ofhcial position-have annually told the story of her humble birth and marvellous growth. The Main Building erected in 1867, Owings Hall in 1871, Ward Hall in 1882 Qand again in 1895j, Smith Hall in 1887, Yingling Gymnasium and the President's House in 1889, Hering Hall in 1890, Levine Hall in 1891, Y. M. C. A. in 1893, Baker I , , . . - ALUMNI HALL.. Chapel in 1895, a Professor's Residence in 1896, Smith Hall Extension, a Professor's Residence and the Alumni Hall in 1899-all these and lesser buildings have been so accurately described year after year that every epoch in the life of our Alma Mater is well known far and near. ..21..

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- vs- .r ' V. ' F 'L i 'N'---f 1 1 V1 'J ,- ! 4 ' , Y 'V - -V , cs ., '11 , 4..L-x-,,.-Q , 4,-,, 1.-.AMN -'A ' ,li 'Y ni V, 'V - ,U txt., A character and career of the graduates. VVestern Maryland College wel- comes this test, for her weightest endorsements are her children. H Large Family, Beginning with her first class of graduates in 1871, and closing with the class of 1902, we count the names of two hundred and fifty-eight men and two hundred and seventy-eight women-total, five hundred and thirty- six. Compared with some colleges-hoary with age and heavy with INTERIOR OF BAKER CHAPEL. endowment-this numerical result may seem small, but since our college is of tender years and has no endowment, the size of our family is the source of pardonable pride. But we do not rest the highest value of our Alumni on this plebian problem of addition and multiplication gs we mount to matters patrician. H 'Citled Family. We challenge any college of our age and number to show as many titles and degrees. Though mere titles of honor are like the impressions on ..23.