Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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THE COLLEGE YEAR THUS wrote the poet. Aud thus experience proves. For in kjoking back over the brief space of a year many changes are in evidence on the campus and in the group of people constituting the personnel of Goshen College. There is not any one change so large in aud of itself. But the many smaller and larger ones together form a resultant change that in its total effect puts a different aspect upon the campus as a whole and leaves a noticeable trace upon the school. The one great factor in this transformation has been time. Time, that rest- less. ruthles.s, Ijenevoleut power which causes wounds and also heals them again, which often moves so laggardly, and then again so rapidly tlies; time than which no force is more powerful to eft ' ect changes materially and physi- cally, also mentally and spiritually. So this ever bu.sy worker plied constantly his shuttle between the limits that mark the period surveyed liy the ' laple Leaf of nineteen sixteen. The first transformation thus to be observed that time had wrought was noticed in the sagacious look and dignified demeanor of the Seniors of ' 16. ' Twas but a few moons ago when they had been the jolly Juniors of last year. And now the.y had returned, seventeen of them, to their kindly Alma Mater, wearing on their countenances the grave seriousness and dignity worthy of a senior. And whence we ask, came all this gravity, for it was plain that it wa s not only a veneer? And again for answer we must look into the bosom ot time. For the .sage may testify, Time ripens all tilings. No man is born wise, ' ' SO here one finds when the truth is sought, that gradually with the ebbing time the spark of knowledge and wisdom had been fanned to fiame. And as the time slipped by this constant search for truth and thirst for knowledge had ripened these seventeen sons and daiighters into the finished i)roduct of their Alma Mater. By her they are now sent forth into the active spheres of life to try their skill and demonstrate their sincerity in uoble service and cultural pursuits and by their trained brain and brawn, prove their worth to a man. Thus the year has sped them and so in passing we greet them. However, other changes were also effected by time. Of these we also shall speak. While dift ' erent in kind, they were not of lesser note. To begin, let us mention those occurring in the preceptorial staff. Here b y change of plan for purposes various, a number of places on the Faculty had become acant. To properly fill these gaps was the institutions task, an undertaking of vital importance, for the previous incumbents had been worthy and their work iippreciated. However, with the wisdom that ripens from experience, the college cheerfully took up its task and was enabled to find fitting successors, who, by zeal and earnest devotion to their work, carried forward the move- ment constructively. Page Six

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PROEM WHEN any new volume is placed before the public it is in keeping with the pragmatic spirit of the age, to briefly state its aim, in order that the reader can tell at a glance whether it falls with in his realm of inter- est or usefulness. The purpose of this volume is to present the spirit and life of Goshen College, during the year, in a concrete form. The historian will find valuable records which are not available in any other form. The Alumnus will be able to make a comparative study of the progress of his Alma Mater. The student of this year will be given the privilege to re-live in his memory the pleasant exper- iences of the college year. The members of the faculty will be inspired by the effect of their influence as they see their own higher ideals exemplified in the students. Though the preparation of the material necessary for such a volume is a difficult task, the staff will consider the effort well worth while if their aim will have been realized. THE EDITORS Page Five

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THE ilAPLE LEAF Thus first to mention, into the department of Psyehology and Education came for ninteen sixteen, Mr. George D. Bivin. His ability as a student of mind-stuff soon won him a place among the student body. His practical knowledge of the profession of teaching was readily imbibed by the young ped- agogs to be. His broad genial smile and fine (|ualities of sociability did not make him seem at all a stranger but the reverse. To Goshen, his stay will be one long to be remembered. To the work of Biologic Sciences came i Ir. Samuel Witmer. For the first time he undertook to direct the niinds of college students into the facts which underlie living tissue. However his seriousness of (nirpose, his quiet dispo- sition and his careful systematic- methods of instruction and observation led ihe way to many vital truths of life aud revealed many phases of tiiis interest- ing science to both eager and less observant pupil. As to nuisie. ilr. Gustav Dunkelberger, a real genius at the keys, was the choice for the acancy that had occurred in the Piano department. Though modest and retiring by disposition, his devotion to his chosen art and his abil- itj- in interpreting the soul of nuisic to audiences whom he always pleased, made him many v, arm and loyal friends among students and with the entire college community. But not alone in music are his claims. As evidence to his spirit of progress and efficiency, and through his hearty cooperation the equipment of the School of IMusie has been increased by a handsome Grand piano of highest merit and excellent musical tone. A fourth one .joined our ranks. A woman gentle and demure. F ' or knowl- edge famed and excellent in judgment. Her happy lot it was to lead the youth- ful minds into the beauties of the poet ' s art and also guide their pens into the oratorio l ights of younger rhetoricians. But also to her sphere there fell the Page Seven