Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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I I I I I i . I I I I I I I . I I . - I I , I I I I I I I I I i c. J. A. ERICSONA C. A. SMITH. 3 friulh ill urrh is a friruh ilmsrh. I I I I.

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, ' EnrhrI-u-Sl. 1912 FW 31, MGrceaftw Augugtamag 9 rWritlen tor the Rockety-I hy Dk'. E. F. BAM'HOMJMEWJ FHVH'I'ANLA t'ullwr amt 'l'lmulngit-ul rs't-min: tho, Jllllllini'vllf. HIM 513' of its frir'nr has H't'cillh' Imen L'm'ivhml hy SLHPI'HI nulL-n'm'thy dmmliulls. Hint cm . ,J the IJL-nknmlm Mummiall HIAHIl-Y Imlliltting. :1 gift nlt thr- lJt-nhlmnm 'f'mnily ul' Jiul-I; lslnml. This was quickly Inllnu'mi hr n hmhu'sl. nu thv Imlt hf HID Ialc Hr :ztnr t2 J. .L Jiricxum, uf Bnum. 1mm, amounting to $7 'y thruugh i,mm. $16.00!? at wlnvh u'ns gEVI-n nu mmiii :Eun Hm! the instimlinn I:Ii.-'l' nu t-qnul .411m,and i.-' intemiml for tho g'lll'lnl :Iluhnrmunl J'uml. I'lmn l'uIJilIhu-III of HM: almm cunditiull 1hr: IIMI, t'. A. Hnliih nl' llimr-ulx-nli' Minn? h 'L'r-cully prnlniieul lhu unilogu su-uritius mnruunting tu $,Q.UUU. thl- inmmc of which ': to he tIL-mhld tn the pln-vhnsv uf hanks I'ur Ul ' liht'my. huu- who 10 us nlwnliL-itml mill :nr tht- first I'luils ul' ;1 1. utm- inheritance in stare for our institution. If: is perhaps too early to tell what these gifts mean to us amt to our u'm'l: in this school: we cannot turn: an adequate ustiumlc ui' their real value and hearing in 2111 divertinns until they cam he soon in the perspective cult time. Still svvt-ml things mine to mind as we give our thought to the :uuhjutt. Timring the various points at outluolr. it is apparent that the int 'mII develop- nu'nt of tho imtitutinn hart rmvhml :1 kind nf Cl'iMS stage when.- ' uatinn from the problem was either to go I'm I rd into a new epoch 01' prog '5 in its work 01' tn stand Still and try to keep what had been gained in the you gone hy. But to stand still is in reality to fall huhiml. hat how nus it 1w JIO for the work to -'-'0 forward when there u'L-r! cminglhx' ilmtpt-mhlc rhltivullic; rm all sides? At this moment tlwre tame, :15 it were, a t-lL-:I.1 ruitu fmm heave: .aying, Win for- l'l'm'idmltc hnd s70 nnhqrd events that WC were literally u'm'rl Ir rompth'cl to go I'nru'nrd and tn occupy the larger l'iehl. the land of lumnise, u'hit-h halt hcun 011011011 up hufnru us. While the inturnat Ilurclo'unwt 01' our work w glauhlalllhx' juing on for :It Iczmt titty t-t in Ilmtion in Intel ' Ilcl external Inm'e- mcnt mnong thu l'I-ie11r1s of tho sdmul which has lately materialized in tho sjewral nuvnificcm dnuatfnns ahuve nwmioned. What do thest- donations mum tn u Tim; mr'rm eru'm-zwm'. Expaminn is the keynote of mu- prvscni; situatiuIL A larger Angushmn in the thnught uf evel'yhodv. It is in the air we breathe, we fuel it tingling in the blond, we hen? snumls nt it. from CYL'I'y rinnl'tm'. WD see it in the life of the school, we read it in the farm; of the entire student Imrtv. it rings clear from v t-ln 00m. We do not despise tho d nmnccintc the nuhlc and heroic W01 h years. there was Till E t'! I! The lecture stand 01' we at snmll things. We lit'Qill-t LDf mars: gnu rnulh lgallr hunt it butter 111ml 1hr frllmu ml 1hr iull.

