Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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Greefi and Latin LTHOUGH all will not admit that a thorough knowledge of Greek and Latin is necessary for a man to face the problems of life, few dare deny that a study of these subjects is one of the best dis- ciplines for the mind in all the college course. That student who spends three years wrestling with these languages and fails to feel the power of thought and to see the beauties in literature, could never understand the power and beauty of our own language. WVhere can you ind more majestic simplicity than that in Homer and Virgil? Wliere can you ind the truer spirit of oratory if not in Cicero and Demosthenes? Let the Latin and the Greek teach us the charms of the drama. These are the most beautiful languages of all time. At the head of the Greek department stands Columbus H. Hall, A. M., D. D. His early educa- tion was obtained near his home in Chili, Miami County, Ind., and in the High School at Peru. Professor Hall spent nearly four years in Franklin College, and would have graduated if the college had not been suspended in the year of 1872. He at once, with his fellow classmates, entered the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated at the close of the following year. In 1875 he was graduated from the Union Theological Seminary of Chicago. He spent some time preaching, but felt a call to give up the desire of his life when in 1875 the way was opened for him to become a teacher in the college. Professor Hall has always been a very enthusiastic teacher, and has the ability to draw from a student the very best he has in him. He is one of the hardest working students in the institution. One of his determinations is that no one shall work harder than himself. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. , The Greek course offers to the student an oppor- tunity for mastering the subject. Francis NY. Brown, A. M., Ph. D., has charge of the Latin work. Professor Brown is one of the great men of today who earned his way by improving the spare moments. 'While a clerk in one of the leading stores of Seymour, he pursued his study of Latin, German and Greek during his spare hours. He came to Franklin College in 1858, and remained till the college suspended work at the beginning of the war. Since the war, Professor Brown has been teaching in some of our best institutions of learning. He has been president of two important schools, and in both places did much to advance the interests of education. He has been a teacher in Franklin Col- lege for nearly twenty-ive years. In that time he has ever proven himself a thorough teacher. Few students leave his department without having learned to love the God whom Professor Brown serves so faithfully.

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English Department HE aim of this department is two-fold. First, to give a student the principles which will enable him to express, correctly, his thoughts in both Writing and speaking. Second, to bring him in touch with the best English authors and their pro- ductions. The student is required to write themes and to study, critically, portions of the best litera- ture. Lectures are given in the class room by the professor. Special work is given for library study. All these methods are used to make the student see and appreciate the beauties in our own language. This department is very strong because the pro- fessor has mastered the subject and teaches it in such a way that to be thorough soon becomes the desire of each student in his classes. Rev. E. S. Gardiner has been at the head of this department for five years. In that time he has developed, in all the students, a love for good Eng- lish. He has done his best to make Franklin's English department as strong as any other in the State. It is true that this aim has not been reached. Still great advancement has been made as a result of Professor Gardiner's work. Professor Gardiner is a descendant of sturdy New England stock. His father was a man of strong convictions and so thoroughly pious that early in life his children were made to think about religion. His mother was a motherly New Englander who knew how to keep her boy in the straight and narrow way. He received his first degree from Colgate University, after four years of hard work. Two years were spent in Crozier Seminary. After this he entered upon the work of the ministry. As a min- ister he was true to the trust the Master gave him and was used for the glory of God. He is a man of great intellectual power and broad experience. This enables him to be a thorough teacher. He is a man of strong Christian character. Professor Gardiner has had charge of the library for the last year and is improving, in many ways, this important part of our college. The library has grown so rapidly that it has been atburdensome task for a professor to manage it aside from his other duties, especially when his department requires him to correct so many papers. Nevertheless, Professor Gardiner has proven himself an excellent librarian and never complains about being overworked. As a member of the gymnasium committee, he has done some good work for the gymnasium.