Centenary College - Hack Yearbook (Hackettstown, NJ)

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'fReason and Calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to 21 leader. My dear Seniorr: To look aheaal twenty years' ,s'ee1n.v a long, long tiineg hir! looking have at there lliartiriilar twenty years' here at C. C. I., they Jeein to hare lliarreil .m QIIIIUQIQ' af to inahe if iliffiritlt to realize they are twenty. I ani heginning to feel, with apolngier to Lord Ieilnymn, girIJ inay mine anal girls' rnay go hilt I .rtay on forever! Quite a niiinher of rhanger have taken plafe, hilt no nmre than at hJlH1i6fIkII'I.l' have grown ,short anal grown lang again: in the ezf'ening.r, hawks' hare .rhown more rertelirae and then been mzfereil rip!! The jirrt hohheal hair wax mnfineel in a hair net to look Ierf like a Fiji Iflancler. All girly with long hair were taken on an eypefially fine pirnir. Howezfer, do you knew the legend that the ifery firft hnhheil heail hefore 1917 way Irene Ca.s'tIe'.s'.9 Here at C. C. I., it if Jalal, .rhe loeeal .fwiinniing anal ilirlikeil her hair wet, .ro mt it 0 , early i1.rer.r of m.r1i1etif.r were fhreateneil with a fiiihlir fare wa.rhing-.rynenym, pink anil white flirt, High .fhaer were reqiiireil and all Iaveel np al hreakfaxt tiinefl Aretim' were zfery- min-h reqifireal for Jnowtiine. Happy were th0.s'e ilayr ffm' the CZCIIIIIIZIIIMZIIOIIJ when ,s'Ii1n1ning had not yet been heard nf. and z1,l'f0I'.fI1lt!,6I11KQ girly' were .m.rlt7e1iclc'iI who inilnlgeil. Ten

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he l-iaeh j j Bill things change, ereeds and philosophies and outward sgstems---but Bod remains Ovid once said that nothing flies as fast as time. If he had lived in these days he would doubtless have added that nothing changes as quickly as educational theory and practice. It is easy to understand why there are such frequent changes in education since education is preparation for life and as life is always fluid, education is in a constant process of adjustment. In the last twenty years there have been three major changes in American education. The first of these is the increase in the number of high schools and their growth both in size and importance. The current high school is the approximate equivalent of the college of fifty years ago. It is now the standard of free educational achievement. Those who cannot finish the high school are unfortunate and underprivileged, for graduation from a standard high school is now the foundation for employment, for citizenship and for general intelligence. In order to make the high school available to the largest numbers there have been organized centralized high schools fed by an elaborate system of transportation, so that the rural 300-pupil high school has grown to 700 students while in the larger cities the numbers reach to several thousands per unit. This blessing of a broader education for more young people would be a praisevvorthy achievement of the American system were not its very numbers a liability and a hindrance through overcrowding, superficial instruction and uncertain curricula. The second change affects the colleges. The liberal arts college has been put on the defensive. That bulwark of American higher education, originating in early colonial culture, must now advance adequate reasons for its existence. With the growth of great universities on one hand and the junior colleges on the other, it is in danger either of abandonment or of such complete reorganization as to eliminate its essential characteristics. Of course, no one will consent to the entire suspension of the liberal arts college and also no one doubts that if it is to retain its popular appeal it will have to adjust itself to the new conditions and needs of American life. The third important change has been the growth of the junior colleges. Twenty years ago they were few and unimportant. Now there are more than five hundred of them, enrolling about one-fifth of the total number of college students. Such growth was utterly unexpected by the little group of enthusiasts who believed in the need for and service by an intermediate institution between the high school and the university. The junior college's held of instruction is the extension of that general education which may be defined as the tools of learning. The foundation and growth of these colleges, dedicated to half skill and half vision, has been, probably, the most important move- ment in American education. Of various types, sizes and locations, but with common objectives, the junior colleges should be, and we expect they will be, effective servants to popularize higher education and thus to raise the intellectual standards of America. ROBERT TREVORROW Ninn

