Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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. REFLECTOR STAFF. W. C. EBERSOLE J. W. SHANK H. G. Goon MAB1-:LLE YODER PRO Bus. Mgr. Editor-in' Chief. 6 1-'. E. J. Zoox

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TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN COFFNIAN. NIENNONITE EVANGELIST AN WHO IN DAYS CEASED RELIGIOUS AND -rms vol.uME THE CLASS D EDUCATOR OF TRIAL, INDIFFERENCE AND DEFEAT. NOT LOVINGLY TO LABOR FOR THE EDUCATIONAL UPLIFTING OF HIS PEOPLE. OF THE REFLECTOR I5 AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY A OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHT 5

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FOREWORD. LIFE at Goshen has a distinctive flavor not found elsewhere. There is shown a sanity, a poise, that is rare in a community composed, as a college community necessarily must be, of young persons freed from home restraints. There is a seriousness inherited from many generations of parents who above all things else were religious, perhaps at times ascetic. There is a breezy American optimism caught on the sunny plains of Kansas, among the piney foothills of the Alleghanies, or mid the lakes of Minnesota. ln stamina and ability the Goshen stu- dent-body compares very favorably with that of any institution giving a similar amount of training, anywhere. Not only the present writer but all other Goshenites will tell the inquirer that we have a well-founded faith in our institution and ourselves. During the year that is past we have all labored faithfully and harmoniously to coin our aspirations into realities. Most of us are glad for and deserving of the vacation that is at hand. But whether we go out to return no more as students, or only for the summerg whether we have been here one year or sixg we will leave the institution without losing our interest in her destiny. The cordial relations between faculty and students, the feeling that both are engaged in the same cause with many common aims, and a sympathetic regard for each other thoroughly permeate the institution. Nor are we as sober as this would make us appear and we wish to caution the gentle reader-and all readers from time immemorial have been gentle-against taking us too seriously in the present volume. Our aim has been to seize and embody in permanent form some of the spirit and aroma of college life at Goshenp to reflect its lights and shadows for the instruction and amusement of all young people between the ages of sweet sixteen and sober ninety who anticipate or recall the joys and sorrows of college life. Our labor has been lightened by our love for our Alma Mater, by the budding innocence and climactic breaks of the Academy students, by the f'reshiness and frivolity of the College Juniors and by the enthusiastic co-operation of the entire College Senior Class. We thank Messrs. Starr of the Cooking Club Pub'g Co., of this city and Mr. Allen of the Indianapolis Engraving and Electrotyping Co., for efficient work and courteous treatment throughout. H. G. G., Editor. 7