Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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.il 1 ul IM I w W 5-l I i ??ksg.:l. ,',qli::iE' E255- x i - ll 1 4 I l 's l O 61 fa Stranger, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world . Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen Enough of its sorrow, crimes, and cares To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood l And view the haunts of nature. The calm shade 1 Shall bring a kindred calmg and the sweet breeze, That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm To thy sick heart. Thou wilt find nothing here P l i .fl Of all that pained thee in the haunts of men , And madethee loathe thy life. -Bryant. , J 1 i I C5. i 'S V

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1- -fkf -A-,7i1f- ' ' ., -1 . ,.. .,-, Y Y ...,- - -.- - t if' ' 7,1'ilQ'.rrz5r'-1,-'4 ' f' . A 1 ' . nfffiapeff-fff ,. . H . - . W . . L ..., if i rl l the State Board of Indiana recognized Goshen College as a full standard college. i' 1s Facilities necessitated by the rising standards in education have for ws the most part been provided as needed. The first and only buil-ding com- 5 pleted before the opening of school on September 29, 1903, was the T71 women's dormitory. At first it was necessary to use the first floor for it Q classes and chapel exercises, and the basement for a dining hall if and reading room. On January 6, 1904, classes were moved . to the Administration Building. Dedicatory services were held two even- 'A ,l ings later. During the summer and autumn of 1906 Kulp Hall was built. fi The Women now used it for their dormitory and the men used East Hall. , y In the spring of 1916 East Hall was moved to its present location and AVL remodeled. Increased attendance and an enlarged curriculum made the A it erection of a new building necessary. The Science Hall, a modern, three- ' story brick and stone structure, was built in 1915. The gymnasium, which i is a fifty-by-eighty-foot frame structure, was erected by the 1921-1922 ,144 student body. ,I The College Library on the first floor of the Administration Building li contains more than seven thousand carefully selected volumes. A valu- ll, able part of the library is the Mennonite Historical Library, which has '4 ll been donated to the college by the Alumni Association and private indi- 1 f. viduals. In the general reading room there are daily and weekly period- ri icals and a large number of the leading magazines. y int' Thus the church school, which John S. Coffman and others of his day W0 dreamed of, planned for, an-d finally founded, has developed into an institu- Tl tion doing a high standard of work. During this continued expansion and growth there has been a constant effort to maintain the high ideals of the I i noble men who were her founders and the lofty aspirations of those who have guided her course since that time. These aims have been continued Q by high and increasingly higher standards of scholarship. High social - 4.1 and moral ideals have been fostered. There has been an endeavor to make T tl the pervading spirit deeply religious. , E Many young people have come into these college halls, where they have Q 1,1 been broadened, deepened, and enriched before going forth into service. K ll' They are scattered far and wide in both home and foreign countries. It l is a constant satisfaction to hear that they are disseminating the ideals for T which the institution exists. They are the real Goshen College. Buildings p and equipment are necessary, but they are not Goshen College. A college is more than material substances. Goshen College is a spiritual entity l, embodied in the lives of men and who enter her doors, drink from her 1 fountains, and go forth strengthened for service. 1 it ' - - - '-'

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