Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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GOSI-IEN COLLEGE RECORD s,t11l1e fO1 a bet'1e1 l1te the st1o11g desne tol hte, hbelty and pmgleeb has gwen nnpetus to tl1e gl eat n1ove1ne11ts 1n Vlfeetern nat1ons It IS eha1aete11st1e ot A1ner1ea lt has even p1net1ated the East Japan and bllllld. l1ELVG 1t Among all peoples the Slgllb ot the tnnes tell us that the epn1t of the West has become tl1e Splllt ot tl1e entne Wo11d the PIOQICSS ot tl1e tnnee hae eve11 attracted tl1e atten11011 ot seholam and tl11l1kClS lhey a1e 1nal11ng lt a suh jut to1 study lhe1e 13 .1 Clblfldlltl tOl 1 bett11 11111le1sta111l111g 11t p111g11ss 111 11s 1elat1011 to hte lhe 1111es111111 1111505 What 15 th1 ll10d,Il1Tlg' ot IHOQILSS7 and Wlldt 18 the plnlosophy baeh ot 1tl sweung tlne q11est10n And among 0111 n1ode1n th111l1e1s IS one whoee pl111OS0 phy ot plogl ess has att1aeted 1v1d11 at te11t1on throughout Europe and A1ne11 It 1S sa1d that Ins plnlosophy 15 no closed system ot thought but ltlllllel a poem growmg under o11r eyes, a ple tu1e 111 Whlbh everytlnng l1V1I1g 13 v1s1 bly al1ve ln tlllg taee1nat111g Way the subgeet ol' progrtss 15 111te1p1ete1l t01 11a by P1ot 1Ie1111 lgL1gSO11, the d1bt111g111sl111l bICI1ll1 Dll1lOS0pllK1 lt lb a v11y LOIYIITIOI1 tlnng QFOI 11S to tllllllx ot l1te ae stat1011.11y We C0111 131110 l1te to C1 house that Ib 111l1l1dC1l to1 a pC1lIlcll1C11t, clwelhng plaee Ot 1o111se we may add a pO1Cl1 O1 a 111111 dow, O1 1epa11 .1 lnoken pane 01 a leak lllg 100f, but these S1016 1ne1e 1ne1dentb p11ta1n1ng to tl1e house O11r hte seems to us essentlally 1JCIlI1H11G11t A11d 0111 ta1l11re and sueeess are H1616 1ne1dente 1n an CX1StC11C6 that 1S fixed But Pro tessor Bergson would not have 1t so To lnm hte 1S not stat10nary It 1S a pe1petual l,12LIlS1lZ1011 Fa11ures and sue ss 1l11 11 .1 1 If 1.111 ,1111 not 111110 111 1111s lnte 1ls1ll L011b1StS ol an C111 l1ss s11ee1ss1011 ot 1l1e.1y and 1Cpd11, ot t.11l111es Hlld sueeebses lh11e may be g1o11tl1 tl111e may he d1eay 111l 111e 1111 be p10 ICSS l111t lllbll, 15 111 V11 a 1110111111t 111 1vl11el1 hte IS stand lllg' s11ll 111t1 IS eontlnual ehange Olll v1111 ot hte 1S Ll.GtC1ll11I1LCl ve1y l1l1QClV l11 tl11 11111hod tl1at We employ 10 t1111l out the hte p10eess We .ue s11l1111g a method ot 1nte1p1e1111g hte 1 s 11 115 nnes as It . .111 11111l1011t11l XV1tll the 111115 11 111 1 115 1 I1 dll1tlxll dll e 11111 111 1111x1111 lllll as 1 W1lI 11111s11e1s111 sl1111v11s tlnngs 1111 lo l.ll1S we lll 11111 1l1f11 1Ll1?tS bhall we then appeal 0 ILASOII7 11 ue see 11hat 16118 11 l11111g'a to ue Fo depend Oll the 1eas1111 t01 an 11111l1 1Slfl11Ql1l1g ot hte 1S l1l e trllx 111g s111111l snapshots ot '1 paese1l13 and then et111lv111g tl1e p1et111eS to be co1n1 i'lCf1l1rl111tCCl 111th lnm It 13 t111e, IC ea 111e1 a was t111 ned upon 111111 111111 Ill 1 l11 ef 11111 s1o11s a man 1v 0 IS 11111 Slrlllflllll lhe 1J1C,llllC i1a1h1s 11s 11111 llllg, as 11 h111v hte ll1cllfS 1 S1 1: 1 1t1s tl1111t01e