Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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DEAN OF WOMEN What fun to look back over the past fifty years! How difflcuU is it to realize that in 1882 college education for women was an anxious experiment. The few girls in the colleges and universities were studied by others and even by them- selves a little unduly. They could not take what each day brought as a matter of course. Since they were pioneers and representatives of many who would come afterwards, they were burdened with a sense of responsibility. According as they conducted themselves their sisters would have ampler or narrower opportunities. How different is the situation today when a girl thinks of going to college as naturally as does her brother. The only sense of responsibility now lies in a personal and family pride. How little the modern girl comprehends the debt she owes to those who have prepared the way as much by enduring the social ostracism then prevalent as by mastering the contents of the curriculum. As one looks back at Coe ' s fifty years, it is apparent that Coe always has been co-educational, and to a surprising degree. The very first graduating class in 1884 was comprised of two members, one man and one woman. The second class in 1885 likewise numbered two, one man and one woman. And every graduating class since then, e.xcept that of 1891, has had in it one or more women. ' Tis true, there is no royal road to learning. The road may be smoother today than in earlier years, but even though rough at times, at Coe the path- way has been open to all young people. Capable and trustworthy guides have been at hand, rich and varied nutriment has ever been provided. However, the actual steps up the path must always be taken by the student herself. In a spirit of gratitude and appreciation for Coe ' s first fifty years, let us continue upward along the pathway, eager to surmount obstacles and to open up new and interesting by-paths in the realm of human knowledge. Mary Bell. Page 22

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DEAN OF MEN It takes considerable courage to talk of progress in a period of great de- pression. Retrenchment is the order of the hour. I presume the very book in which this is printed is not as pretentious as the former annuals issued by the Board. The Faculty is somewhat smaller. Some courses of study have been eliminated. The program has been curtailed in many respects. It has all been done in order to cut our garment according to our cloth. Notwithstanding, the real efficiency of the institution has not been affected. The essentials of a college education are all intact. Though instruction may be less costly it is just as effective, perhaps more so. I. therefore, congratulate the publishers of the Annual for sufficient courage to call this the Progress issue of the Acorn. For it is a heartening recognition of an oft forgotten fact that things are frequently not what they seem. There are things upon which we have put a greater emphasis than they deserve. Education along with religion has often been criticised that it has been too easy. And all too frequently we have evaluated progress in terms of the material. It would not be surprising, in fact it is altogether likely, that real progress is most real when the times are difficult. At any rate knowing as I do the handicaps to progress under which the majority of Coe students work, I desire to congratulate them on their courage and progress alike. Harry Kremers, 4r:= Page 21

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S. N. Harris Business Manager and Assistant Treasurer BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1932 Walter L. Cherry Chicago. Illinois George T. Hedges Cedar Rapids George Laird Cedar Rapids James E. Hamilton . Cedar Rapids Sutherland C. Dows Cedar Rapids Robert R, Little, D. D Cedar Rapids •John A. Marquis. D. D New York Citi, Lt.- Col. C. B. Robbins Cedar Rapids Jacob J. Shambaugh Des Moines T. R. Warriner ..... Cedar Rapids 1933 F. G. Murray. M. D Cedar Rapids C. ]. Deacon, Esq. Cedar Rapids Isaac B. Smith Cedar Rapids The Rev. R. Bruce West Cedar Rapids Glenn M. Averill Cedar Rapids Robert W. Stewart ... Chicago. Illinois John S. Broeksmit Chigago. liinois M. R. Drury, D. D Ponce. Porto Rico C. F. Clark Cedar Rapids C. W. Emerson, D. D. . Cedar ' Rapids 1934 H. M. Gage. D. D Cedar Rapids Joseph Bren, D. D Cedar Rapids John S. Ely Cedar Rapids Mrs. George B. Douglas Cedar Rapids J. M. DiNwiDDiE Cedar Rapids George E. Booth Chicago. Illinois The Rev. H. Deal Grand Rapids. Michigan Robert S. Sinclair Indianapolis. Indiana C. G. Greene Cedar Rapids Arthur Poe Cedar Rapids •Deceased July 5. 1931 Page 23