Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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' ' ' V. - .fig tx. P X I 1 f'fY:'i'j,:'- C5112 Qlnllegv Alumni Ansinriatinn REVEREND E. W. BENBOW, '09 Second Vice-President ROBERT Amvisrkouc, '18 I Grundy Center President Cedar Rapids CATHERINE YUILL, '18 Secretary Cedar Rapids PROFESSOR H. W. VVARD Leander Clark, '88 First Vice-President Cedar Rapids VERNE H. MCGREW, 15 Treasurer Marshalltown DO YOU WONDER WHAT A COE ALUMNUS THINKS ABOUT? Loyalty to one's college is as much a duty as loyalty to one's family and loyalty to one's country. The man who is not loyal to his college is likely to be disloyal to home and nation. To Coe alumni, loyalty to Alma Mater is not only a sacred obligation but a privilege held dear because Coe inspires loyalty. - Everyone of us who has gone out from her ivied walls feels that Coe has been a home to us--not an educational factory. We have known the intimate fellowships, the matchless spirit of the campus, and though many of us have come in contact with other schools, we have never felt that there is another with spirit comparable to ours. The loyalty of the Coe faculty pouring their very lives into the college inspires us to loyalty. The loyalty of the students, who with the faculty have set such a magnifi- cent example in the Million and a Half campaign, challenges our devotion. The loyalty of Cedar Rapids proved again last December by a fifty thousand dollar oversubscription of the foulp.hundreds-thousand'-elol'l'a1'qtrot'a''f01 the'city'sl'rould fire every alumnus to unstinted allegiance. Finally, the tremendous success of the Greater Coe campaign outside the city, the demonstrated faith in our Alma Mater of hundreds of outside people is a ringing call to our fullest measure of devotion. Coe's future is so great that We can hardly dream of the possibilities. Two thou- sand students may be expected within two college generations of four years. Important is it that they shall have the best of Christian culture. And in very large measure, since Coe's backing does not come from the state, does this depend upon the loyalty of the alumni, loyalty expressed in substantial and sustained backing of every phase of the college program. Every graduate of Coe is automatically a member of the Alumni Association. Through our intense loyalty to Alma lllater Hmay we live to swell her glory, make her colors glow . ROBERT ARNISTRONG '18, President Alumni Association. Page 30

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Ehree Zlequiriementz There are some things which a college must have if it is to do effective work. First of all it must have a Faculty. The human influence is the first factor in educa- tion. Buildings, equipment and endowment are all required, but what makes or un- makes a college is the character of its Faculty. The college has reason to be proud of the men and women in its service. Their loyalty and self-sacrifice have made its growth possible and have given it its high standing. Again a college like a human being must have a distinct purpose. Coe College was established to endow, conduct and maintain an institution for the promotion of sound learning and education such as is usually contemplated in colleges and universities under religious influences. It has never swerved from this purpose. Its fundamental faith today is that the soul of culture is the culture of the soulu. And a college needs an adequate income. It has to be conducted on sound business principles. In fact Coe College is one of the biggest business enterprises in the city of Cedar Rapids. Its budget is over S200,000 annually. It has grown from 249 students in l9l2 to 834 in 1922. Such growth cannot be matched by any other institution in Iowa and this growth has created big administrative and financial problems. The college needs an additional 530,000 annual income, something that can be depended upon whether times are prosperous or otherwise. That dependable income can only be produced by adding S600,000 to our endowment. That is the task in which we are now engaged. It is imperative that this sum be raised soon. For the expansion of the campus waits upon the completion of this part of the program. VVe believe that the Coe spirit in our friends through the country will enable us to accomplish this purpose. LLOYD MORRIS, Vice-President. 1 Page 29

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