Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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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.

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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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