Cedarville University - Miracle / Cedrus Yearbook (Cedarville, OH)

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CI.YDK HUTCHISON Cedarville. Ohio Wittenberg Summer School 2: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 2. 4: Mixed Chor- «u 4: Minstrel 2: Quartet 1. 2. 4: Literary l’re b!«nt 2: Ik-hate 4: Hiblc Ken-liny Contort I. 2. 4 : Lab. Aasixtant 2. 4: Cedar Day Orator 4: Clnx Play 4: Oilrus Play 4; Cedrus K !itor 4. EDWARD IRONS Wells ton. Ohio Post Graduate. LEO REED Clifton. Ohio Post Graduate. CHARLES ROST SprinyfieM. Ohio Student Roily Officer 4: Clast Of- fleer 3: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 4: Crown Club 3: Minstrel 3: Katket- ball I. 2. 3. 4: lias «ball 3. 4: Lab. Assistant 3: Class Play 4: Cedrus Play 4 ; Cedrus Staff 3. 4. CHARLES SPENCER Springfield. Ohio Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 3 ; Minstrel 3 : Hand I : Rasketball 1. 2. 3. 4 : Rate- ball 3. 4 ; Class play 4: Cedrus Play 3; Cedrus Staff 3. 4. HERMAN SCOTT Xenia. Ohio Rand 1. 2: Football I. 2. 3: Class Play 4. PRESTON GARLOUGH Springfield. Ohio Student Body Officer 3; Class Of- ficer 2. President 3: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 3. President 4 : Mixed Chor- us 4 : Minstrel 1. 3: Quartet 2. 3. 4 : Literary 3. I: Football 2. 3. 4: Rasketball I. 2. 3. 4 : ltaseball 1. 2. 3. 4: Class Play 4: Cedrus Play 4; (.Virus Staff 4. EDGAR BRIGNER Cedarville. Ohio Y. M.C. A. Cabinet 3: Mixed Chorus 4: Minstrel I, 3; Hard 1. 2: Literary 1. 2. 3. 4: Class Play 4. earth by the very thing which can make it a more worth while place in which to live. At present, science is being usefully and profitably applied in many fields. It is serving as a basis for prac- tically every industry and profession. It is found to be in complete harmony with all things including not only industry, business, agriculture, and the professions, but also religion. Probably one of the most important ap- plications is in education where scientific methods of teaching are procuring results far beyond the ineffici- ent methods of past years. A great contribution of science is the establish- ment of the scientific method of thinking which bases all decisions on experimental evidence and observed facts, and gives no place to superstition, opinions, and prejudice. With scientific thinking there is a desire for truth in all matters. The fact that this is a scientific age well under way, makes necessary the education of every individ- ual to appreciate science and to have a general under- standing of natural phenomena, as well as the highly specialized training of individuals for each branch of science. —Charles Spencer. In Cedarville College, science and mathematics are taught in such a way as to make for their apprecia- tion. For those who intend to specialize in these sub- jects there is also the opportunity to get the detailed knowledge that is necessary for specialization. For the future we predict that a greater interest will be shown in the science department of Cedarville l‘agr Tirtnty-tnt,

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A. J. HOSTETLER Registrar: Director of Teacher»' Trnininir: H. S.. Ohio Northern Univer- sity : A. M. Wittenberg College. of summer. He knew that there would then be a scarcity of food and a need for shelter and clothing. Another step forward in his development was taken when he used his scientific knowledge to provide for the coming season. Then in spite of all this knowledge of facts and laws came an error in man’s thinking. He failed to realize that all the things which happened about him were the result of some cause, and that there was a scientific reason for it. Even though he had seen the uniformity of these laws and had even ap- plied some of them for his own use, when he began to search for the reason and causes for things, he sub- stituted fantasy and superstition for the true causes. He would rather have a number of mythical gods and live in a world ruled by their whims and fancies than to accept the well planned and orderly world in which he actually lived. These superstititions and opinions were so popular that when someone did use sound reasoning and arrive at true conclusions he was not believed; in fact, he was in danger of being persecuted for his heresy. The early scientists were said to be practition- ers of “Black Arts” when, in truth, they were the most enlightened individuals in the world. So we find that science met with such bitter opposition and had such a struggle for existence that its growth was very slow, especially in these early years. The old super- stitions, however, were so popular and so firmly fixed that they persist even to this day —a day which is said to be the scientific age. Truly this seems to be the beginning of a great scientific era. People are becoming science-minded. We have in our grasp a great fund of knowledge and an aptitude for its application. Our duty is to apply it in the right way. It can easily be seen that with im- proper motives and objectives this whole civilization of ours could be wiped from the SOI’HOMO RE CLASS Kir.t row: Trubce. Ferryman. Ferguson. McNamce: Second row: Fylc . Mount. Patterson. WutVin . Lunsford. Atchison. M. Gordon. Hull. Spahr. Ilcnnelt: Third row: Taylor. Harrirnnn. Stralcy. Ford. C. Brill. West. P robas co. Crawford. Walker: Fourth row: Kitchen. Finney. Rife. Christian. Tindall, K. Spencer. Kcnfield. Cosh. Nelson, Donaldson, McCallistcr. I'cOf Tu-tnty-iit

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College, for the experience and personality of the professors and their ideal of practical science will appeal to increas- ing numbers of students. Mr. Kuehrmann Mr. Kuehrmann, who is professor of our chemistry de- partment, is liberal in his views concerning science. He makes the following statements about his own aims for teaching chemistry: “The ideal before us in the teaching of college science is to adapt the instruction to the best interests of the stu- dent. The general aim may be said to include an effort to make men and women intellectually responsive in ways that are characteristically scientific. We wish to train in- tellects and to develop in the individual an abiding desire for the truth in all matters. Our science work is emphasized with due regard for the other aspects of student life which together make for a well balanced individual ex- perience. Mr. Hostetler Again in the biology department we find subjects being taught in a practical way. Professor Hostetler says that the tendency in science today is to get away from the philo- sophical side, and to get at things first hand. His instructions exemplify this new methotd, for the biology lab contains many specimens of the things being studied. Many trips are made into the field, so that students not only collect specimens with which they will work, but also observe them in their natural en- vironment. Biology comes close to one’s every- day life and it holds many possibilities for enriching life and making it more thoroughly understood. Professor Hostetler thinks that although the practical work is most useful, yet some place should be given to theory. Mr. Ault Our professor of mathematics is J. W. Ault. In keeping with modern mathematics methods, Professor Ault teaches the things which can be used in different branches of science and that can be applied in a practical way in everyday life. He departs for the old method of memorizing facts and stresses instead a logical method of thinking. He believes that in mathematics the main thing to learn is to organize material, and then JOHN W. Al.'I.T Director of I’hy.icml Education: Profc»- ©r of Mathematic and Hhy ic : B. S. Dowling Green State College. 1‘age ftrratyrii Af