Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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-r HE MAPLE LEAF r thr lU ' W ilrlun-tlllcllts ol A |.ri ' |];i|is the most si-iiilicai anls, ai a i)rom tllllf I ' Xi-l tain at r. there niu two of the thi. luud for Ions tliei uiv and ana, the Stat. ' U nri of Ivlwratioii has. liy takinu ' sjiecial action, ,t ill thr !, ' iven Coshcii | i-a.-tically all the |i|-i ileyvs of a standard iidn-tak- ' -ollr. c. ' i ' his action was taken after the State I ' .oard iiad in- r the sncri ' ss (if the niiilci-takinu. .irra(h as that done at otInT inst itnt ions, ' nie (losheii Aluinin s eivat |ir(nnisc foi- the fiilnre (iosln-n Colle.uc holds ,io.v practically all the j.rix ileevs of tin ' latter. It place in educational .drelcs. Its work is ofthdaily Sjnec the Ka.-ulty and l.iln ' ary aiv very important faetoi ' s in as e-inivalent to that of a standard college. In tlu a standard ,-oll,-e it will l„. nf inten-st to imte hrietly 1li . rapid (liana the tliice speciti.- rcMuirenients for a standard pro,cr,.ss made since the institution was lirst (n-eani ,c l at Klk- : liist. at least ti e .|nali!ied teachers dcvotiue- tln-ii- li ai ' t. The fii-st Faculty cMinsistcl of four memlici ' s. only one of ,iv. ly to clleuv work ; second, the lil.i ' ary nmst mu- whom was a eolle-v eradnate. . t th. ' c|,,se of the lirst decade 1 .-.(ilMl volumes exelusive of puMic ,lo,MUnents; third. the lunulier had iucivascd to twelve, ncai-ly half uf wln.m held h endowment tliei,. must he an annual iiiconu.. ,.x- had deerees frinn Xoimial S. ' hools. At the pn sent tinu ' the ntion. of . lil.iHKl. Coshen Colhvuv has nu ' t the lirst lacult.x ' is compos.Ml of sixteen mendiers. eleven of whom are se ie,|nir,uiieuts au.l there is every in.liealiiui thai collec-e uradnaL ' s. If the latt.u ' nearly all ha v doiu ' IVmn one to •omlilu.n will he r, ' ali e,l in the near lutinv. The tlnve y.-ai ' s .d ' -niduate work. Four have the .Mast(M ' of Arts It of the colleuv will, as so, Ml as the new S,-ience Hall deeree an. I two the .leurce of r.aidielor of l)i unity, d. de-ot.. its lime aliiu.st .•x. ' lnsiv. ' ly to the comph- Tli.. I.iluary dev,.|ope,l v.U ' y slowly at lirst hut in IIKIM the s-Jnn.oiHi rndownuuit fund, ' fhe Alumni are ahont to Slud.uils lahrarv . ssociation was oreanize.l and lat.u ' on the ( n(l( Ihc .-olleee dui ' U- the urS tell yars. It will no doiv until the institution will have more than ndoNMmut l(U , si in liid oll. , W liih (.osn, , hill. ill I st in. I lid instituli, til. SI t o I l. ' .l a sp.vial Inn.l U IS w.uv also ma.h ' . 1 s. Tr

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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-

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THE MAPLE LEA i;T;ulc. Tlir majority wciv in in a year. Tlu-ir cdvu ' atioiia Lrss than one Inimli ' ed weie I ' l As tlu- (It ' partniunts were or rai (IfVi ' lopcnicnt caiiic a nunilic tlh ' Vduni;- I ' foplfs Cliristiai: Student ' s Library Association a,ir thr M ttcndanr. ' ( standards i-oUed dui-ii i .. ' d and Hu iM.dy dcv. (.r student Ass.H-iatioi etc. At til lllis ■nterpiises sueli a. Literary Societies, Mid of the first dee- ' nt had iiicreasetl to -• )4. Since the college de- partment lias heen organized the entire spirit of the college has changed. A laige body of strong students has developed an atmosphere of lofty ideals of seholai ' sliip as well as a serious de- votion to a sense of Christian duties and privileges. The great majority of students remain throughout the year and all the student activities are conducted in a very el ' liciiMit manner. ' I ' lie total attendance for the past year is VI ' k i ' ' inancialiy the college has prospered even beyond exi)ecta- tions, and tile necessary buildings have always been fortheonuig wiien nccd. ' d. The Elkhart Institute was a three story briclc building including the ground floor. Vhen these (|uartei-s ANcre (lutgrown thb ' institution came to Gosiien. Here two buildings were erected in the sununtr of 1903. The one a ladies dornutory and the other the juvsent administration building of the col- lege. At the beginning of the second d( cade Knlp Hall was built for a women ' s dormit(U ' y. The building wliieh had ddili led ; I ' W s cieiK ' C dep; rt for loce ' he t a new scic ss of const 1 • luiimient UC vil men evel 1 ar s will tlicn (pment of ■ nothing th es was verv little fa Its young men and w OUK unanimous in the c idol strong institution c( llbl sitimi perio.l must 1., att ,iet(r of this bll-ge Ml,l )! ' tolerance and Idr puri ■ration and achieve lien ibis entire superstri ctui utiou cherish these nob •onducted il safely liro loilay the sentiment is practically emeiil of higher education. That a e built up during such a brief traii- biiti ' d to I be splendid Christian char- iif men and women whose faitli and IS,- dominated their lives. The spirit lee. of saeiiliee and service, of co-op- aie the foundation stones on which has been built. Well may the insti- idcas whicli have given it birth and )Ugh times of great need. Max (icshc:; ving moininient to the great an-l doiiiin- inders who dedicated their lives to the •ation. .1. ,M. K.