Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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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.

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PROF. E. S. GARDINER