Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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4 Nareatrlr-ri f 1 i 1 fi2i31'5tf'f--Lin-11 max, , ,fy -.2-,-7:-2,-.L-,P - 11.3-1. .1 1 - .. ., ,.,. K 9 -f F .1 ., ' ' V, 1, ,. ,L , .V . e 1 i . N D 4 .---sc., 1 ' -1, ' ' L s I ii :gg-5'25'lf K' 1 1 ffffifz i z, ii l THE COE OF YESTERDAY The origins of Coe College are to be found in the minds and hearts of the pioneers of Iowa and especially of Cedar Rapids. .lust seventy-five years ago this college year, in the then strag- gling village of Cedar Rapids, a group of students gathered in a room in the house of the Reverend Williston Jones, seeking an education under the instruction of a Faculty of two, Mr. Jones and his wife. They were the first of the generations of students that have come and gone since then. In bringing together the Hrst student body and constituting the first Faculty of Instruction, VVilliston Jones and his wife in a sense founded Coe College seventy-hve years ago, for the small stream of Christian Education that they started then never ceased to gather other streams to itself until thirty years later it had grown to the volume of a river. It was the Coe College of 1881. In 1853 Williston Jones secured the help of Daniel Coe of New York state in his efforts to found a college. The sum of money given by Mr. Coe for the purpose seems to us today absurdly small, but it was consecrated money, it was given with real sacrifice as indicated by the fact that part of it had to be bor- rowed, and, like the fabled enchanted pitcher or the multiplying loaves in Galilee, it seemed to be endowed with the mystic power to increase. By 1881 it had become suf- Hcient for the initiation of the Great Enterprise. Coe Collegiate Institute became Coe College. Under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Phelps, a Faculty of ten members and a student body of about two hundred, most of whom were in the preparatory depart- ment, assembled for the Hrst year of Coe College. From the walls of Sinclair lVIemorial Chapel the Founders of Yesterday look down upon a thousand students of Today. Williston Jones, Daniel Coe, Judge Greene, Dr. Ely, James Knox, Robert A. Condit, Thomas IVI. Sinclair, Dr. Burk- halter, Dr. Phelps-this is the Roll of Honor. Dr. Phelps alone of those who labored yesterday remaining today among the living. But let us not suppose that these carried all the burden of those early years of foundation building, they stand out for con- S. W. STOOKEY Dean of Coe College spicuous service, but many others were interested and helped, each in his own way. What a contrast between the Coe College of 1881 and that of 1925! The west half of Qld Main and Williston Hall for women constituted the pus was a waste of sandburs. In 1882 when the writer entered other institution, a group of perhaps a dozen students made several of whom were specials in Art or Music. Only two buildings. The cam- as a Junior from an- up the upper classes, graduated in '84, E. Eelle Stewart and the writer, and two more in '85, Anna Coo per and Park Thorn- ton. The entering class of 1882 although graduates of high schools were not admitted to full Freshman standing but were called f'Sub-Freshmenf, for the budding institu- tion started with high scholastic ideals, and most of these students lacked something which they were required to make up before they could enter the College. However six of them graduated in '86 as follows: James E. Barbour, Augusta Brown, James Dudycha, Lewis Heins, Robert Stewart and Edward Alsworth Ross. The Faculty consisted of ten Professors and Instructors. In quality they were the equal of any that have since honored that body. The names of Phelps, Condit, Gist, Scott, Wilson and others live on in the hearts of the students of that day. They seem to us who sat under their instruction to have been endowed with rare wisdom. Dr. Phelps and Professor Wilson still live, the others have passed to their reward. S. W. STOOKEY Class of '84 ...' W- . - - ,--dgiwfgfig, fefgfgggff-:p1.g A537 ,. in v'XgWg.:,Qg ,. 1 rg- siyw.. 'Tw ,asyly ,gl if Page I7 A

