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

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Committee J. E. TRIMMER .1. M. MILLER J. W. KETTERING .1. WINWOOD EISENBERG SAMUEL S. AVENGER MICHAEL KURTZ X. K. MUSSER Finance Committee .1. Z. HERR .1. Y. KETTERING JOHN SPRENKLE Equipment Committee J. Z. HERR F. S. CARPER RUFUS ROYER PAUL M. GRUBB K. EZRA BUCHER Officers R. P. BUCHER, Chairman J. AY. KETTERING, Secretary .1. E. TRIMMER, Vice-Chairman J. Z. HERR, Treasurer 12

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- ' ' zeiident 1 Mellzat The academic year which has now come to its close will be unique in the history of American higher education. In the first place, the enrollment in colleges and universities in the United States has been over two million. This is the largest number of students ever enrolled in higher education. Approximately 1,000,000 were veterans of World War II, and were receiv- ing financial aid from the Federal Government under the G. I. Bill of Rights. Elizabethtown College has had 191 of these veterans. This number, with 195 non-veterans, gave Elizabethtown College the largest enrollment in her history. In addition, because of lack of space, the Ad- missions Office was obliged to turn away more than 300 applications during the summer of 1946. Many of these applicants were graduated in the highest quarter of their classes. In the second place, Elizabethtown College has added two buildings to her facilities — North and South Halls — which serve as dormitories for men. Another building is now under construction which will be used as a recitation hall. These buildings have been given to the College by the Federal Government. In addition to these buildings a large amount of equip- ment, such as chairs, tables, desks, has also been secured from the Government. In the midst of the rapidly expanding program of higher education in the country, the United States Office of Education predicts a continuing upward trend in enrollment so that by 1955 probably more than 3,000,000 students will be attending the colleges and universities of the country. At this very moment there is a movement on foot to inaugurate a program of Federal aid to higher education through a National Scholarship Plan. Under such a program financial aid would be given to young men and women of superior mental ability for study in colleges and universities. The philosophy back of this proposal is that the professional and scientific personnel of the country is a national asset and to develop it amounts to conserving our national resources. In the light of these trends in education, Elizabethtown College aims to keep alert to her opportunities and responsibilities by upholding the Christian ideal of character coupled with sound scholarship. To this end she at all times endeavors to prepare youth to be able to com- pete on bases where ability, Christian character, and industry are recognized. The record of our alumni gives us legitimate grounds for pride in their achievement and we have the firm hope that you who are about to take your place in the vocations and profes- sions will continue to uphold our record. The endowment of Elizabethtown College, as for any college, rests not only in her finan- cial resources, but in her alumni, her faculty, and her friends as well. Our hope is that each of you may add yourself to this living endowment of Elizabethtown College and to champion the highest goals for which the College stands. rv AjU 1( • 11

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