Christian College - Ivy Chain Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Before they bloom, redbud trees, and fruit trees, have colored and perfumed the campus, and all through the summer there are flowers to brighten the grounds. The flowerpots with red geraniums and ivy, and the iris beds of back campus are like splashes of color on a soft green canvas. Yucca blooms enhance the beauty of the drive in front of Missouri Hall. As a record of the cycle of events in Christian College, this College Widow begins in the summer' time and continues through the year to graduation. Prospective Students. Starting in the summertime when all the world is a garden, it maintains this attitude and conception through the whole year. In every large garden there must be subdivisions with special purport. One of these garden spots of the world is known as Christian College. ' As for the purposes of this testing place, they are definite and ideal. Girls who enter Christian College are subjected to training, preparatory work for a future of work and of pleasure. Every plant must be strengthened to withstand any unusual environf ment which chance may bring it. But one does not strengthena fruit tree by letting the branches grow 9 Bircfsfeye of Missouri Hall. at random, and then, as if it might learn by experience, have these branches broken by a heavy burden of fruit. It is more profitable to guide this preparaf tion stage, and Christian College girls are guided in the use of advantages, not merelylexposed to them. But one cannot forever prepare for a millennium, and some school work must be terminal in nature,..somef thing that can be taken as a unit from school and used in life. n The purpose which makes the gardener and edu' cator most nearly kin is probably the cultural one. It is not just for a sturdy, healthy plant that one strives and seeks, but rather the finest and rarest that care and labor can produce. Mere knowledge of facts and theory cannot suffice for an understand' ing and sympathy of onefs companions, for the ability of making others cheery, and for giving the best that is onels own to the furthering of human welfare. . Artistic as well as material perfection is sought in flowers and girls alike. Associations and environf ment have a major part in this accomplishment. Springs Own Alarm Clock.

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fresh, outdoor air and rain. But every Wise gardener, has a hothouse Where he can control the environf ment of his plants and, through special cultivation and care, can bring them by summertime to fullest development of sturdy bodies and luxuriant fruit and 3 -l EAST CQRNEI2 GF -ST. CLAIR I-IALI. flower. If one could keep 'summertime the year round, of course there would be no use for the hot' house, which is only an imitation of the ideal. just at graduation Week the mock orange bushes on the campus blossom into a lovely shower of White.

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fri? EDGAR D. President Edgar D. Lee, the last president of Christian Col' lege, will complete the tenth year of his administraf tion this season. During these years President Lee has shown himself ready to try any new project which seems to be supported by the student body, and not in contradiction to the latest trends of edu' cational improvement. ' 101 The administration of C. C. is well known for its interest in the students as individualsg for its Willingness to hand over to student control most of the campus regulationsg for its flexibility in adopt' ing the modern methods of education. In Mr. Lee's ideal leadership one finds the keynote of all these qualities. s '