Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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,ma Freshmen FQRIEDA NORDEN Nebraska ESTHER UPSHAW Kansas LOIS CAR TE R Indiana HALLIE WATSON Tennessee LEONARD COLE Michigan HARRY FUN KHOUSER Indiana RUTH KLOPFENSTEIN Indiana JESSIE WILSON Indiana For truth has such a face and such a mein, As to be 1ov'd needs only to be seen. .43- 3 Uhr Cmeama 5 ?

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Sophomores HELEN ANDREWS 'AI will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. BESSIE DURHAM To them that have no might, he in- ereaseth strength. RAY OVERMEYER In all thy Ways acknowle dge him, and he shall direct thy paths. V DELLA Doniss I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. ELOISE BROWN The Lord is my rock, and my fort- ress, and my clelivererg my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust. But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, but deign'd him no reply. 23535 ..42..

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The True Aim Of Education t TRUE education aims to implant a love of knowledge, an adherence to truth because it is truth, a reverence for man because he is man, an enthusiasm for. liberty, a spirit of candor, of sympathy, and, above all, a supreme regard for duty. It is evident that the modern idea and view ot education to-day falls far beneath its true standard and purpose. It is true that we have many fields of knowledge. There is seemingly no limit to the extent in which some may be pursued. But what is the object and aim of that pursuit? Many of our colleges of to-day are filled with young men and women who go for a good time or for the name they get by attending some popular school, while others go in order to procure enough knowledge along some line to enable them to bring fame and renown to themselves. They get only a disordered smattering of knowledge and do not sound the depths or touch the truth of a living vital knowledge. Theirs is only a hollow and false education. Learning is not found alone in books. lt does not commence with the alphabet, it begins with a mothe1 s look, with a father's nod of approbation, or a sign of reproofg with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand, or a brother's nobel :ict ot torbearance, with handfuls of Howers in green dells, on hills, and daisy meadows, with bird's nests admired, but not touched: with creeping ants, and nith lnnnming-bees, with pleasant walks in shady lanes, and with thought directed in sweet and kindly tones and words to nature, to beauty, to acts of benevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the source of all good-to God Him- Selffl The purpose of true education is the awakening of a love for truth, giv- ing a ,just sense of duty, opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of lite. lt is not so much giving words, as thoughts, or mere maxims, as living principles. lt is not teaching to be honest because 'thonesty is the best policyf' but because it is right. It is teaching the individual to love the good, for the sake of the good, to be virtuous in action, because so in heart, to love tiod supremely, not from fear, but from delight. It is an evident fact that we cannot have a true knowledge of things or be truly educated unless we have the help of God. Only as He reveals hidden truths to us and helps us to discern what is true learning can we assimilate and incorporate real knowledge. In modern education God has been left out. One writer has said, Educate men without religion, and you make them but clever devilsu. Recently the editor of one of our prominent papers, in discussing the relationship between the school and religion said, Men who seek to intrude their particular religious beliefs and literature into the public school work are doing their country a disservice. Let religion be taught freely in the proper places-but let the public schools be free for their own particular workf' God is able to enlighten the minds of men but if they refuse His help, He will let them alone to go on in their blindness and folly,-seeking truth, but not find- ing it. The knowledge they gain for themselves will suffice to serve only their own end and will be of no lasting benefit to their fellow-men. If we work upon marble, it will perish, if on brass, time will efface it, if wc rear temples they will crumble into dust, but if We work upon immortal minds, and imbuc them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow-men, we engrave on these tablets something that will brighten to all eternity. -Bernadine Beisner. ..44-.