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rhuii' hy l l'uHii- HI! hmm i unri limin- l'nr lth-ii' Illist-Iiisli lIx-rw Hull In HH- ml 0 mul l'ul' lJu-il' :Ii-iIiI-i'viiil'llis UI' l'mlli imrl HIIIE iii- Lin;r inil, Wis 01' llw pl'lisr-IIL ,L'PDPHIHUII hurv I-nit-ri-Ii iniu iihv iilv hoiii'mlr'c wllii'h Liu- lalun's Flnfi iim; ril' l'Iw jJiOIIISH'h' mmlu wasihlo. WHEN snwcul ihv szrwl nini m: 11ml; ilw lmrw-il. Hui. m: irniihl III' III mm: to Hit! lil'llst t'unnilii'lrrtl ln mii' immls mid u'miM llmsc worthy IliHHL ra if n-v Iiirl uni. ilnprm'u, ruilzii'gu 21m! i-Jiimhh- HM! heritage WI: haw: rm- riishnnur m-zi. u'r: u'iiiilrl JH'UVD tnii'grlvvs illanithflli sli-wnrris, llnL using 'rli'ifjiiii lhu iillleills giurn lib. Thu SHIH :mli daughters ril' Aiigiislnnn iiish tn hzr faithful in HlL'iI' tailis Llii-i' appreciate the situntiun. lhvi' am iliix'c In :1 sum.- nF lim Imusi- hilili' mid lilll-y. And s0 ili llnrs mum whmut llmi: nui' srvlmni family luls Iiiu-nnsvinmiy enti-rori into the spirit 0f the new H'a. J-annigo- M the work illi nmi :I .Ihiiinn mi 1111- m-u' 1' IIIan 01' smpv. l'Xll'JlSilitl ni' inIItlt'llr sln-nglhunii 7x HEIIHLI' nil El. lim-s is Ihr- Illiilu- ii tinnre that we f'llt'l'irdl fur the future. 'Jilu-y H'I'H' in stimulate larger plans. in Augustaim. Thu wnorous t'lunntimis we have n i-n'cul Ill' H'hiv tn I'calizv, 211 h-nst in pant. ilil- hopes nm'l : ' nwukvn thought; ul' mum liiil'lzli Hlil'lg'Q ml the wilt of those u'hu hurt: in r-lmrgc Hie mamngmnont ui' nll'airs; they scru- tr: lift the y Jinn, wiriun the Iim'iznn, ulul liH ihv mind with an inspiring riainn 01? greater things than ham: 'i'l-l' hccn achieved. With the iictm'y of Manila Buy the Amelu-zm nnl'inn entered upon a new cm ill its histnr 3 mi cm of LWEIRJISIUIL nul. the expansion OE E' itory. lint the expansion of ideas and of iuiiucim-t cm of the great wurhi IJIJWI'i'S. So with the hoslmvmvnl' nl' Hun: ru'ml gil'L- Iii' gL-inrrnus i'l'iCiHih' Augusbiiia Ihnlivg'u 21ml iFluorilngh-ill Ni-min i: :IIIDUL in t-ntur mm a hirgg'or Iifv in whiL-h ils 'IIIHYCI' fur gond :unnng thu rvgcnm-ating greatb il'or'c-Uil and multiplied: :zntl iLs iniluvnw fur r-unsui'mtii'v methods in cducaiinn and religion for sound flovtrine, for a health; and uplifting: forces: nlf nui' grunt muntiy will he ii :Iriu'iii-jl. 15113 l'UtlHll SPILHIIIPIII. l'm' IIigh-iunmi. illll'lligt'llli inltrinlisliL :Irlri itnl' I-iTiI-imrii a-l-I'rh-I' iii t-IIIII'r'h. Eni-ivii' :IJHI shill- will In- illlllll'Hr'lll'FIFIl-V iuxlrmlml. They mmn Em,w'0L'f'!l umlii Wis of wt; The mere presence on the millwgo rumpus n1' :1 IIHIfJDifiFL'IIt library building with its mmm- Inmlul mitlinc ', its chime stli'iv nl' mwhitm-tm'o, ils elaborate equip, IIIL-iii's in HH'IF nn H in our st'imnl life of fill reaching consc- qurlm. . Jt crcaL an atmosphere which everybody l'cols and which Hvlmflli: i-nn whist-rilnc. Tn Iii incl to work in this atmosphere is to ml hh-ssing of a now rcnai nee. It sets new new mathn for the snhltirm or those proh- - of culture and a potent stimulus to a An institution with such an in- ition oI noblei' ideals and in Ling wai zimi means l'm' realizing these iiiu:li.-'. Aml so It; Ilmut that Um gil't nl' am new lilini building moans 01' us ill'lIlI'UYufl nu-thmls of war . JIt-i'L-nl'tm' we could never again carry on our work :Is wi- Iliri hal'm'e this gift t- 'IiL' in 115.. 'J'JIL-n, tum: a lingu anti beautiful illlll Wl'll equipped I'cnr'ling and Id L'II mom in the midst nl' 0111' coilt-gc community is a center ur patent iniiucncus in nmLiil'inIg the spirit and Character of our srhuol work. SuL-h an agency has :1 direct iJiHIK-lIr-c 011 the instruc- tion of the class room and on the general spirit of the institution in all of ifs depniimonts. The h'i'iul'c . 'tcm nf Yesterday is slowly p ing: so ulro is the mvtlirui nf DYCIllSiVe text-honk memorizing :Inti c-ia 'cc-Itzitiun. 'l'hosc haul their time and served their purpose. But With later cnnriitinns ham mine ilupi'm'ed methods; of studying am'l of teaching. The instruction of 10-day has taken upon itself the form uf rt. ll'I'II work. The seminar and the conference hom- Iizn'c come into vogue by a kind of natumi evolutionm'v process. Enlarged library facilities and imprmed library administration have share the inspiration pmhlt-nm imrl suggc Imus. If i 21 silent pmi' higher plane of inicllL-L-tnzll life. lIuvm-c snon mnkns ltitllf felt in the m- l-ulll Elfs 1hr Emhmt hung that mums.