Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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ADMINISTRATION All the college is a stage and all the eds and semites are players — they enter and exit. Their roles are long or short, tragic or humorous, and each plays them in his own way. The master director, prompter, and scene shifter is Administration. Under this jurisdiction falls new bulbs for lights, weeds on the lawns, and recalcitrant students who fail to leave college in the usual way. Like an ancient monarch, like a modern executive, the absolute power of this branch is eyed with envy by seekers of dominance. Many a student has been filched of his very rights and many another has had some rationalism implanted in his life all to the credit or blame of the adminis- trators. To keep the faculty and student cogs of this great educational machine in constant mesh and perfect order requires the skill of an engineering genius. Replacing broken parts, and oiling squeaking joints as well as directing the flow of supply and meeting the demand of the world, involves methods and tact that many college students do not comprehend. Those who guide us are more than teachers and administrators, and the relation between the Denison faculty and the student body is one of understanding and mutual benefit. The past year has been a most severe test of this cooperation, but it has weathered the storm and Denison can well be proud of the triumph. [27]

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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the ierian spring. — ope [26]

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THE YEAR ' S ADVANCE The college year, 1924-25, is marked by the com- pletion of the building plan for Chapel Hill, the third of the seven hills on which Denison is being built, and the construction of two of the ten dormitories for women on the first hill. The enrollment has passed the thousand mark and the selection of students from the list of appli- cants has raised the standard of scholarship, already a high one. Theta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa reports the highest scholarship in the Senior and Junior classes recorded in its history. Funds originally intended for a gymnasium have been turned by the donor into the endowment fund, thus making it possible to hold strong men on our faculty and attract others to it. Enthusiasm, cooperation and energy will crown our seven hills with a completed Denison. Clark Wells Chamberlain, A. B., Ph. D., President [28]