Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

Page 22 text:

k ok ok ok Ok Ok ok okvok Ok Eighteen

Page 21 text:

,N if ll f I ,lzmqirnawt FAC U LTY ,U 1 fi, I C '95 li

Page 23 text:

Ox ox ox Ox Ot Ot or ot ot ox ox Ox ox Dr. David Allan Robertson E came to us as there sometimes comes a quiet whisper of hope in the darkness of the night, as a feeling of confidence in something pure and great which is to come to pass. With the advent of this coming, our dreams of the future Goucher seemed less remote, and, with the brief passage of time since the inauguration of Dr. David A. Robertson, we have become even more confident of the ultimate success of whatever our new president may plan for Goucher College. Not only do we feel that Dr. Robertson will lead the way even to higher scho- lastic achievements, but that he will also accomplish much toward the bringing about of that delicate balance of culture and learning which is essentially a part of true educa- tion. With a stimulating interest in those aspects of intellectual improvement which are housed neither in textbooks nor in laboratories, Dr. Robertson has done much in the way of stirring in the minds of the students a thirst for those forms of beauty which may be distilled only in the heart. He has attempted to instill in us the value of surrounding ourselves with those things which we may regard with continued affec' tion, even in the years when the extravagances of these college days may be only amusing memories. Constantly Dr. Robertson is urging mental advancemennyassociation with worthy books and pictures, attendance at concerts and recitals, visits to the Museum of Art, contact with all the cultural advantages. which Baltimore affords. It is in the Wednesday chapel periods that Dr. Robertson especially exhibits that sympathy for the undergraduate, that eagerness to awaken ambition which has so com- pletely won the respect and affection of the student-body. With his pleasant, thoughtful, talks, Dr. Robertson is influencing our scale of values, both personal and social. Lacking a dehnite head, Goucher had forsome time been drifting, as it were, until Dr. Robertson accepted the presidency of this institution. But it is with admiration that we have witnessed the way in which our president has identified himself so thor- oughly in the short space of time that he has been with us, with Goucher, its aims and its ideals, until it is becoming increasingly difficult for us to remember that time when Dr. Robertson was not our leader. We feel that it will be to Dr. Robertson that we will owe our gratitude for the eventual attainment of that Greater Goucher, with our new buildings standing quietly among the green hills and glowing against the clear expanse of sky above the Towson Campus. It is Dr. Robertson whom we will remember for that strength which will have guided us to greater accomplishments. ' We feel that the administration of our new leader is already marking a brilliant chapter in the history of our college, and that in the minds of those who will know the Goucher of the future, the name of Dr. David A. Robertson and that of Goucher College will be as indissolubly linked as they are already in the hearts of the students. N in eteen