l11111 .1111 1 1111111 was 1 the 11l10 11 0 1 e IC llll 11 1.111 1111I1' 111.1lvfel1tel1y 1 1 ll ng, 1 11 sna 1810 s 0 1 ln 1.1e1 snapshot the 111011011 ot hte IS a11est11l .1111l the 11aso11 can do 110t l1et111 than g11e 11s a poet 1HO1tG11l VICXV ot a p10 g11ess111g l1te The reason 1S 11np01ta11t but It cannot sat1sty ns ent11ely We llll1Sl llllll to 111tl11t10I1 to g1ve us tl1e SlC1LlS ot 1eal1tv Intu1t1on al011e can take us 111to the flowmg stream, tl1e 1n0v1ng Splllt ot l1te It helps us to get 111t0 an obtjeet and to eome 1n touch 10 - 1' . .1 , 1:11.'s, 1115-11l 1 T'l11- ' ' I . 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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 9 SAMUEL VVITMER, AB. l11:1,j01' H11bj1-01: P11110s0p11y and Ed11011t1011 SOUDERSBURG PENN Mr Wltmel IS eve1y 11l11t a min VVell bu111 but 1101 lObllSflO1lS a b1t taldy but su1e 01 1es11lts pxotound 111 enJ0y111g good Jokes L1lSCl1lb1V9 yet not pIO11XlOl1b klnd 111d e'1sy gomg TI'dltS of L1lHldC19I' and 1b1l1ty W11lC11 110n hllll the esteem and hlg11GSt 0ff1C9 of the class bam IS not exactly a bo0k110rm yet l1e IS 11l1111ys busy If lt lsnt a book 1ts some puzzhng personallty or Kuotty problem Knotty p1oblen1s are 811111 s hobby Llld 1he 11 ly he pernstently and 111s1ste11tly 11111-1111s them has been the ll'l3lV91 to most 01 us There IS no questlon, that Sam has El lofty 111ea1 but It 1S as yet 1111led1ned 11t hast by 11 tew of us We 111111101 11 1111 01 a111111s111 ph11'111th1opy and SEIVICQ 101 evely K10111l and eftort mvested, a I'Etll1Il doubly enhanced The Meanmg of Progress 31111111111 Wr11l11Gl A131115 XND GENFLEMEN F1111 1 1111l1111g 1111ss 01 1111415 g11111 11 1 1 KV W1 1111 0111 111te11s1s 11 Wfl 01111 1 111s1011 1+ lL1l 11110111111 01 t111s elass has 1 1111111 10 1111 s11111 p10g11ss 11s 11011111 111 111111 101 11110 -11111111111011 1 1 t 15110 1 1 1 1 E111 1 11 11 1 1 1 S1111 111111 P11178 F 51111118 11 s 0111 1101 011117118 11111 111 0111 111111111111111111-111 1111111 1 l11l111l11S1l1l,11 1111 11111 111 us 111111ss 111 11 t111s 111111 111101 ll'11 X1 1 11s 1 s 111g11 IFIOQICSS 1111 8111111 01 1110141958 1111s 110001111 11 g11111 1111p111111g 10101, 11111011g 1111 peoples 111911 111e 110 1011g11 s11t1sf1e11 W1t11 thelr 111959111 1011111t1011s 5111011 the day 1111111 1111 g1e111 111111101111 111sp111111 ln 111S 1111-1v1 f01101111s 1 11e1-11 sense of per s011111 1101111 511111 11111 C1111 111618 1S 10111111g to the 1011 11 g101v111Qf COHSCIOHS 11138 01 the v11111e of 1110 Men feel that 111119 IS S0111611111lg' be11e1 111 S1018 for 11111 11 011111 11111 pe1s11e1e 10 ge 111111s 01 1111111-sl p10p1e 11e1V1v1e11- 111011s1Js 1111 11111181 clllfl 1111 HIIIPHSIII 111sq1111111111e 111011 pl-'ISOIIN than ever 011 he 1011111115 111111 the 1s111es d11XlO11S 1 p11pa111 111 e 1l101011g1111f 101 1111 1fSD0l1S1b11l1l8S of 1111 W111l9X'11 1111 11101111111 1111111s111a1 sfs1111 1111111s 111111 1111 IS 1110 511 e 111111s1 111111 sp0111 111 New Xlllk 1 xfrll 111-10 011 1111 1111111111 of 1110 ar 1118111 WOIk81S these Words I . ' ,' . ' H ' l U 1 c . 