Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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i GOSHEN COLLEGE §fi %i ' GOSHEX, INDIANA Pase Nil:

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t tXlXXt: THE beautiful Spring days are approaching and tlie gentle goddess imIis the student from the College walls to Go out under the op?n skies and list to Nature ' s teachings . As she leads him through winding paths into the forest he sees the trees budding, the blades of grass jieeping out among the dead leaves and the first spring beaiities making their modest appearance. He hears the notes of the robin and the cardinal, and listens to the roar of the water as it dashes down over the falls. As he stands rapt in the glory and beauty of it all, he exclaims with Browning: The year ' s at the spring And day ' s at the morn Morning ' s at seven The hilleside ' s dew pearled, The lark ' s on the wing; The snail ' s on the thorn; God ' s in His Heaven — All ' s right with the world. ' ' But, as he meditates his rapture subsides into more sober thought and he realizes that these are the precursors of Summer and that soon another college year will have ended. He looks back over the year and i-enuMubers the uncertainty, and even gloom, tliat was hanging over tlie nations when the schools opened in September. The college was in no small way affected by the unsettled conditions that Avere attending all of our institutions. The first difference from last year that was noticed was the decrease in the faculty. AVe missed the face of l rof. Lehman, Avhose life lias been such an inspiration to the students and Avhose devotion to the cause of education has meant so much in raising tlie standard of the institution to its present plane. We also missed Prof. Blosser and Prof. Kreider, Miss ] lartin and Miss Hooley, who although not so long connected with the college, had endeared themselves to the students and faculty. The students apjn-eciate the sacri- fices which the members of the faculty who remained made, in order to meet the difficult situation caused by Ihe insufficient nuni])er of instructfu-s. Their devotion to the work anfl sjiirit of lidpefulness have been noble les- sons in themselves. When only five Seniors and the same uuinlier of -iunors i-etiinie.l to tli ' ir Alma Mater at the beginning of the Fall tei ' m, tlie outlook for the vear was Pa e Eight

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■ ' 9 £ THE MAPLE LEAF 4 it 4k 4k not very I ' licourajiin ' . IIowt ' stT, tlu-y lai-ed tli. ' sitiuitiou l)rav( ' l ' with the purpose that no tradition wliieh had heeouie dear to the institution shoidd be lost, that her high ideals should lu ' inaintainetl and tiuit sonic eontrihu- tion shouUl lie made to the nionunient she is building. With these aims they launched forth njxin the new year, Heart within, and (iod o erhead ' . But war was not the only eloud that ovi ' i ' hung our Alma Mater. The Fall tei ' ia was only well started when the intiucn .a bail was phiecd upon the schools and eolleges of the state. A four Avecks ' vaeation ensued. .Many of tlie students returned to their honu ' s while a num ' oi ' r remained at the col- lege, yeveral fell victims nf the disease and one of our uundier, A fair, uu-ek blossom , was plucked from us. Though not at that time a student, -ve held her as our own for the loving friendship remembered fi-om her student days here. While a inimber were sick with the influenza, Service for ulture , as our motto is sometimes read, took on a very ])ractieal as])ect. Vre remendier with tendei ' uess the kindness of .Miss Voder at Kulp Hall and .Miss, Stalter at the Mission House, who served so cheerfully and patiently a head nurses for the sick. The students who were able, organized them- selves as assistants, and, donned in white ajn-ons and caps, together eared for the sicd-;. . ' ew fi ' iendships were made and ohl bonds drawn more closely and the iindual indpfulniss which was brought to sucii beautiful expression during those weeks, has characterized the year. The death of Norbert Idauch from electrocution while on duty at the sub- station, was another sad experience which came to the students and faculty during the Fall term. When the inlliu ' nza ban was fiiudly lifted, and work was resumed, the faces of several were missing, as some who had been sick could not return for the remaiiulei ' of the term. llowevei ' , it was o irs to ])ass not only through one of the darkest i eriods ill the history of the college, l)ut also through the time of greatest re.joicing. hen the sky about us began to brighten and work was going on again, came the lu ' ws of the signing of the aiMuistice which ended the four years ' contliet in Europe. We united in the .toy that had come to the nations as we felt that we were drawing nearer to the Federation of the world . Amid the i-ejoicing the students realized that tliis was no time to ridax. The op- portunities which tlu ' new ei ' a was bringing was also bringing new I ' csponsi- bilities. All felt that— .New Ofcasions teach new iliities; Time makes ancient gooil uncouth; They must upward still, and onwai ' d, wlio would keep abreast of truth; Lo, before us gleam our eamjiflres! we ourselves must pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Xoi- attcni],t the future ' .s portal witli the Past ' s bhio.l-rusted key. - X 1 X K 1M E X X 1 X E T E E X 4 4 T e n