Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 26 WILLIAM B. WIEAVER, A.B. Major Subject: Philosophy LAGRANGE, INDIANA. XVill is a lloosier in the fullest sense of the term. Born, reared and trained in the immediate environs. Small of stature- short, lean: why! indeed he can't weigh cver a hundred weight and thirty pounds. And if this were allg 'twere a sad story in- deed. But it isn't. For Will's get enough potential, intellectual and spiritual energy stored away to win a lot down on Faculty Row. The professors are beckon- ing that way, and Will says, I comeu. Of course you never can tell. Auyhow XVill's doing post graduate work now in hischosen iield of history. In brief:-lVlr .Wfeaver is small and eiect, witty and tolerant, keen and incisive, abottnding in experience and protouiul in conviction, an optimist and en- thusiast, a teacher and a preacher. Such a cgmbination as will prove a heritage to humanity. Education for Efficiency William li. VVeaver DUCATTON is the fountain head olf all national, progress for it is the agency oi' social culture and social efficiency. It is America is most pres- sing problem today, for in one aspect or another it touches every luunan in- terest. It is the niost important fac- tor in the lite of every individual. lt is the most. universal concern of man- kind. ln America society itself has set up educational aims and then has estab- lished schools to realize them. It has constructed an education ladder from the door ol? the hovel and the door of the palaccg from the kindergarten to the university, Without a missing round, up which every child may climb as far he has the capacity and time. The elementary and secondary schools today are fitting the common man to meet. his every day problems of li'I'c and to lift him to a higher plane of efficiency, service. and happiness. Edu- cation is a very general term and includes everything' from the general education received, by experience alone to the most narrow phase of edu- cation such as technical or professional. For our purpose tonight, l, should pre- ter to limit education only to college education, such as is had in an institu- tion like ours and second to limit it to that kind ot' a.n education that shall make for efficiency. Let us consider then the education of those who have climbed the educational ladder from the elementary and sec- ondary schools and have entered the colleges oi' our country, ln this np- Ward climbing only about tive percent ever reach the round of the ladder

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 25 truth from his own individual point of view. f'ulture will be ours not through the reading of the statements of others nor through th the impulses of the ver- nal wood. lt must be attained and not obtained as we thought in the earlier part of our student careers. The last harbor ot' our voyage is reached. Tonight. we render to you the last program of the Class of 1914. We believe more firmly than ever that the attainments of culture is a life process. That our education does not e11d with these four short years but is only fairly beginning. We shall now give our attention to a few of the general plans of the indi- viduals composing this class. We think first of our worthy presi- dent. Thoughtful deliberation is the phrase that comes to us when we Won- der how we shall express his general characteristics. Neither the stimulus of a basketball or tennis game, nor the enthusiasm of an intercollegiate debate or commencement program, can keep him from first thinking three times just whatnextsllould bedone. We heart little ol' his work but when the critical mom- ent arrives we find that his work is not only well planned but his plans well worked. The future of this young man will probably be spent in educational and, religious work in rural communi- ties. 'Dark hair, brown eyes, quick step and a generous spirit are the qualities that comes to our mind when we think of our class secretary. What will the dorm be like without her joyous laugh and ever sought for advice are the thoughts in the minds of Kulp Hall girls when they realize that Ellen will not be here next year. Her sociability and sympathy for all classes oi' girls have made her an eflficient chairman of the membership committee of the Y. VV. l'. A. The next few years will prob- ably tind her teaching English or llis- tory in a lligh School. After several years of teaching according to her own prophecy she expects to do extensive library work in a city library, There is one above all the rest ol' us. A tall figure, a scientific intelleet, and an even temperament made up his in- dividuality. While in college he has been an ardent promoter ot' all the best interests ot' our student body. For sev- eral years he will continue his work as a student along scientific lines. ln the eoming years as we come back to flo- shen College for connnencement one ot' the most enjoyable features oi' the week will be the annual trip to the agricul- tural experiment farm which eooper- ates with the science department oi' our f'ollege. Our class looks forward with special interest to this i'eature beeause VV. A. liilosser, its proprietor, was a member oi' our class. M. t'. Lehman returns to be a mem- ber of the elass after eight years ot' educational and evangelistic work in Uentral Provinces. India. He is the only one ot' our number who tells inter- ing stories ot' eating, sleeping, register- ing and reciting all in East Hall before the Vollege was completed and Kulp Hall and Science llall scarcely dream- ed ot. Althought much ol' his time is spent in the study ol' ltldueation and Philosophy, his major department, he finds a little time occasionally to de- vote to association with his fellow stu- dents. After his finishes his eollege course and his furlough expired he will return to spend his life l'or the educa- tional and religious development of the people of India.

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27 GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. Our interest now centers in another of our classmates who we reniemher for his ealm deliberation. C. li, Shank af- ter a year's work in Manual 'llraining at Purdue 'University eomes lmaek to take his degree with the t'lass ot' 1914. lt is his purpose to devote his energy to the industrial reforms ot' lndia's middle and lower classes. We lielieve that his disposition as well as his train- ing has peculiarly fitted him for his ehoseu profession. NVe will very prob- alnly in the near future hear of his appointment hy the Mennonite lloard of Missions to the tield in CW-ntral Pro- vinees, lndia. At' first' sight you would eonelude that the plaee this member of our elass fills in the world must, necessarily he a small one. We need, however, hear him speak hut a tew times at our week- ly devotional meetings until we eon- elude that it is another illustration of the faet that things in this material world are not always just like they seem. Vtle are l'ully eoutident that WV. li. VVeaver's position as instructor in the History department of our College will be well tilled. Along with his teaehing he will eontiuue his work in the nearby ehurehes. Several years ago when EX-President Byers was assigning seats for chapel exereises, Sylvia Johnson 'found his name listed with the girls. lllr. John- son has proven to us sinee that it was lmeeause ot' nothing more than the mere sound of his name. ln gymnasium, on the tennis eourt, and in. the elass room he has proven himself a man of eftfiei- eney. YVe remember him ehietly for his optimism. 'l'he eoming years will find him working for the development oi' the raee along lines directly physi- eal His genial temperament together with his determination to make a. sne- eess of anything he undertakes insure for him a sueeesstful medical eareer. Our attention at last eenters in our valedictorian. While in College she has proven h erselt' a. hard worker which has won for her marked intelligence. Her seemingly inexhaustible store of optimism and good lunnor have made her a great favorite among those who have learned to konw her. Future years will tind her teaching liatin and llistory to High School pupils. lt is the expeetation ol' her classmates to some time read in the head lines of the t'hic-ago Reeord Herald, Nola Banta, sneeessor to Ella Flagg Young as Su- preintendent ol' Sehools ot' Uhieago. Little need he said about the remin- ing member ol' the elass. She will proli- alnly eontinue her work in teaehing and hopes to find a 'field of activity to which she feels herself more favorably adapt- ed than to that of a Historian and Prophetess. NVhether these plans of the individu- als of our elass and are only air elastles like those of our ltlreslunan years or the real fundamental plans of our life work. the One who holds the destiny of futures alone can reveal. As we look far into the distant fu- ture we express our hopes and fears in the words ot' llrowning. 'tflrow old along with nie! 'l'he lmest is yet to be, PX: if: 2? SG 36 Youth shows hut halfg 'Frust God: See all ,nor he afraid.