Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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PROGRESS TO MATURITY To trace tlie whole of Carleton ' s history since 1866 would be impossible in a book of The Algol ' s nature; nor would it be advisable, since a yearbook is intended as a record in words and pictures of one year of college life. Yet so dependent are we on what has been established here that a more concise review of Carleton ' s growth may prove both fascinating and valuable. Therefore we have organized the book around the outward symbols of that growth: Carleton ' s buildings. Rising one by one through the years, as need demanded and prosperity allowed, they have been the silent witnesses to all the school ' s fortunes. It is onlv fair that thev should be allowed to tell the storv of its progress.

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GROWTH OF A COLLEGE Nothing is changeless, least of all human institutions; and of all institutions a liberal arts college ought hv definition to be capable of change in its finest sense: intelligent and well-regulated growth in a forechosen direction. Ideallv, Carleton should contain all the factors for such progress, as a seed contains the factors for the mature plant. First, the avowed goal of the college, the fullest development of the minds and spirits of its students, must exist not onlv on paper but in the daily thought of the people who make college policv. Second, those who train the students academicallv must possess not only profound knowledge in their fields, but a deep desire to transmit the love for that knowledge which is the basis of the greatest scholarship. Third, the students must be responsive to these influences, sharing the college ' s purpose and willing to work to attain it. To what extent this ideal has been realized, the reader ma ' judge for himself as he turns the pages of this book, for here we have tried to present some of the changes which have taken place in Carleton since its beginning.

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