Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Svvninr Gllaaa Lbrganizatinn President . . . S. ALPHEUS ZooK Vice-President . JOSEPHUS W. SHANK Secretary . HARVEY L. STUMP Treasurer . WILLIAM W. OESCH ' MOTTO-Callus Servituti. COLORS-Walnut Brown and Fawn FLOWER-Daffodil YE? lgrngrammr Oration- An Educational Ideal . -S. ALPHEUS ZOOK Quartette-Gypsy Life . . . Schumann Misses Kulp and DeCamp Messrs. Brunk and Brunk Address- The Trend of Modern Civilization . . . . . . WILLIAM W. OESCH Oration- Prophets in Literature . JOSEPHUS W. SHANK Piano Solo-Sonata Op. 13 . . Beethoven Adagio Cantabile Allegro. Miss Sylvia Bontrager Oration- The Need of Originality HARVEY L. STUMP

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l W qoshen College Record FORMERLY INSTITUTE MONTHLY. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF EDUCATION. V01 12 GOSHEN. INDIANA, JUNE 15, 1910. FOREWORD It has always been a difficult task to present in the College Record an accurate portrayal of col- lege life as it is felt and enjoyed by the average student. 1 The members of the Senior Class, who have as- sumedtheresponsibilityof preparing this commence- ment number, do not aim, to portray this college spirit in its entirety. Yet, an attempt has been made to give a partial view of things as they are. We hope our efforts will at least remind all readers that another commencement time has come bring- ing with it the usual interesting eventsg another class has come to' the hour of graduation and is about to enter a new line of activitiesg and that another successful school year, during which there were events of great interest and value, has come to its close. And we, the Class of 1910, as we step out of our college associations into a larger life, present this number of the Record with our sincere compliments to all readers. J. W. S., Editor of Senior Number.

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1910 GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 147 Our First College Bachelors BY N. E. BYERS 'With the conferring of the A. B. de- gree upon the members of the Class of 1910, Goshen College becomes of age. Fifteen years ago upon the or- ganization of the Elkhart Institute the founders expressed their aim in the following statement- It is the aim to establish an institution which shall rank with the leading denominational schools of the country, maintaining courses of study in the ancient and modern languages, the sciences, litera- 'ture, history and plhilosophy, as well as in religion and morals. But at that time no one had planned a course of study, no one was expect- ing to take a regular course and no faculty was ready or even. preparing to teach. However, at the end of six years a class had completed a four year course and three years later another had completed six years work, including two years of regular college work. And now at the end of six years more We have reached the goal set for us by the founders in 1895. Contrary to the practice of most be- ginning institutions we have follow- ed the plan of offering only as much as could be well given so that our credits would be accepted in full by standard institutions. These students wiho now receive the A. B. degree do so because we sincerely believe that they have faithfully done the work equival- ent to that required by the leading col leges. Our opinion is verified by the fact that among others the graduate school of Columbia University, ac- cepts the degree without qualifications. These, then, are the. first bachelors, that Goshen College has the honor of sending forth into the world.