Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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Sljr Spirit nf iFamtltBt rg I once wandered through the marble hallways of a great university. Men and women scurried past me, busy, intent, self-centered. Some- way the place seemed cold and hard and academic. Then the locomo- tive carried me until I stood before the doors of a little college. The change was wonderful and heart-warming. Through the dusk the campus lights gleamed softly; two laughing girls nodded to me as they strolled past arm in arm; a tall man who sometimes teaches mathe- matics waved a cheerful greeting to me; from the athletic field came the joyous shout of the team; then from back somewhere a bell rang out a genial welcome to the evening meal and I knew that I was again in the heart of our Mother Earlham, back in the cheerful, warm, friendly, homey atmosphere of the place by the side of the road, where people are just folks and every man is your brother and the whole family live together within the walls of our Alma Mater. The Spirit of Familistery. The Paternal Spirit. The Fraternal Spirit. The Community Spirit. Eight

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r . , i ; ' .• . ' 1 11 ■)■ The Sjiiril of Familistery. Seven

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Sit? ®ask nf % Ufantltjj By Robert Lincoln Kelly The Great Teacher conceived tin. ideal society ;is ;i family of which God was the Father and in which He assumed the role of Hit; Brother. Earlham is a Christian institution and has been organized from the first with this exalted family ideal in mind. The members of the faculty do not so much assume the prerogatives of a father as an elder brother. They know the students by name and more than this they know the students themselves. They seek their companionship and it is their greatest joy to share their lives. The faculty is most of all an influence and strives to direct the innermost impulses of the human person- alities intrusted to their care. It is the most inspiring task that has been assigned to men.