Ashland University - Pine Whispers Yearbook (Ashland, OH)

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Every good business produces something, and as a business it is judged according to the commodity which it produces. Because colleges deal with such intangibles as cultural development, technical proficiency and mental acumen, it is difficult to esti- mate the value of the work done by them. The case for Ashland College could be set forth in employment records, scientific and artistic achievement, and other attain- ments of its graduates and we know that such a record would be enviable. The phase of this work of education with which we are concerned is the activity of the students, for it is through these activities that we learn. The Class of 1940 is the second to graduate under the Ashland Plan, a system of activities and a program of education which recognizes the manifold aspects of the development of the indi- vidual. The Ashland Plan, inaugurated during the presidency of Dr. C. L. Anspach and continued now under the regime of Presi- dent Mason is based upon four general principles. |. That edu- cation is a matter of growth and development. 2. That students have varying rates of growth. 3. That students have varying experiences and backgrounds. 4. That education may be made more complete with the use of supplementary agencies. ''The best way to learn is by doing, is an old maxim that is proven in the fourth phase of the Ashland Plan. Page thirteen