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With so large a range of possibility it is small wonder that interest attaches to the college as it exists today. It may be said with confidence that Coe is a substantial and vigorous fact which must be considered in a just estimate of higher education in the middle west. It is an influential factor in the educational situation. lVIoreover, it is a permanent factor. Its existence is so inevitable that, if it did not exist, it would be invented. Cedar Rapids is a growing center of culture, commerce, and industry. A well nurtured college in such a center is quite inevitable. The de- velopment of strong institutions in such centers is one of the outstanding tendencies of the times. Denominationally Coe is Presbyterian. The Presbyterian church gives it special support be- cause it is Christian. It is not sectarian. The by-laws of the articles of incorporation require trustees to declare allegiance to the Christian faith. Coe appeals to, is attended and supported by people of all denominations. It co-operates with all Christian churches. It is not a prose- lytizer for any denomination. Coe is of and for the United States of America. Trustees are required to declare allegiance to the Constitution of the United States. The sympathies and services of Coe girdle the earth, students from many foreign countries attend Coe and are welcome. VVe believe in the leader- ship of the United States among the nations and are glad to serve all peoples. VVe believe that a Christian citizen loyal to his own country is the best national and international servant. Coe is a large college. A college having one thousand regularly enroilled candidates for the bachelor's degree plus several hundred enrolled in extension and other courses conducted on the campus is not small. To think of Coe in terms of the traditional small college is a mis- apprehension of the facts. Numbers are quite unimportant. But it is important to know that the addition or subtraction of one or two hundred students is not a vital factor in determining college policy. Coe is a co-educational four-year liberal arts college. It could easily be developed as a first class college for men or women and thereby many problems would be simplihed. It will re- main co-educational. Its courses of instruction might be developed to serve those wishing only two years of college work. It might but it does not make the junior college emphasis. It em- phasizes the four-year college course. It might emphasize special training and technical courses. In fact as a liberal arts college it aims at 'fthe harmonious growth of the whole being. It aims to send into business and professional life and into the home and state, men and women who have the capacity for growth and friendship, the sense of values, the feeling of being at home in the world, and other qualities that distinguish a liberally educated person. Coe has faculty participation in student life. The campus is a lively place. The college paper this year lists eighty different sources of news. Many of these news sources are repre- sented in the ACORN which by word and photograph gives a very accurate picture of Coe's life. For all normal student activities Coe provides professional leadership by faculty mem- bers. VVe seek to avoid the dangers of repression. Our faith in Coe's ability to make the right impressions is great. Vile also have a large measure of faith in the original expression of stu- dent life in which faculty members participate as coaches, directors, leaders and companions. Coe has student participation in college government for which faculty and trustees are ul- timately responsible. Authority in Coe is friendly and is in intimate and sympathetic contact with student life and sentiment. Coe has definite academic requirements. A student must be prepared to enter Coe. He must do good work or he cannot stay in Coe. Academic requirements are more severe than they were. They are not as severe as they are going to be. The granting of four grade points for A plus and three grade points for A, etc., and the requirements for graduation of as many grade points as one has credits will require good work in all subjects or very excellent work in some. The new designation of courses as elementary and advanced offers and requires progres- sively diflicult work as one moves from freshman to senior year. Coe has new academic opportunities. Requirements are good. Opportunities are better. Stu- dents who have intellectual ambition and ability are offered major courses and will be given opportunity to do intensive work in the majors chosen. Graduates who merely pass, get by, will hereafter be clearly distinguished from those who achieve general or Major Honors. Coe is our college. We all love it and are loyal to it. Ours is the best college because it is ours. That may not be logical. But it is the way we feel. To have that feeling and to be pos- sessed by the Coe Spirit makes Coe the worth while college that it is. HARRY Moiuzi-rouse GAGE 1' 'li l e a za-an-..-.' .1,sa:,e, ,r f ,F7:Ffii'l f Trigg ff'7J'1 Jef ,Mtg fl ., pee? ff. so ' Page 19