Centenary College of Louisiana - Yoncopin Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Facts and a Message to the Students of 1923 THREE years ago, members of the Board of Trustees of Centenary College and other outstanding business and professional men of Shreveport had an informal meeting, and agreed that Centenary College should be firmly established and provided with adequate faculty, equipment, and endowment. These men pledged their continued support and made large contributions to the Emlownment Fund. The Rotary Club of Shreveport soon afterward officially adopted Centenary College, and under its direction a campaign for en lowment was successfully completed. The whole city seemed to awaken to the great opportunity, and men and women of all faiths contributed generously to the fund. Many times since, the City of Shreveport has shown itself to be solidly behind the College. Matching Shreveport ' s liberality, the General Board of Educa- tion in New York made a gift to the College. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, through the Christian Educational Movement, provided a liberal quota for the College. The institution has had phenomenal growih since this forward movement was launched. The student body has increased from 140 to 346. New buildings an 1 much equipment ha e been added; the faculty has been increased; Centenary has been reborn, rehabilitated, and re-vitalized in a comparatively short time. This forward movement, of which you students are the beneficiaries, is due to the untiring efforts of a few broad-visioned men who felt the need for a great college in Shreveport. The recent progress which has restored the Old Centenary to her high place of influence brings great responsibility not only to the citizens of Shreveport and the authorities of the College, but also to the great body of students who are and will be in attendance upon the institution. It is of this responsibility that I wish to speak through the pages of your College Annual. A College may have its campus covered with great buildings and have unlimited sources of wealth, ft may ha e unequalled administrative officers and faculties, but if it is to be a great College, it must have a student body of boys and girls who love their College, have loyalty to their country, and faith in their God; who respect her authorities and traditions, who are anxious to learn; who are builders of a wholesome morale; who are, in short, good citizens of their college community. These are necessary characteristics of the students of a great college, and much depends on their being maintained. Your responsibility does not end when you leave these college walls, but you must through life measure up to the high standards that have so long characterized Centenary men and women. The men and organizations that have contributed to the upbuilding of Centenary College rightly expect you to assume these responsibilities. The real test of the usefulness of an institution is in the product that comes out of it. The Alumni of a college are indicative of the character of work and the kind of spirit which prevails within the College. To justify its existence, a college must develop and send out into the various affairs of the State and nation men and women who are capable of serving in a large way. The responsibility remains with you, and all through life you must be a true son or daughter of Centenary. Centenary College has produced many great men of which the institution is justly proud. Today she is endeavoring to instill into the present student body these same ideals which have been ever present in the hearts and minds of her Alumni. My message to you, students of 1923, is to ever hold fast to the three great Centenary ideals— love df Alma, Mater, undying loyalty to country, and faith in Almighty God. Maintain them in your present student body and pass them on to the next generation of students that these great principles may be burned deep into their hearts and make them great citizens, as they are making you. Dr. George S. Sexton.

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President ' s Home Flooded with sun and laughter, floor by floor, With open doorway whence gay greetings pour, Surely his very home with glowing eyes Grows like the man it hides and we adore.

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