Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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DOROTHEA ELVA MILLS, R. N. Nuise, and Lecturer on Hj ' giene, Everybody knows Miss Mills; all the boys will fight for her. Hers are the kind hands that mend broken bones and dose out soothing syrup. A cheery comforter, and friend to all. MRS MINNIE MILLS HISS A. B. Matron. As sweet and dainty a Motlier Hubbard as ever tried to feed a hungrv mob. FINLEY NEWLIN, Treasurer. Never ahead, never be- hind, never in a hurry. He hands out many welcome letters, supplies us with the necessary evils of life such as stamps and text books, cashes our checks and col- lects our box rent all with forethought and deliber- ation. En(;AR A. FISHER, A. B. Assistant Treasurer and Purchasing Agent. Eddie steers carefully between Scylla and Charyb dis — the board and the hun gry dorm folks. His de light is in the way of econ omy; since he began open ing and closing the college cash accounts E. C. has started on the royal road to prosperity. VINCENT DEWITT NICH- OLSON, A. B. Endowment Secretary. A tall quiet man who keeps his troubles to him- self has an office in the library. They say he is En- dowment Secretary. Who knows how many dollars and freshmen he has brought

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(.■lIKSTiOH I Dircctiir of Atliletics. Cuv- crnor of Buiiiiy Hall. Coach, bif; — burly — jolly, with a persistent habit of teasing the pretty girls, has ki ' pt himself busy tuning up Rarlhain athletes this year and making week-end trips to Logansport. His juui]) from the stmlent body to the faculty of Earlliam has not hurt Dea — ah Coach one hit. I ' .UI, II. liKnWX. II. ; Instructor in Physics ; C licmistry and A.ssistant Physical Training. The on Re ■ ' iris faculty baby has hit with the fellows Id and with the liing Dmncstic d r i;l.. l) ' iS S. H.A. .SKTT. A. 11, Vassar. Director of Women ' s Physi- cal Training. A .jolly, happy-go-lucky young personage with a few decided ideas of her own, who settled in our midst to resurrect girls ' athletics. Though generally taken for a Freshman, her capability speaks for itself; and as chaperon and meriy maid she has won her ] opularity. KKKI) W. K-MKKMIX. i;. S. Instructor in liiology. The latest acquisition to the Bug lab. Renowned bird guide, up hill and down dale he goes with troo].s of seratcheil and tattered fol- lowers vaguely wondering the why ' s anil wherefore ' s of maehroehires or coc- cyges. He can speak with grave and knowing look on anv subject, foolish or oth- erwise; and his jokes have a leputation all their own. .lAMKS .MAK.MADIKK la.rvs. M. S. Superintendent of Buildings ami (ti-oiuids. llarnuiduke — who has not felt the warmth of thy smile, anil thanked thee for ---an ji.xe or a key or a piece of pipe or ])erniissian or something! What is Earl- ham without .Marmadnke ' r We hate to think of such a thing. The handiest man on the campus, he can repair the steam dynamo i r Earl- hani ' s hash nmchine.

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THE SARGASSO 1914 [ EARLHAM COLLEGE. The early events in the developnieiit of Earlhani we know have heen recounted so often in various ciillese and popular pubHcations that it seems unnecessary to state them again. There are, how- ever, certain Mutstanilini;- facts wliich friends of Earlhani shduld nut tire of liearing. One of thciii is that at a time wiien women were given few educational privileges, the founders of our college tlared to throw their doors open both to men and women, establishing no educatinnal restrictions based on sex distinctions. Probably or.ly two other colleges in the country took this stand so earlx. Women have always participated in tiie administration of the college, as well. Never has there l.een a time when there were not able and influential women on the Board of Trustees and in the h ' aculty. .Meantime the great state Universities have developed and have justified on a large scale the soundness of this i)rinciple in education so early adopted by the Earlham fathers and mnthers. Earlhani is also one of the few well-known colleges in the L ' nitcd States that do not have and have never had fraternities or sororities. This is sinipl - another manifestation of the degree to which the management has stood for the idea cf an educational deniocracv. The college has not fostered aristocracy or snobbishness or secrecy. It has .stood for social solidarity and has given every student a chance to count for as much as his talent and energy would warrant. Years of experience ha e proved the wisdom of the founders in this respect, and the fine spirit of CAMAR.ADERIE which permeates the Earlham atmosphere- today is the result of the efhn-t, conscious and unconscious, to build up a college society free from artificial barriers. Manx colleges todav that have secret soci- eties would be glad to he rid of them and as is w.ll known st;ite legislatures have passed laws against their existence in the high schools. Earlhani has been a leader in the advanced movements in education. The first conspicuous illus- tration of this is found in the introduction of scientific studies and the laboratory method. Years reat teachers freely put questions to nature and as freelv awaited nature ' s ion to use experiiiiental methods in sci- the museum and th laboratories ikUc from this period of pedagogic courage. Eater the college led in other r.,nns of practical study md in recent years the members of the faculty have heen alert .students of educational science with the courage to jiut their convictions to test. iMio one can keep up with the Earlhan- facnltv Ic - ago I ' .arlliaiii answers. No college in Indiana began so ence study and instr.iclii n. The observator '