Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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THE PRES DENT HARRY MOREHOUSE SAGE . I

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE I-IATEVER I may say, you are guife sure fo charf your own course. Remember fhaf however much you may zig-Zag and faclr you will nof go far asfray if you will occasionally checlc your posifion by fixed poinfs of reference. Such poinfs are infellecfual, sfrenuousness and moral earnesfness. In your iourneys abouf fhe campus you will discover fhaf The college has a curricu- lum. If is iusf infellecfual and spirifual food. Buf fho deans and regisfrar have peculiar ideas abouf if. They fhinlc fhe dief should be careful y measured and admin- isfered. Teachers have a sfrangely persisfenf feeling fhaf fheir own respecfive courses should be diligenfly devoured. You may feel fhaf fhe service is poor or nof fashion- able and fhaf fhe dief should be changed. More appefizing food in greafer variefy should be served. Sfudenfs and feachers always agree fhaf fhe curricular dief should be revised. If is probably nufrifious food, bread and meaf and fruif fo mind and hearf wifh an occasional dose of whafever is fhe infellecfual eguivalenf of sfewed onions. All nufrienf qualifies are presenf in variefy. If will cerfainly develop moral muscle and sfrong menfal fiber. Buf I infer from campus fallc fhaf fhe curriculum needs less fough sfuff fhaf requires long and vigorous chewing, much less spinach, more appefizers, eye-opening cocldails, many more garnishings and predigesfcd courses which can be served by iniecfion rafher fhan by old-fashioned processes of infellecfual chewing, swallowing, and assimilafion. When you have discovered all fhis you may also discover fhaf if is foolish fo sfarve fo deafh in fhe presence of so much food. In addifion fo fhe curriculum, you will discover persons on fhe campus. Some are feachers. Unless you discover one or fwo feachers and allow fhem fo discover you, your discoveries in fhe curriculum will be insignificanf and nof worfhy of record. Then fhere are sfudenfs. Discover fhem. Carriers of values are always concrefe human individuals and nof laws of science. Thaf is fhe reason friendship is so imporfanf. College may become a greaf advenfure in fhe realm of friendship. Individuals are unique. Discover which ones if is imporfanf for you fo Iqnow, which ones you should eIecf. Discover sfudenfs collccfively as well as individually. Open your eyes. See whaf fhey do. They fallc, play games, sfage plays, sing songs, form sociefies, go fo parfies, make dafesf' read boolcs, look af picfures, say fheir prayers. Become ac- quainfed wifh fhese acfivifies and wifh fhose who clirecf fhem-fhe coaches for afhlefics, debafe and drama, direcfors of musical organizafions, fhe librarian, fhe feacher of arf, fhe leaders of social and religious Iife. I myself have discovered fhaf sfudenf acfivifies are fhe resulf of impulses and insfincfs fhaf need expression more fhan repression. Repression of whaf is bad is only by way of expression of whaf is good. In Russia a fraveler saw a soldier in fronf of a cage full of lions. I-Ie said, Whaf are you doing? The soldier replied, I am guarding fhe lions. The fraveler said, Open fhe door. Lef fhem ouf. They can falce care of fhemselvesf' Our wild young people, see fhem picfured in fhe ACORN, do nof need guarding. They need open doors, friendship and leadership. I-l.Iv1.6AGfE IIBI

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DEAN OF COLLEGE For some years pasT, The success oT The colleges in eTTecTing really desirable changes in The lives oT young men and women has been seriously called in guesTion by some very compeTenT observers. The response oT The colleges To This criTicism has been, in The main, a digniTied silence, or The re-sTaTemenT oT cerTain Time hallowed obiecTives which have Tully demonsTraTed Their worTh. There is some evidence, also, ThaT cerTain Torward looking insTiTuTions are seTTing up new purposes and obiecTives, which if pchieved only in parT, would iusTiTy The exisTence oT The college as an agenT oT higher earning. A shorT sTaTemenT, The auThor of which is unlcnown To me, emphasizes an addiTional value oT The years spenT in college-a value which, l believe, is being recognized by an ever increasing number oT sincere sTudenTs each year, and who are giving To iT an appropriaTe place wiTh The oTher beneTiTs derived Trom Their liTe on a college campus. The sTaTemenT is, as l have indicaTed, very brief, buT I believe ThaT pasT and presenT generaTions oT college sTudenTs will approve The senTimenT iT expresses, and will agree ThaT iT reveals one oT The really worTh-while conTribuTions oT The college To The incli- vidual man or woman. WhaT more excellenT purpose oT The college could be achieved in The liTe oT a person Than This: l Tincl no place ThaT does noT breaThe some gracious memory oT a Triend. ls iT unreasonable To asserT ThaT The college, which aTTords an opporTuniTy Tor The developmenT oT lasTing and precious Triendships, has made an imporTanT con- TribuTion To The ioy and richness oT living? Or, who can say ThaT The experiences oT college have been unproTiTable To ThaT person who, aTTer The lapse oT years, Treasures The gracious memory oT a Triend ? All college experiences are noT equally proTiTable7 nor are They all equally pleasanT. BuT who can deny The increased richness oT liTe oT ThaT sTudenT who reTurns To The campus and is able To say, l Tind no place ThaT does noT breaThe some gracious memory oT a Triend. C. HARVE GEIGER l20l