Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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The Etonian, 1933-1934 r r v . . , ' i: i . . i .m i ni » i roxLMiiiiiuLi « ' i ■ I ' l ii i ' i i ' mum 1 1 mm 1 1 1 i « ii i wirmwrnii ' i ii ' I nw iii i President Schlosser Page seventeen

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Tne Etonian, 1933-1934 ■■i i „ ■ i i i m...,- . ti ■■ I ■ v i ' iii.ii ' . ;■■■ ■■■■■ i v ttttt-i i . ' ■ ' ■nun 11 THE PRESIDENT ' S ETONIAN HOMILY ONE of the most significant benefits a student may receive from a sojourn of tour years in a liberal arts college is the widening of his horizons. Life should now be fraught with new hopes and ideas; it should be richer and deeper in the appreciation of beauty and truth than it was at the outset. It is the acquisition of these new vistas of delight that will prove to be a boundless reserve against ennui, a source of rest and recreation amidst the strenuousness and tensity of modern life. The regrettable fact is that so small a group of our citizenry can avail themselves of the opportunities of acquiring a culture that gives meaning to life. It is for this lack of horizons that we find in our age of mechanical efficiency a populace of imaginatively sterile, hopelessly utilitarian, and earthbound in vision. The college student, in order to appreciate the tidier meaning of life should con- tinue after school days to be a student of the world in which he lives. He should aim to know more of the beauty of the heavens and to call the Stars by name; he should look for the glistening gold and the symmetry of the dandelion ; he should delve into mother earth and see the past recorded in its rocks; he should note the emergence ot civilization from its rude beginnings and continue his interest in human progress; he should follow the modern achievements ot men in the political and in the scientific world; he should take cognizance of the thought ot our great religious leaders and be at home in the moral progress of society. It is desire ot this sort that helps one to see life whole and live at his best. To do less than this is to be only half alive. As a further help to a fuller appreciation of the winsome in life one needs to con- tinue the cultivation of a sound taste. It is important that one be able to recognize excellence everywhere. One who has caught the spirit of the masters can never there- after be content with the ugliness and the frivolity that our industrial age continually tuists upon us. The student who has learned to appreciate the artistry of John Mc- Cormack will turn in disgust from the modern crooner; the lover of the noble de- lineations of an Ibsen or a Shakespeare will scorn upon the cheap and tawdry per- formance; the admirer of the Sistine Madonna will not waste time upon obscene pictures and burlesque shows; the student who has developed an appreciation for the truly great in poetry and in the essay will frown upon the yellow journal and the salacious story. Thus by the revelations of beauty and truth we breed a healthy dis- content with ugliness and cling to the praiseworthy. It is my hope that each generation of college students may become imbued with such a knowledge of truth and beauty and have acquired a genuine touchstone so that life may become more beautiful, that sunny skies may be over the humdrum of the activities of life, and that manners may become more gentle, speech more helpful and gracious, and home more sacred and restful. Page sixteen

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The Etonian, 1933-1934 OL ■! ■!! ' I : i ymii 1 lil ' ii i - I I ' m ■ L .U ■ ■ ■ ' . ■ V t . : ■ ' ■ rrr-r- m rr rr — n , ■ ■ ; .,; M I UNCLE SAM TALKING FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES I AM not surprised that the students wonder what the trustees are doing in their long sessions. It they had the chance to make decisions, wouldn ' t they turn the trick? Well, the trustees sometimes think it they were students they would do just a bit differently from the way they do do at times. Probablj this is due to the fact that the students are young and some of the trustees are old and none are very young. Now I ' ll let you in on some of the problems with which th;y have to wrestle. A large part of the constituency thinks the College is too FRESH. Some of the students think it ought to be FRESHER! The trustees are supposed to satisfy both elements as the College must have the cooperation of both if it is to continue to function. Then, too, the purpose of the College is clearly stated and the trustees are charged with keeping it true to the ideals of its founders. Some of these ideals do not mesh perfectly with some of the ideals of the students. This is especially true regarding the emphasis that should be given athletics. Following are some of the reasons for the attitude of the board on the football game: 1. The hundreds of young men killed. 2. The commercializing of the game. 3. The wrong slant it creates in the mind of the student, making the basis of efficiency physical — with, to say the least, questionable morality — instead of intellectual, moral and spiritual. 4. It calls out the most robust, who do not particularly need the physical develop- ment, and rejects those who do need it. This view of the trustees must not be construed to mean that the board would prohibit physical exercise. On the contrary, the development of the body is one of the outstanding objectives of the College. However, these are some of the reasons the trustees would prefer intermural games to intercollegiate contests. I am just stating this to let the students get a part of the viewpoint of the board. Then there are the financial problems. The students can not afford to put up buildings and equip them. This is done by public spirited men and women, principally by members of the Church, under whose auspices the College is conducted, and by those who are in sympathy with its ideals. he unfortunate financial conditions existing have made it impossible for a large number of these patrons to pay the amount subscribed for erecting buildings and pro- viding sufficient endowment for the College to standardize. Then the board was com- pelled to appeal to our faculty members to come to the rescue. This, we are glad to report, they are doing, thus helping out in this time of financial stress. The board does not expect the College to rest its reputation on its athletic standing. Nothing is so encouraging to the board of trustees as the many reports we get of our graduates ' success in the business world and in the work they are doing in the ministry and the field of Christian Education. Then, too, we are especially proud of the many high school positions so creditably filled by them and of the excellent work they are doing as teachers in the grades. I am sure I am speaking for the entire board when I congratulate the Sophomores for the reception they gave the Freshmen early this year. That kind of spirit is in- dicative of true culture and is in harmony with the ethics of the Master Teacher. Page eighteen