'l1. 11' Y - ' ' 4, ' 2 rs . ' I U C ff , 1 Y' ' 1 ,. ,. . ' 1 ' , 1 , , '1 , ', 11 'r 7? 1 ' 1 ,' , 1 ' , . . E , 1 1 . . , 117111 , f1:' 1 1 ' ' g'111 ' ' . ' 1 . 1 W , 11'1-11e0111- you 10 111.8 - 9111. K '11' ' 1 1 -- 'l'- ' - ' 1' ' ' 1111- S11110l'1! of 7 ' ' 1'g111.y ' - , 1, , .- - 111111 11'1- 1111110111-s 1151-If 10 this 015- K. 1 ' - , 31 1' , 'j ,' ' 101' S1-111-V111 j'9'l1'S 111-1-11 11 ,., -1110 1, ' , f 'I . ' 5, 1 ' ' . AAII1 1.1 15 11111? 11' 1l11'! 11 Y- .V -:1 u- , t it, 11'111-11 11'1- Illklj' 10011 11111111 111111 1'1--vie-11' The spi1'11 01C1l1'0g1'1'SS is g1-1,1111g 0111119 0111- p-mt 111- pts. P1111 1,1 f- 1111114 is ' 1- - - -fr. 1 z11s, 111'1'1' 11'l1e11 11'1J 11l1lS11 11101' f111'1'1l1'11 11 - ' - ' ' ' 12 g 101- ' 11-11-1V 111 11.-. 5111.1 111- A , l -A 1- , 111 2 1'1'11S11 - - -1 ..'1ll - 11 11111 111 111-F '- 111111111 1 1 1 1.5 - 1 11111- is 111111-I1 0111 ' : 1 '- . 1'1- ' 1' ' 0 '- 'V O12 NVI1. -'-' 11111' 1 115' ' 11. 'e '. 1' , - 'V - , 1 ' . 1-1-f 'e 2. 1 ' sg' j, LSL -- -' 11 J ' 110 ' 111- 11s1-1 11 1111-'11111 111 211 1'11i11 ,-1,114 -1 11- 11 --5 ' .-nm 1 -' 1' Y, City 11 A,'.'., ' . .101 1A. 1, 11 z.,,.,,h , , ,. G W ..,. ' , ' ' . ,. 1 , .D I, , , : HWe

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD 111111 t11ose 11n1q11e 11113111168 that cannot be PXl71H1l1111 111111 110rds When we 11111011 111e had of 111t111t1o11 v1e shall 1111 1111 no 1o11ger as a QETIGS of meas 111111 111 xts 11111 as 0111 very pulse 1t 11111198 11s a pa1t of t11e onward How 111111111011 enables 11s to know the realty ot 1111 11y1111n0' 1t 1111 11S then QYGICIQC' t11e faculty o1 1111111111111 '11111 11e 111111 ourse ves 11111811 f a 1vor 1111g11ss e a1e ll the l1a 1 ot 1111111 1117' about the ea1t11 as though 1 1 e 1 81111011 But 11e know that 11 IS 1110111152 1111ough space llke all '1Pl0p11l1P 1nd at t11e same tune 1t 1S 1l11ll11lg 011 lts aus at a11 1110166111316 rate 11 S1111 1 We 111 1'1t1nz, 11111 d11nk1ng 1 111 1110 A1111 1a11g11111g S1l111V11lg and do 11111 1111s1111ss 1111 111 1e1opla11e 111111011 IS 111 the 111111 111mg 111111 an 111n0st 1111 1111111 1111e 111101 11 A1111 t111s ealth 18 an lllI11ll1S11911 ae1oplane It IS itself 111 1111 111111 1111de1go1ng t11e most IP 11 11113111 111911 11110 Vlg8t?L1J1QS and alll 111151111 111en 11111 110m Tl and IP 111111118 of 111911 and 110111911 me golng 11111 P31111 to be10me sol 111 ll W11'1t 18 t111e 01' the earth on 11111111 X19 1111e11 1s 1111e of the body IH 11111111 111 1111e11 T111 bo11y 18 changlng 11010 18 1 101111111111 1KPdllllg and 1111111 1. 