Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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l 5 M N v vpwgpwgvpgqv 0 v 0 v w vuwgggqvpwggwv v vpxgqv vpwgpwvgwvwggw THE NINETEEN SIXTEEN R DENHART N P MR. AND MRS. HEN

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LUJDUJLWfULk!QlJ!J-ILYSJJLUJIJSLI - - - - - A - A - .,. ., ' ' LUJLU1 - ' LWAIAQLILBU CRIMSON RAMBLER Great men from out thy walls have gone, And great successes have been wong Thy graduates are scattered wide. From desert land to ocean tide. From laborer to president Of institutions eminent. YVhere celebrated men preside: From farmer boy to overseer Of agriculture. in whose sphere Are great responsibilities: From women whose facilities For self-support are excellent To great professors, competent, VVith greater possibilities: Reformers. missionaries true, Our ministers and teachers, too. Professors. men who have no peers,- Such is the record of thy years. Upon each one is stamped thy seal: To live like Christ. our great Ideal. Reward to him who perseveres! For the nation stamps its gold And silver, thou dost strive to mould Each character. each heart, and life, In God to trust -for mortal strife Availeth not unless the Lord Be trusted, honored, served, adored. And held as the Ideal of Life. Dear Carthage! may thy ranks increase. And may there be great joy and peace To all who to thy care appeal And ask thee to engrave thy seal Upon their heartsg throughout our days Thy banner we shall ever raise: The college with the high Ideal. E. E. F. '16 I J' m n 7

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,A uwixwuwxwixwixw v mwumuwixwmuwmuwuw wi , ' Law CRIMSON RAMBLER An Appreciation .w 'I' is a happy privilege to join with scores of grateful friends in paying tribute to the splendid services rendered to 5 Carthage College by Mr. and Mrs. Denhart. The names ' of these. our friends and henefactors. have been associated 5' 3' E, V . . . . I ' .v I lhbq with this college for a number of years. 5' 4 Henry Denhart became a member of the College Board after the death of o11r first president. Dr. Tressler. Then for a few years he did not serve in this capacity: but in 1892 he again became a member of the Board. and has served it faithfully ever since. No project in the interest of the college has been entered upon without the aid and counsel of Mr. Denhart. Only a few of the things which he and his wife have done for the institution can be mentioned here. ll'hen Presi- dent Ruthrauff began his canvass for an endowment fund of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Denhart started the movement with a subscription of ten thous- and dollars. The gymnasium and Denhart Hall were likewise recipients of his favor. He bore half the cost of building and furnishing the hall. which was named in his honor. Toward the building fund for the gymna- sium he agreed to pay one dollar for every other dollar secured hy the col- lege until the required amount was raised. His largest gift. however. was given in the spring of 1903. This was the generous gift of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The one hundred thousand dollars was given under the condition that the college raise an equal amount. The twenty-five thousand dollars was given in sums of five thousand annually for five years. Only last year. 191-1-. Mr. Denhart gave five hundred dollars to the college. provided that the board raise a similar amount. This the hoard has more than accomplished. Thus year after year Mr. and Mrs. Denhart have lifted the college over stony ways with their gifts and influence. A word must be said about Mrs. Denhart herself. The young women in Denhart Hall cannot appreciate too much what she has done for them. Although her influence on the girls has not been a direct one. it has affected their lives. She is always interested in the affairs and achievements of the girls. and is their friend. Often when friends have done great things for us. we fail to show our appreciation until it is too late. Indeed we need more than words to ex- press our feelings toward Mr. and Mrs. Denhart. As a small token of our appreciation we can only say with the poet: Oh! what would the world he to us If our friends should he no more? XVe should dread the desert behind us VVOrse than the dark before.