Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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HE H1938 Spectrum is pleased to have this opportunity of honor- ing, in a small way, a man who has by his own example been an inspiration to Gettysburg College athletes for the past ten years. To Coach Henry T. Bream, a true sportsman and a gentleman, who has taught his men to play hard but always clean, we dedicate this book. Page 7 DEDICATIO

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F OREWORD HE great aim of education, said Herbert Spencer, is not knowledge but action. And so, it is the developing educational activities on the campus of Gettysburg College that we, the staff of the 1938 SPECTRUM, have dealt with as our theme. It is our sincere hope that within the covers of this volume you vvill lind in separate and vvell- organized form-just as the component colors of light are distinctly separated by the physical phe- nomenon vvhich we call a spectrum-a composite and kaleidoscopic view of the life of the most vital part of our institution-you, the student body. If the results of our endeavors approach to a close degree your expectations, we can ask for no greater reward. With the desire that through this book we offer you a passport to a clearer vision of the College that we have all come to love and revere as our Alma Mater, vve offer you this, the 1938 SPECTRUM. Page 6

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HAT is the measure of a man? Thomas Carlyle says that the most important fact about a man is found in answer to the question, What does he believe? Ruskin expresses his conclusion, Tell me What you like and l'll tell you what you are. Both ideas represent Ways of measuring the significance of an individual. A true man, of the quality of Charley, will increase in stature when measured by such standards. He believed in God and loved to serve Him. He chose his profession, teaching, because of his faith in the essential nobility of mankind. Love begets love-the affection that men in general and that Gettysburg students and alumni had for him speaks eloquently of his real nature. He believed in the purposes, ideals, and hopes of his Alma Mater. His unflagging industry and persistent enthusiasm gave proof that his heart, since he came as a Freshman until his death, was in Gettysburg. He was a family-centered man. His vvife, his children, made his world a beautiful one. This devotion to them occupied such a dis- tinctive and sacred part of his life that all comments seem inadequate. Charles W. Beachem was a fourfold man: he believed in his work and loved it, his college was the only college and he served her noblyg his family was at the center of his affection and he was devoted to itg his Creator, to him, vvas the beneiicent Father of man, and he served Him with a full measure of dedication and love. N LOVING MEMORY OF Page 8