11 1511011119 911119 110111 to av X118 1KW1Pl1 1111' body 1111 1111 13111 s 1f1cl 111nfe fhst he bro ce 1111 1111111 111d got a ne1v blade then he 111 oke 111e 11111K-11C and got a new handle 1111 111111 IS c11 lllgl 11 011111011 b11t the 11111 s1111 11ga111e11 11 as the kfllfft 111s 1111111 gan 111111 at fll11S11IldS lhe 1111 of p1og1ess IS 1101 111n1ted 10 the p11ys1c1l W1 orld We find it 1n our 1 011 soul Our personahty IS perpetual change We speak of stab1l1ty of char acter but v1e cannot say that character 1 unchanged Sometnnes the changes Ill eha1acter ale even radlcal and start 1111g Napoleon 18 t1rst a Corslcan, hat 111g t11e I41ench, then a Frenchman proud of France first a conservat1ve democrat 1110111 a 1ad1cal Jacobln, then an 11nper1al1st and finally a despot 11711111111 Lll1l1PI IS first a monk fa1thful to the O2l'E1lOl1C Church then he be comes a I6VOlllf1OI11S1Z, attacks h1s church and denles 1t the rlght to GXISI And st1l1 Nlapoleon IS always Napol con Luther 1S alwa1s Luther Every n1an has changes 1n character Our personahty IS a successlon of eXper1 ences love a11d hate Joy and sorrow, 11r1I'Il1l1g and fo1gett1ng We are the same pe1s0n 11ot because our experl 111ce 1s always the sa1ne, but because the success1on of expemences 1S a con 11ected IJFOCQSQIOII We are al1vays re 1'o1n1111g or defornnng oulselves, 1m sum of Olll knowledge or loslng what N19 once possessed 1ncreas1ng or de 11PdQlI1U o111 strength of purpose I t11e SIICCPSSIOII of our experlences we '11e COll1'111l13lly mak1ng ourselves 111919 IS gro11 th and progress ID our very character l'111 sp111t ot' pl0g19SS penetrates be 101111 t11e 11fe of the 1llC11Y1f1ll31 What 1111 10111111 to be t111e of the earth the 110111 the soul lb 11116 also of the hu man 1aee Fhe soclal order 1S contlnu 111v changmg N0t111Ilg endures, no 111ll1g' IS 111te11ded to end11re The d'1 11111 ob1ect of hte 1S not permanence 11111 111011111 Phe Hebrew people are Hlst 111e 1 1lTl11V of Abraham then the fannly develop 1nto the twelve tr1bes and the trlbes 1nto a unlted na t1on France has first a paternal gov , 11 1 1 ' 1 1' 1 7 A ' ' 1 . , A , . -' 1 , . . 1 ,' - . . T .3 . 1 - 1 - ' ' 1 ' ' 1. . . A . ' ' , 1 . . . 5 ' . U ' 1 V 1' . , ' .1 . , , V C ' 1 ' . . p . . I Y , f L 1 A A . .W W I. 111 the '1. 0 ld of 1 f ff ' 5 ' 1 ' f VV. 1 1 b't ' -' ' 2 p ' 5 gx K W y J . .W V . 1 1' 1'1 sz ' ary. , '. ' 1 1 ' . Y. p ' . p v p , ' K h P V 2 W V. . . l 1'.' 111. z.'12f.'0'f ' g, ew 1 Y 1 E Q' P. . Y ' V7 K1 V L ' . 'V '. 1 ,. . . 1 , ' 1 1' 1 1 . - ' -1 ' 1 ' 1: . ' 31117. ' .M ' 1 - 1 ' ' 2 I . I l . . . - 111111-111111112 1111E1IlgOS. '1'11o earth is being 1U'0V1U3 01' C16ter1o1'1t1ng, addmg to the 1: . ' 3 L1 '- 1' ' 7 . Q 11:1 1 1 1 1 e 5 t1 . 'f 1 1 1 ' 1l21111I 111111 . ' 3 , '1 ' :gui . f. .' , 1 1 ,.' ' ' ' ' - - 1 s V' D . 7 I , 'E 1 A , 1 . 2 'S ' . I . ' . . V11 I I -h' I i . 2 V I I. re' V J K . '. W I I - 2 .lf'. 1112 , jtdj Q' ' ,,' ,, 111111 11. ws U11. ..'1ay. . ,. is f ' 1 1- , V 1 , ' Y 1 v' 1 -1 v Y ' . 11 I ' 1 - ' ' . , 1- , , 1 , 1 rf, , 7 1 ' - 1 1 1 2 K 1 . ,,, , . - , , ' , ' , ' ' - , ' ' 1 E ' . 1 1 11 . 3 .V 5 ' , ' - - - 1 1 ' 2 1 .'- 1 , , ' ' ' '- V 7 k.' -1 1 1 'E A1 I 'VA 'x1 ,' 5 'll' ' ' . , . 1 1 , ' 1 .' 1 . 1 , r 1 1 1 1 1. ', I , 1 V' 1 1 11 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' 2 ' ,1 1 1 1 1 1 11 M , . 1' z 1 . ' ' L ,, ' V xp 1 , , I . , . . . - K. . ' ' . Q JJ '