Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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V ;■-,■::■: —rvv ■:;•• ' v; ' -:: :;;:; r:-;: -;- rr the maple leaf . ' will iiiiliiNilr tlic r;ipi,l pfduivss (liiriii- the lirst ,1, ■(•:!, Ic In th. ' Tli,. sniiir vni- tlnil the Latin S.-i,.iil illc- coursr was outliiifd tirst annual catalogue of llic Kll;liai-f liisfitiitc piililislicil in a iioi ' inal dcpaH iiiciit was c.i ' tiaiiiziMl and a two year iMiursc 1S9() the Academic dciiaitniciit had a Innr year (-(Mii ' sr. Tlir (ill ' .Ti ' d to |iros]H-ct i .■ trachci-s. A little later two moi ' c ycai ' s entire first year, however, was dc (it(Ml to the sindy of th nii- weiv added to this .-oiiise so that students eiiterinu ' I ' l-oni the nion school siili.j.Mds. The se.-ond year was outlined |.i ' iinai-il eighth -I ' ade could |ini-sne foui ' yeafs of ucuanal work. In the for teachei-s. In a. Id it ion to a nmre tlnn-onnh stn.ly ol ' tin- coin- I ' .ilile de|.a i1 nient a two yeai ' course was nuiintained from the i.ion school hraiiidh-s than was made the |nvvi,,ns year it also li. unmn-. Th,- ori-inal c(,nise was earernlly outlined and as included s,-v,-ral secondary school suli.i. ' cls. The thir.l and the ork pr.i-i-cssed dianees wer,. made t t the u.mmIs of foui-th y.-ars work was desi.uuatcd a ■ ' Scientilic Coui ' se and in more mature students. Two years heloiv the (dose of the lii ' st adilition to Sidcui-e it imduiled courses in History. Lancnauvs decaile two i-ourscs of two years ea.di wei ' e outlined in the and Literatui-e. This entiic Fcmu- year immii ' sc dcNoted less than I ' .ilile ,le|.art ment . The advanced course was open to students three years to high .school suh.jects. S. ' veral yeai ' s later this of colle-v crade and the .■leniciitai ' y c.uirse to students who had course was thoroughly r. ' vised and in its stead a stronti ac.i not yet completed an aca-hnuy or hich s.duiol course. A six demic course was outliiu ' d whi(di met all the collcuc ciiti ' anc,. months commercial course and a steuoui-aphy coui ' se of the reMuiivmeiits an, I cave its cra.huites u,-ai ' ly one year of a l- same 1, ' nutli were offeiv,! in the . arly years at Fdkhart. in vancc standin.u- in i-ollcuv. This , r year Latin S,-ieii1 ilic music the w(,rk was pi ' actically liiidtcl to t Im stiuly of choruses course as it was called, continued until l!Mi:;, two years heloiv ami oratorios, hater these dcpai ' tments also outlined more ex- the close of the first decade, when the acadcmii ' departnu nt tensi ,- courses and the lirst dci ' ailc (dosed with a two yeai ' eipiixalcnt to a standaid hiuh s.dn.ol coui ' se and the two years Murine- the second decade all the de| art nunds have eontinu- coUcKc work preparing students for the -Junior yeai ' in any d the steady pi-ogr.ss A ' the tirst ten years. The eonnnereial college offering four years work. . t the (dose of the tirst dec- and stcnograph (n-k has l.eeii reorgani ed under the School ade the college had advanced to what was then kimwn as a (d ' T.usiness. ' I ' he S.diool of .Music lias outlined a thive years Junior college and was rec,,gnized as su.di hy the hest colleges music |ea(diers c(Mirsc. as well as standard courses in voi,-e and aiul universities in the Micldlc W. ' st. piano. The Uihle School has strengthened its work and a large

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THE MAPLE LEAF Twenty Year OF Progress IX 111,, i-apid t;i-owtli iUhl clcv,.lo|iiin-nt of (foslien College during the past twenty years, the two elements of pro- gress that stand out very eonspicnously are ' Expansion and ' Eifieiency . At the close of the second decade in its his- tm-y, the college has passed from a small institution with a local patronage and educational standards lower than the average high school of its day, to a large, well organized, mature col- lege, doing graduate work, with a student body representing more than a dozen states and Canada. The institution had its oi ' igin in a deep-seated conviction on the pai-t of its early found- ers of the great need and value of a ChriNtian eduratioii. Tlie dominating pnniose of the college during all these years is ex- pressed in its motto Culture for Service . These high and worthv motives have been sacredlv cherished and to them more than anv otluT fa ■tor must of tile institution i uriiig the orv. The Elkliart Inst itute was ]S!I.-). T.Mi vears h tiT found ed at Goshen uiidci the naiiK ittri Ited pro,- nst- 1 the institution eomfortalily locat- iie of (Joshen College. A few details

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ilifi ' of students ill )tlier (lepartiiieiits lunc reuistered in sf i-oursrs. Tlu ' Xori lal School which was open to academy k ' Uts has been eoiiip etely reorganized and its courses ai ' e ■ outlined for studen is who have completed a high school rse or its eiiuivalent. A oue year course is offered for A THE MAPLE L E ' V u- graduating classes iiniiie,liately assuiu,-d large pn.i ,.i lions. Tile colh-v has already cnreiivd lii ' ty-one I ' .a.dielor of Arts degrees on the iiieiiiliers ot live gradiniting classes. This year a senior class of sexciitecn will increase the total nniiihci- of A. 15. degrees eonfernii lo sixty-eight. A large miiiihcr of ■ind i; ' class teachers as well as a two year course which is these gradiiales ha -e entered the graduate depart nts of the also approved by the State Board of P]dncation. ' ' t universities without conditions and many of them have The la.st ten years have wrought their greatest change in the bi ' cn in the pa.st and arc now the holders of scholarships and college department. In many respects the progress in this de lellowships while doing their gradiuitc work. partment surpasses even that of the first decade. The transi- It was a distinct achievement for th ' college t,, orgaiii e its tion from a Junior college to a rull four year colle.ev was the undergraduate work leading to the A. I!, di-irre.- and give it first great step forward. Th. Uachelor of Arts di ' grce was permanence and staoility in so short a ti .More advanced conferred for the first time in IDIO, the year that closed the first study ol ' a more spcc-ialized nature was. however, still to be pro- half of the second decade. The previous year the entire college ided lor. It is less than a year ago that this important step department had been reorganized into nine distinct depart- as taken and a graduate department organized. It is a most nients with a professor at the head of each department. New signilicant coiucideiice that at its twentieth anniversary (io- conrses were added. A higher grade of scholarship was empha- lu ' ii ( ' ollege ' confer its tirst .Master of Arts degree. The sized. The heads of departments having liecomc .specialists in same high sidiolarship whicli ( harai-tcri .es the undergrailuate their particular fields pointed out the needs and oiiportunities work is emphasized in the new department and the . . .M . of thorough and efficient work. The student body manifested derive w ill he courerred only after a yeai- of stu.ly which is its appreciations of these changes by a most earnest co-opera- eipiivahnt to a years i;railuate work at other institutions. tion with the faculty so that in a few years the entire institu- In this rapid expansion of the college no | rovisions were tion was i)erineated with a new siiirit. This sph-ndid atmos- made for vocational edm-ation. Tlieie has been a growing phere of work ami study has been of inestimable value in the sentimmit, however, in ivc-nt years that, in onler to render maintenance of the highest standards in every phase of college its largest s. rv ice the Colle-e slionhl adopt a. more compreheii-