Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

 - Class of 1916

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She has passed her four-score years, during all of which she has T1-IE. SPECTRUM CWM XXXXIXXYLILXLEYXIXIJLIXIXILIFXXYIIX-IX-I - 'S . Q6 .. Q-F5 iii' ' H. X PY- .g 2 , X YA? F fs v '-ixaMi?'q3 Ai? rr fflfislory of 'pennsylvania College By REV. CHARLES FINLEY SANDERS, A.M., D.D. E . generally estimate human beings and human institutions in terms of achievement and ideals. Wfe wish to raise these two points with reference to our College: her achievement and her program. maintained her rank among the first class colleges of the country. The function of the college is of vast importance in the history of education. But to define that function is a problem not so readily solved at the present time. Under the disciplinary and cultural con- ception of education, largely dominant during the early history of our College, the answer was rather simple and clear. The college was then regarded as a school of ad- vanced mental discipline. It developed certain generalized powers, prepared for spe- cialized research work, or for the appreciation of the higher or finer things of life. Preparation for any special line of life work was not in its program. But this has all been changed. A more scientific psychology has given us a new conception of men- tal discipline. A more thorough-going democracy has enlarged the sphere of -ad- vanced education. Everywhere the demand is insistent that education must be kept in vital touch with real life. The school that exists only, or even chiefiy, as the ves- tibule or approach to the school above is a back number. Life is the most interesting thing under the sun, and education must bring this interest to its fullest fruition. The educational program must, therefore, square with this test at every step,-it must contribute directly to the enhancement of life's values and the value of life itself. The direct result of this practical trend is the enlistment of a more vital interest in educa- tion, and a broader appeal to an awakened public sentiment which is increased efficiency. The net result of this change in the function of the college may what as follows: The college must furnish training for living on both of efficiency and of culture. Not less discipline than the older manded, but closer touch with the active things of life, is what the requires. How this has been met by Pennsylvania College will appe keen to perceive be stated some- a higher plane conception de- new conception ar from a com- parison of the present catalogue with the catalogue of a decade ago. Then there were two prescribed lines of work, now there are ten. Then the aim was preparation for the schools of law, medicine, or theologyg now it includes these together with direct preparation for various learned vocations. Briefly put, the College is no long- er a preparatory school for the university or an institution of mere culture without direct bearing on the problems of life. ' The practical man now Ends it adapted to meet his needs in furnishing him an education for efficient service. Such profound changes cannot be without far-reaching consequences. The hrst consequence of note is the increase of patronage. The college is rapidly becoming every man's institution. Managed by private enterprise, they nevertheless no longer cater to the classes, but are constantly adapting themselves to the needs of the masses. And it is this thoroughly democratic tendency in the reconstruction of the education- al program that is giving strength to the appeal which the needs of higher education is 24 '

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'f-W1 RW' ' c.. , . mv- . , ,fic 1L,?,',.2.Kp iq, if gp g -. ' 1-.125 i- .1-il. .5 mf 5, 1 si .,. Ng 5,4 g , f, ggisxl V were 'F 21? , 'W Q E, .LE ,lug .,. . 'fliff ehllili' xx P -1 I 1 rr- i-.i9,Q',eM'.- xx xx xx YY rx XI U rx lj LX rx xi! rx rx xx xx U X1 rr -Nik ki' making to the hard business sense of our philanthropists. Qui' great financiers are ready to contribute to the ehnciency of an institution that shows a return in the in- creased elhciency of its student product. As a direct result of this appeal our College has received, within four years, an in- crease of over a hnndred per cent in her endowment. Correlated with the reconstruc- tion of the curriculum has come an increase in the teaching force and the student at- tendance of fifty per cent. within ten years. .Xnd the offerings of the curriculum have been increased over a hundred per cent. This does not mean less mental discipline. lt does mean a far larger degree of practical bearing on the problems of real li fe. The program of Pennsylvania College 'is in a sense contained in her achievements. She came into being in answer to the demand for an institution of higher learning within a religious community. Her achievements are the product of the fostering care of her patrons actuated by theeducational ideals of sterling Christian manhood. She has expanded her program without sacrificing the disciplines that make for a deeper spirituallife. lf'eiinsyltvania College is moving forward in the spirit of educational progress. yet safeguarded by a saving sense of conservatism. She is not discarding and substituting, but rather retaining and assimilating, lt is just this process of wholesome assimilation that guarantees healthful growth. - A number of important changes have been made during the current academic year. The new department of Mechanical Engineering, with Professor XVing in charge, has added an entirely new held to our College, as well as contributed directly to the expansion of the meaning of the departments of Mathematics and Physics. With the resignation of Doctor Himes a year ago came the separation of the Depart- ments of English and Political Science. Doctor Shipherd hasgiven the Department of English a new ineaning by the more intensive work he is enabled to do in giving his whole time to this important field. And with Doctor MacDonald devoting himself. to the subjects of Political Science and Finance it has likewise become possible to ex- pand and intensify in this direction. The program of growth and expansion carries with it an inevitable list of needs. The enriched curriculum, supplying a wider range of demands, will attract an increased number of students. The beginnings of growth made within the past few years have already taxed our facilities to the limit. Our growth requires us to provide new dormitories, additional class room facilities, an adequate library building with equip- ment of books and reference rooms, additional assistants on the teaching force in every department, a science hall, a Y. M. C. A. building, and a trained Secretary. Some of these are almost in sight, and the others are already among the topics of active interest among the friends of the institution. Y ' It is a great thing to have a high regard for a worthy past, it is a greater thing to be diligently engaged in the attainment of a worthier future. It is this greater thing that characterizes our College program. The unanimity with which this spirit actuates the Board of Trustees, the Faculty, the student body, the alumni and the constituency at large presents an inspiring prospect. The realization of this inspir- ing prospect of a GREATER GETTYSBURG is our College program. 25

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