Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Page 22 THE DEAN OF WOMEN On a college campus varied aspects of life attract attention. Here are gathered many young people who are more free than ever before to make their own choices. The standards by which they evaluate and choose ever fascinate one. On what basis do they decide the price they can pay in time, in money, in energy? What to do now? What to buy? Where to go? Shall it be a book or a show, a game of bridge or a tennis match in the out of doors? Daily, almost hourly, it is necessary to make some choice. Do students weigh values in advance, check up after- ward, and then judge anew? Do they realize that 'tis well always to choose the way that seems best, however rough it may be, knowing that custom will soon render it easy and agreeable? lntrospection and reflection upon one's own evaluations, though surprising, should be helpful. Is it true that the atmosphere of the real liberal arts college suggests difficult and windy heights? Should it clear the vision and brace one for action? Is the American college losing its strenuous pursuit of knowledge, and its disciplining of the moral nature? What will you choose for Coe? You, the students of Coe, ever challenge us to choose the best. May our con- tacts with you help you, likewise, to achieve the heights. . MARY BELL

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DEAN GF MEN We are colleagues in a great enterprise. There is no better illustration of our comradeship than the contents of this book. Nor is there a better indication of the varied activities on a modern college campus. The Annual is the clearing house for all the things that interest a college community. It is of interest to note that similar activities as are here portrayed have been going on for fifty years. The fiftieth edition of the College Catalogue is off the press. Recently the first issue of the Coe Annual was brought to my attention. lt is the portrayal of the life of the College of an early period. There were students, athletes, debaters, pretty girls, then as nowg not as many, but probably quite as good. ln these fifty years we have made progress. The curriculum has been broad- ened and enriched. The faculty has been enlarged and is better prepared. The college is on a more secure financial foundation. We have a larger campus, more buildings, and a more numerous student body. Let us hope that we also have a better College so that we are colleagues in a greater and better enterprise. And what of the future? Doubtless some of us whose pictures are on display in this book and whose activities are herein mentioned will help celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Coe College. How will the Annual published in 1981 compare with this one? What will the faculty be like? How will the campus appear to the students of that generation? Will there be a Coe College or student body at all? At anyirate we'll have to help solve some very difficult problems in the mean time. HARRY KREMERS Page 21

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BGARLDCW'TRUSTEES H. M. GAGE, D. D. JOSEPH BREN, D. D. JOHN S. ELY MRS. GEORGE B. DOUGLAS J. M. DINWIDDIE WALTER L. CHERRY GEORGE T. HEDGES GEORGE LAIRD JAMES E. HAMILTON SUTHERLAND C. DOWS F. G. MURRAY, M. D. C. J. DEACON, ESQ. ISAAC B. SMITH THE REV. R. BRUCE WEST GLENN M. AVERILL 1931 THE REV. H. DEAL ROBERT S. SINCLAIR C. G. GREENE ARTHUR POE E. A. BENSON GEORGE E. BOOTH 1932 1933 ROBERT R. LITTLE, D. D. JOHN A. MARQUIS, D. D. LT. COL. C. B. ROBBINS JACOB J. SHAMBAUGH T. R. WARRINER ROBERT W. STEWART JOHN S. BROEKSMIT M. R. DRURY, D. D. C. F. CLARK G. W. EMERSON, D. D. Page 23