Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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CONTENTS AUTUMN . . .13 WINTER 55 SPRING 89 ADVERTISING 123 ' Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, The tree ' s inclined. Alexander Pope The future lies ahead of us as college students. The world is slowly being restored to its former position, and as Pope states, every common mind, which includes we students, seeks education. Education has many tasks: training the intelligence, broadening the mind, and teaching the techniques on which modern civilization is based. It may do all this yet never reach our central problem. The real issue is whether men are to be ruled by power, pleasure, their own creations, or by goodness, beauty and reason. People see the value of power in science and economics. Certainly — but of what use are they, unless men know how to use them rightly? Power and wealth go hand in hand, for good or evil. In our world we have unlimited power; we need an education which teaches us not merely how to use that power but how to use it well. To build up in every man and woman a solid core of spiritual life, which will resist the attrition of everyday existence in our mechanized world — that is the most difficult and important task of all learning. Take hold of vour education, students, and bend your twigs rightly. 9

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in aerial view of Elmhurst College Campus with its beautiful buildings and scenic back- grounds. Old Main stands in the foreground.

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Bright lights gleaming into the night from the much- used, friendly and beautiful Memorial Library.