Athens State College - Columns Yearbook (Athens, AL)

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' T-r ■;Tr MA D OF ATHENS 924 , «-f Ma KJ ' It must not be forgotten, however, that educational standards and re- quirements are being raised every year. This is true not only so far as the student is concerned, but is even more true of the school itself. Some of these standards, in the case of the college, are artificial. For instance, in order to be recognized as a standard college, laboratory equipment must have a certain monetary value, rather than a certain practical value. The library must hve a certain number of volumes, regardless of their value to the stu- dent. The endowment must be a certain sum of invested money, regardless of the willingness of consecrated and competent teachers to disregard standard salaries. However much we may depreciate these conditions, they seem to be unavoidable and the college must keep pace with the times. We believe that because of its proved value in the past and the present, its friends and particularly its alumnae will give it such loyal support that its usefulness will never be curtailed and its glory never dimned. Our prophecy is that future generations as well as those who have gone to rest, will continue to call its name Blessed. GEO. W. READ.

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«Hcjeatec3 - . n ■-■■■-■- U1 U0 OF ATHENS 1924- |pT c- - gT y ALMA MATER Athens College, mother dear. To thee we make a vow That we will love thee always As we do love thee now. The blue and gold of our College Home Makes us love truth and worth; So. Alma Mater, we will sing Thy praise o er all the earth. A pioneer in your work, You won for yourself a name. Your daughters carry on thy cause. And help to spread thy fame. Now may our lives a blessing prove Each helping to honor thee. Thus showing. Alma Mater, dear, That we are true to thee.