Ferris State University - Ferriscope Yearbook (Big Rapids, MI)

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utation of the endowed, the 'e turned IFOIU faculty that it tory schools in fpalrtments and ctors. A VH' ears ago, how- lilled. It was om the post of h us, we know, is each and all our president, hich frequently Ferris inherited my students and ihere is no man when he is off lrVhen students awe which his lace to an un- ition is to labor se he has given is cause he has ucation. He iS s a well-known mself more, he 5, he fmds him- ? the calls that 76 Q ?. 5: e wvfeef free'-PM . -swam. . ,- -mulfrwnmseseew.-'fn-4-'-H 1 pour in from different sections of the countr topics are: Making the WO1'lCl Better, Getting on in the World, The Philosophy of Human Nature, The Art of Reading Human Nature, The Building of a Man, Mas- ter Motives, The Courage That Conquersf' All these give an insight into the character of the man who stands to-day at the head of the great Institute that bears his name and whose personality inspires with loyalty and honor the thousands of students that enter and leave its doors. Besides his business cares, Mr. Ferris takes time to par- ticipate in social pleasures. He belongs to several orders, among which are the Knights of Pythias, the Masonic F ra- ternity, the Order of Foresters, the Modern VVoodmen, and the National Union. y. His favorite On account of his shrewdness in business and uncon- trollable energy, Woodbriclge N. Ferris has been charged, sometimes, with laboring solely for the purpose of gather- ing money. If this were so, why does he not give up the thankless task of the teacher and go into the oratorical field entirely? VVhy, when the Mecosta County Savings Bank failed in October, 1896, did he take upon himself the responsibility of paying the students' funds and thus place upon his already overladen shoulders a burden that any one else would have shunned or refused? It is a well-known fact that no student, save one or two-and that was for rea- sons known solely to themselves and Mr. Ferris,-was ever sent away from the Ferris Institute because of lack of funds to pay his way through. The Ferris Institute now boasts of an annual enrolment of two thousand students. Witliiii twenty-three years, this is a phenomenal growth for an unendowed institution. During this time, it has passed from Mr. Ferris' hands into the con- trol of a private corporation, although Mr. and Mrs. Ferris still own jointly a large share of the stock. For the past two years Commencement Exercises have been held at the Institute. The president of the Institute, lovingly nick- named The Qld Mann by many of the students, has given the best part of his life to the ennobling of wayward youth, and though many an hour his heart aches with the pangs of discouragement and though he considers his labors but just begun, hundreds of men and women out in the world to-day are blessing his name and living Jurer and noblei a l A lives because of contact in ,former days with this large- souled teacher. ' I A if .--e' ww., if or e AY-A -w wsu... ' Q .9 Q. p v gfy- Joan -'J' ,A Y - ifxv WJOX. 54 ,A

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