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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Illurig-Zliirsat Annual Glnmnwnremvnt Glue Cilnllege, 1922 The last chapel service of the college year was on Friday, June Zd. The Senior class had charge of the hour, and buried Sadie Ficklestein, a fictitious fellow-student who originated in their freshman year. At 8:15 p. m. of the same day the Advanced Students of the Conservatory gave their last recital. I On Saturday morning, June 3d, the Senior class was entertained at breakfast at the Country Club by President Gage. At three o'clock an honor recital was given by the Junior students of the Conserva- tory, and the annual Campus Fete was scheduled for seven olclock of the same evening. BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY President Gage delivered the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning at ll o'clock, using as his subject, Self-Discovery . llflonday staged the Senior operetta, and Professor Bidwellls last recital was given at 5 o'clock. lllonday evening President and llflrs. Gage held a reception in Voorhees Quadrangle. a CLASS DAY On Tuesday, ,lune 6, at 9 o'clock, an Alumni Baseball Game was staged between the Fats and the Leans, on Coe Field, This was followed by the Alumni Association Business lVIeeting, and the Alumni Luncheons. In the afternoon, the Class Day Exercises were held before Voorhees Quadrangle. Williain Burger, president of the Senior class, passed the cap and gown to the president of the Junior class-Harold Turner. He, in turn, handed the college seal to William Murray, representing the Sophomore class, and Robert Montieth, president of the Freshman class, received the wooden spoon. The exercises were followed by the Dean of VVomen's Reception, and an automobile ride for alumni. The annual Alumni Dinner at Voorhees Quadrangle followed the tour of the city. At midnight the Seniors planted the traditionaliivy. COMMENCEMENT DAY ,The Annual Commencement Exercises took place at ten o'clock Wediiesday morn- ing, June 7. Dr. Franklin H. Giddings, Columbia University, New York, gave the commencement address. His subject dealt with VVhat a College Student Should Known. Degrees were then conferred upon the members of the Senior class, and the College Prizes for the school year of 1921-22 were announced. Honorary degrees were conferred upon the following: Doctor of Divinity to The Reverend George E. Chapman, Knoxville, Iowa, Doctor of Letters upon Abbie Stone Abbott, Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, and Doctor of Laws upon Frederick Starr, University of Chicago. Page 31