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Birthday partie! were felebrated in the Main Dining Room for roommate! or friend!, and very nice t1j?:tZit'J' they were. No evening dre!!e! at Anniver!arie!, only hand- !omer,' white one!, Boy friend!fye!, but no danring-and many parent! The S0lZ7hJ0l7lUt'6.f alway! treated their J'lSf6l' l'lt1J'.l', the Senior!, to a hay ride and pirnir !upper. Sunday night .f7lf7lUEt'J' were enjoyed by the S6lZl0l'J' with the Trevorrow!. Many more group! went to play! and opera and mu!eum!. They !eemed more intere!ted, or had more money to fpend. The 1L'i72fE7'J' were kind enough to give u! all a marvelou! !leigh ride in the moon- lighJf+l70d7'J6 voire! in the morning from !inging, but then one al way! pay! in JOIN? way. The fZl77l0t'J' had fun .ftealing the Senior banner and hiding it, Then the Senior! had fun prowling around the building! after IQUNVJ' .fearehing for it. Earh !oriety gave an open meeting with original entertainment, inviting the farulty and repre!entative! from other .rofietie!. Much ,reereey about 0Dtif6't'J' and play title!. A !trong !pirit for Trophy L'0llf6J'f.l'L770 one would think of being away! Eager rom' petition for member! in the autumn. Regular and full attendanre at Saturday evening weekly meeting!. Week-endrfonly one a month. Then everyone went and Monday wa! added for a longer week-end. Generally two extra roarhe! were added to the 2:10 train, with !perial foathe! returning. The Guild did it! !ame ,rplendid philanthropir work with a devotional meeting eafh Thur!day evenin Hu!hl Midnight fea!t!!!. After light! out' tiptoeing to Society Ha !, or Chapel .9 or Mr. Met! !tudio? Olive!, tanned JcZll1l07I?, L'dk6,f from horne. Enough noi!e perhap! I0 a tearher might be .f7l.Fpil'i0ll.f the darling! were not all in bed. Should the teafher arrive upon the .ruene-exriteznent plu!. No matinee movie!. On rare 0L'CdSi0lZS an evening'! treat to the village for pivture!. Student! went on ehaperoned line! to the village to !hop on Saturday afternoon and no food wa! allowed to be brought bark, A .rtore with fre!h fruit, L4t'i1t'k6t',f, and fhouolate wa! maintained in the !ehool. A ehange that if felt df a lo!! if the old keen !pirit in .fL'lJ00l life-in athletic!-r making the team, and helping the team win. In .f0ft6ft:?.ffb6t'0lIli7Ig a member-being a !trong helpful member-not mi!!ing g. 1 f ' 11 2 t: meeting. In J'l'll6lllE.f'lh76 honor roll wa! more worth while working for. Today you are intere!ted in your man and inten!ely intererted in week-ending. Granted it if a national habit, but your IIIEIIIOTTEJ' are fewer and your quality for friend- .fhip weaker for the lo!! opportunitie! for .rtoring the!e thing! during .fL'h700l and rollege day! Our day! are ju!t a! full, probably our rourre! of !tudy are more intere!ting, our plea!ure! are more mature with the coming of the junior College. A few of u! Jmoke, many of III !untan fnot only have we taken off our high !hoe!, but our .fl0t'r6i7ZgS a! well O, and all of IIS danre and have many gentlemen fI'T67Zd.f here! The Edttlftllj' appear! roedi!h at time!, Some of the thing! whirh have not changed in the twenty year! are: the high !tandard in !rholar!hip, the high !tandard of ronduct, the determination to have the phy!ieal equipment in 611' Jhne order and beauty a! if po!!ible, the de!ire for eafh girl'! IQEPIUDZEJJ and P7'0g1'6.fJ'. The fact i! that girl! today are the !anie lovely and worth while, working-over-time- for per!on! a! they alway! have been, And ldjfly our ideal! for there lovely girl! remain high and fixed-that they !hould be noble women, broadly edueated, cultured and with human !ympathie!, matured and prepared for what ta.rk!, big or little, await them, with outftanding per!onalitie! founded on faith and ideal!. With !inrere be!! wi!he! for the next twenty j'Ev17'.f for Centenary junior C ollege- and for the girl!, undergraduate, graduate, and alumna, my true ajfeftion. EDITHA C. TREVORRO IV. Eleven,