Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Dr. Perry Epler Gresham President DEDICATION A college is a state of mind. This state of mind is the resultant of many thousands of opinions held b ' many thousands of people: students, facult}-, alumni, friends and — enemies. No two of these hold e.xactly the same opinion about any single phase of college work or college life. Xo single person likes ever ' thing about the college ecjually well or dislikes everything about it with uniform rancor. So a college actualK ' is the resultant of millions of separate opinions. No single person influences and colors these millions of separate opinions as strongly as the President of the College. Even though he do noth- ing, he still influences opinion strongly — and adverseh-. If he do wrong, he alienates his would be supporters. If he do right in a quiet, unaggres- sive way, opinion will grant him a quiet, unaggres- sive administrat ion. If he do right in a positive, aggressive wa ' , thousands take renewed interest and revise their opinions of the college — upward. Dr. Gresham has had this positive effect upon Bethany College. To date he has changed nothing 3 ' et has changed everything. The state of mind which is Bethany College has suddenly become buoyant, hopeful, aggressive. People still say much the same things about Bethan -, but their tone of assurance is new. A slightly disgruntled Social Ps cholog ' pro- fessor said recently, The great college presidents of this country can be counted on the fingers and toes of — a quadruple amputee . This is an exaggeration, of course. A triple amputee would be about right, and Bethanians have increasing suspicions that one of the five is now located in Oglebay Hall.

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Foreword The staff of the 1954 Bethanian has prepared what we hope is a Good year- book for the students, facult - alumni, and friends of the College on the Hill. In saying that it is a good book, we do not mean to infer that the pictures, layout, and writing are exceptionalh outstanding, but we hope that we have done a good job of presenting Bethan - College. The tangibles of Bethany are easy to present, but it is the unseeable, the untouchable, the really good things of Bethany that make the college mean all that it does to us. We believe that such scenes as the inauguration, the home- coming, the Christmas season, Through the year shots, athletics, and the facult ' at leisure, will make each page a Good page by our definition. Editor.

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There ' s A Charm About Old Bethany