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

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Ghur $ixtivth Anniurraarg N April 27, 1920, was celebrated the sixticth :mniversziry of the found- ing of Auguslmm. ,8 xty years have wrought VZISt material changes in the institution I'hc unpretentious property in Chicago with but am: little structuru upon it, is tu-rlny superseded by a spacious campus of thirty-thrcu acres, made beautiful rind impasing by its magnificent liuildingx :md thuir background at wooded hill; tha little nucleus of twcntyonc students who gathered around Prof. Eshjurn in 1860 has grown into rm eager crowd of over seven hundred knowledgc-sceking young fulk; the mic instructor who had charge of all courses has been replaced by n corps of pro? fussurs, all of whom are C parts in their line. From a humble beginning in 1860 has gruwn the splendid institution which in 1920 commands the respect of all who know her. In external nppcuranc: there is a Vast difference. In spirit? Yi'e would answer nu. If our pioneers and founders cnuld on this our sixticth anniversary, have been present, we should have liked to clasp their hands and say, We have kept the trust. The Augustnna of 1920 is striving to keep ulivu the ideals on which you in 1860 fuundcd her. Ten years ago :it this time clahurutc plans wcrc in progress for :2 Jubilee such as Augustana had never before known, for that year was celebrated the Semi-rcntcni niul of her founding. Since then she has forged :ihmd, and has made each of the ten years count so that this year found her ready to celebrate her sixtieth anniversary even more juhilantly, if pussihlu, than sh: did her fiftieth. And justly so, for the intervening years have brought her many blessings. XVhile the Jubilee of 1910 was in prngress the workmen WCIT busy on the corner of 35th Street and Seventh Avenue: giving shape in the memorial which now stands there, an object of pride to Augustmia, and to the generous donors. The Dmkniann Library with its splendid opportunities for research and with its beautiful reading mum now seems a part of our college life which we could ill afford to dn without. Previous to 1911 Augustana had no such palatial home fur her books and no such ideal place for study. The students who returned in 1916 found work already begun on the Gymnasium which now graces hcr campus, offering Ilnexcullcd opportunities for Physical Edui cation. Not unly that, but it offers the largest, most convenient. and mast centrally lur-nted auditorium facilities in the Tri-Cities. and has thus done more than any uther single factor to mnkc Angustmm a community centert Again the material has linen pL-mezl before the abstract It is more natural tn let the visihlc 21ml timgihh: 1111:0ch the intangible, althD the hitter is perhaps more truly great. Nu one can valmilatc thr influcncc Mlgustunil has exerted through hrr graduates whose sucques in life rcdmlnd to her praise mid iuigur hnr continued successl In athletics and forensic cun- tests with other colleges, the youth of Augustana through their ch-an spartsmnn- ill and mum liness prove iul asset to the schoul they rcprrscnt. Each your two Immiml nl'g'in '.utimls. tho Hicnncrhcrg Chums and thc Oriole Chili, tour srctiuns 0f the cuunlry bringing: the spirit and influence of Augustmm into thc hearts of the pimple. 'l'hcsr im'it ilt- blessings are hm muni- fnld t0 l'ectmnt in full. Aml 50 we gather to celebrate our Sixtieth FoundersN D213 juhihmtly und gratefully hmking lizlrkwiu'd on the hlcssings of the past. and cngcrlr 1m ,5: forward into the futuri- where we sun 15 in a I'isium the truly greater Angus . with liuildings adequate to all needs of an e incrensing student hotly; with n ruputntlon in tho cmnmunity. mainn- her sistcr colleges, and in the world at large of which slzc can he justly proud; imd ulmw all with n Student huc'lv and faculty Wilth'k' l'n'c's prove they M? trim to the trust. mid whose eyes are fixed upon HIE: attainnmnth of the ideals upon which she was fmmded. Gizn'mt'DE. CARLSON, 1921 anru-srrrir

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