Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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The, Royal Purple 1B1fesihent Cllbarles Tlfltleslep jflint, B. EB. The administration of Charles Wesley Fli11t, D. D. is being made conspicuous at Cornell by advance in many ways. Among his con- tributions to the development of the college may be mentioned the thought and energy which he has devoted to the improvement of the finances of the institution. ln addition to establishing valuable connections for Cornell in the East, he recently secured the contri- bution hy the Rockefeller Board of rl4100,000 additional endowment for Cornell on condition that the constituency of the College raise an additional amount. Ile has introduced a more thorough system of accounting and office management, together with the remodeling of the college offices upon new and approved plans. Under his leadership the new heating plant, so long an uneonsummated hope, has come into being and is at this writing working bravely. President Flint has done much for the scholarship of the school by his own example off scholarly industry, his unwavering insistence upon the highest standards of scholarship, and his introduction of the system of majors in the curriculum system with the elimina- tion ol? the degree leading to Bachelor of Science and the granting of a single degree, that of Bachelor of Arts. 1 The standards of scholar- ship at Cornell have never been so high as now, and never has there been so many alumni studying or preparing to study in Eastern universities. President Flint 's own scholarship, his interest in modern problems, and his unusual gift as a public speaker have made him a line representative of the college before educational bodies both in this state and in the East. Then the personal qualities of the man,-his humor, his geniality, his sincerity, his strong sane religious enthusiasm are making a deep impression upon the life of the college and rendering the adminis- tration of Charles Wesley Flint D. D. notable in the annals of Cor- nell College. 19ld- I

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The Royal Purple WILIJIAM HARMON NORTON, A. B., A. M., LL. D., Alumni Professor of Geology. VVILLIAM STAHL EBERSOLE, A. B., A. M., Litt. D., Professor of Greek and Archae- ology. H.KRRY MCCORMICK KEIJIIY, A. B., A. M., LL. D., Professor of Biology. HENRY CLAY STANCLIFT, Ph. B., Ph. D., Professor of History and Politics. NICHOLAS KNIGHT, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. GEORGE HERBERT BETTS, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., ,Professor of Psychology. CHARLES REUBEN KEYES, Ph. B., A. M., Professor of German Language and Literature. LIARY BURR NORTON, B. S., M. S., A. M., Alumni Professor of Mathematics. 1918