Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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FRED C. MABEE, the Liberal Arts College should provide a stimulating intellectual environment that in its students there will be born a curiosity for, and a love of, knowledge which will function through life apprcciatively, critically, and creatively. PAUL B. BARTLETT the ideally educated man is one whose thorough academic training is just one corner in a life. A life tender in human sympathy, deep in intellectual and spiritual understand- ing, versatile in social and practical accomplishments that occasionally win public recognition, but frequently bring only the respect and affection of people who cannot pay. AMOS ABNIILD ll0VEY, the educated man is not a finished product. He is intellect- ually restless, but so disciplined that he is at ease even in his restlessness. He possesses knowledge relative to time and place upon which to base his judgments and behavior. He is aware of his limitations, confident of his possibilities. KARL STANLEY W'00DC0l'K, the Liberal Arts College should provide: Vzzltzzrff which helps one to appreciate the finer things of life and to learn something of the lore outside one's field of specialization: Jlenfal training which enables one to cope with natural emotions and prejudices and inculcate the habits of clear, logical, and alert thinking. Ph.D.: l , A.M.: ings, Ph.D.: Ph.D.: Puyz' T11 irlrf' II

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Page Tl1'l'Il'F SAMUEL FREDERICK IIARMS, A.M.: the ideal of the Liberal Arts Vollege is the dream for ideal men and women. EDWIN MINER WRIGIIT, Ph.Il.: the aim of the Liberal Arts College: to help the student adapt himself to the written and unwritten laws by which man and nature control his world: to foster an intellectual curiosity and a spiritual idealism that shall make him a vital force in his community: to stimulate in him the mani- fold cultural interests that will enrich his private life. BLANCIIE TIIWNSEND GILBERT, A.M.: during the last decade wrecking-crews have worked efiec- tively destroying structures that had long served society. the world now looks for the rise of a new generation of constructive genius, intelligent and responsible. is it not the function of the Liberal Arts College to train these builders? WILLIAM HAYES SAWYER. Jr., Ph.D.: the Liberal Arts College should help the individual to discover and develop latent abilities by which he may become a useful and independent member of societyg and should provide acquaintance with the broad back- ground of culture that may enable him to live in tolerant and sympathetic understanding with his fellowman.

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Fon r ANDEIIS MA'I l'SON MYIIRMAN, A.M.: to some, college is a device for the prolongation of infancyg to others, it is a gate to the ceaseless struggle for the fullness of life. He who enters this gate and presses on is educating himself. :moons Qlflmnv, Ea.M.: can you read the secrets of nature and the hearts of your fellow men? Do you react effectively to your en- vironment? can you write your name in the esteem of mankind and as the maker ol' a better world, do you effectively influence your environment? then you have an education. ROBERT GEIIRGE BERKELMAN, A.M.: the ideally educated man or woman, I believe, has in- tense intellectual enthusiasms and is becoming well- rounded without turning into a chilly billiard ball. Ll.0YIl WELLINGTCIN FISHER, Ph.D.: I believe that it is the function of a Liberal Arts Follege to give to its students the fundamentals that form a sound foundation for the fullest enjoyment of life. It should train the student to face the world, not with un- limited ego, but with the sincere desire and purpose to serve in the best way possible.