Bradley University - Anaga Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Page Q0 DR. CHARLES TRUMAN WYCKOFF Dean of the College

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FEW vveel4s ago l vvas visiting a friend, Qn a table vvas luis recent plwotograplw. It loolced just lil4e lwim. ln anotlier place in tlie same room tlwere vvas a picture ol a young man in college. lliat represented my liost vvlien lwe graduated Filty years ago. llie tvvo pictures presented contrasts in non-essentials ol l'iair, vveiglit, and size, but tlie lates 'iclose upn clearly revealed a developed strengtli of clmaracter vvliiclw time early picture propliesied. llie Polyscope stall presents today tlie annual moving picture of tlwe eiglwt liundred students tlwat constitute Bradley College during T930-31 While tlwe years pass tlwese pictures vvill remain tlie same, But imperceptibly clianges will creep into tlie laces tliey portray as time goes on. May the later pictures tliat you see of tliese friends ol yours ten, tvventy, or lilty years from novv only reveal more clearly tlie strengtli ol clwaracter vvlwicli tl'iese youtlilul miniatures novv promise. Sincerely yours, May, 1931. Page '19

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The Meaning of Bradley Q really understand the meaning of Bradley one should l4now something of the thought and character of its founder. This privilege was granted to those who were associated with the college in its early days. For ten years, till her death Jan- uary T6, 1907, Mrs. Bradley attended every Convocation and Founders Day program. l-fer quiet happiness in the realization of her plans was like a benediction. She enjoyed meeting members of her faculty, and through frequent visits it was possible to learn something of her thought about Bradley and life in general. ln character she was calm, well poised, intelligent and well informed though laclcing formal schooling. She was positive in her convictions but broadminded and tolerant toward the views of others. She abhored needless waste and practised a careful thrift, not because she was in any way parsimonious, but that she might be the more generous to the college and to the community which it was to serve. She was sincerely and devoutly religious. These are the qualities which were to marl4 Bradley. With this baclcground the meaning of Bradley may be understood. first, Bradley means equal opportunity for all. Neither race, color, sex, social status, political or religious creeds could bar one from the door of opportunity which opened in Bradley l-lall. At first Mrs. Bradley planned simple courses in the mechanic and household arts for the training of children who came from less favored homes. Then she came into touch with the late President l-larper of the University of Chicago and was led to include in her plans a full high school course and two years of college. Second, Bradley stands for the qualities of industry, independence and usefulness. Mrs. Bradley was a worker. She, in common with the housewives of the forties and fifties, lcnew what it was to labor in the production and preparation of clothing and food for her family. By this experience she learned that independence and usefulness come through intelligent and efficient industry. She, therefore, stated in the funda- mental charter of the school that the chief aim of the lnstitute shall be to furnish its students withthe means of living independent, industrious, and useful lives. Third, Bradley stands for right living. The charter says, Mlnstruction shall be given in the principles of morality and right living,H but it does not stop there. The founder wished to see the negative qualities of the Ten Commandments broadened into the positive qualities of the beatitudes,and so she said, Hlnstruction shall be given in the principles of morality and right living as exemplified in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. She saw the difference between morality and religion, and laid down the principle that morality and right living should be armed and glorified by the spirit of the Christ. These are the foundation stones. for thirty-four years, 'i0,000 men and women, faculty and students have been building the Bradley structure. lt is to be a tower of light-a clear, steady, ever-burning light, to guide the ships of menfs souls, bearing precious cargoes, through calm or stormy seas into safe harbors. It is our duty to con- tinue this building, to pass on to others unimpaired and enriched the heritage we have received from the founder and those who have gone before us. sf Qiieffws