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A Bethanian A wise Quaker named Tom Jones asked me, What is a Bethanian? This called for a deep and wise answer. Tom Jones knows colleges with as much intimate experience as Winston ChurchiU knows England. He was asking me to describe the ideal graduate of Bethany College — the person who is a modern edition of the simple faith, the bold reason, the sturdy individualism, the stubborn freedom, the social responsibility, and the private initiative of Alexander Campbell who founded the college and marked its destiny in American Affairs. This was a tough assignment which could not be ignored or evaded, for whoever heard of an outstanding college which had no clear image of its ideal product? After a month of pondering, here is my best answer. Intelligence disciplined into wisdom; independent judgment and social courage which liberate a person from conformist tyrannies in order that he can become an autonomous personality who has earned a sense of quiet dignity; citizenship which accepts responsi- bility in human affairs, ranging all the way from cultured conduct in relations with family and friends on up to vast national and international dimensions; vibrant energy which derives from well managed health with a balance of absorbing play which requires no Tationalized defense; and an informed faith which defines a person as a unique child of , g God : — these are five halhnarks of a Bethanian. •T« | 1. AN APPETITE FOR LEARNING AND AN ARDENT LOVE OF WISDOM (Dis- ciplined Intelligence) Only the intelligent can enter Bethany and only those who practice mental discipline can graduate. The pursuit and achievement of knowledge is basic, but decisions based on that knowledge constitute a life. Knowledge in action, which discerns and pursues worthy goals, can become wisdom. A Bethanian may not be wise, but he must love wisdom. In this classic sense, a Bethanian is a philosopher. 2. A FREE PERSON (Integrity) A true Bethanian can never be a conformist. The exercised right of private judgment is indigenous to the college. Only the person who has enough self esteem to make up his own mind and chart his own course has earned the right to human dignity. A free man
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has courage to stand alone, if need be, for what he believes to be right and good. He can join with his fellows in an enterprise of voluntary cooperation without allowing any party, association, union, coterie, demagogue or other collectivist influence to enslave his mind. A Texan had this spirit when he said, ' I am a member of the Democratic Party, but I don ' t belong to it! 3. A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN (Character) Appropriate dress and apjsealing manners are Bethany ingredients of responsible citizenship. Character, however, implies far more than these. A worthy Bethanian brings a constructive attitude and influence wliich can be described as a vocation into a home, a conununity, a region, a nation, and a total society. He is a part of the solution rather than part of the problem. He is a participant rather than a carping siiectator. He con- tributes to the domestic tranquility and promotes the general welfare by his effective action as well as by his vote. He aspires to exemplify Plato ' s maxim — A kingly man is a living law. 4. A DYNAMO OF ENERGY (Health) Not every Bethanian is an atWete, but each one is as physically fit as lus in entory of hesJth will allow. Energy is the sine qua non for achievement in academics, business, politics, industry, the professions, or any other career. Physical and emotional health provide the conditions from which energy is derived. The playing fields of Bethany bring victories to the battlefields of the world. 5. A UNIQUE CHILD OF GOD (Faith) No two Bethanians are alike. In this fountain head of America ' s largest religious movement, we hold this truth to be self evident: that all men are created unique! Each Bethanian, therefore, is a child of God responsible to perform functions and accomplish purposes which no one else can do. He is commissioned to find the will of God for his life and perform it to the best of his ability. A true Bethanian is involved in an inveterate attempt to think truth, live. love, and trust God. -sii - SL Perry E. Gresham President Bethany, West Virginia
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