Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Smiles and peanut butter sandwiches are as yet unratiunnd BOTH of these are excellent preparation for anyone who wishes to become an inter- preter. There is a mechanical drawing class conducted by experienced instructors which gives very valuable training to those who are interested in technical work. The gymnasium department has started a new Class that helps us to keep physically fit by exercise and marching. Economics of War is another of the new and very important courses. These are the new classes that have been formed this year. Next year, perhaps, there will be more. It is true that as the world progresses and changes, we must progress and change with it. College must never remain static. The old, however, must be retained as the new is added. Our administration has realized that a liberal education must be maintained along with specialized courses. To let go of our liberal arts courses would be to let go of a heritage that is time proven. We are holding fast to that which is good and to that which is eternally right as we prepare ourselves to meet a changing world and a changing time. 27

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A board some rsla, V--tm amaimtrscul for J Elise, greeting us from the steps of Bennettean integral part of the I'allcge scene. WARP-yes. But education must continue. The training of minds to take on the prob- lems 0f post-war reconstruction is just as im- portant as the training of hands to weld a shipls seaIn. Our classes go on as usual, i11- stilling in us the ability to think clearly and critically and above all with understanding. Our classes continue as usual, and yet there is a new undertone that is ever increasing and spreading, pressing with such force that it can not help but be voiced. It reveals itself in any class at any time. It has not been con- sciously suppressed, for we have not fully realized its existance. Now, at last, we are beginning to feel its power for it is becoming articulate. It is the underlying tone of the importance of now, of today, of this minute and this second. Classes are the same, yes, but they have taken on a new meaning for us. In any history Class, ancient, medieval or modern, we can find a campaign, a movement, a method that has its parallel on todayls battle front. In a literature course the writings that result from a war period are now more understandable to us. We are learning more because we are learning from experience. It is not only in the matter of class material that we find the life of today expressing itself. The class rooms and the class buildings are fllled with notices of lectures, forums and round table discussions on the war and on signihcant situations that the war has brought about. We are attending these meetings, for we realize, that before we can take any part in the war effort we must understand com- pletely all that has come about to create present conditions. Besides our regular classes, new courses have been introduced and are open to anyone in the college. Because of our close relations with the South American countries a Portu- guese class has been formed and Spanish has a new found popularity.

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HP. guides us Inward am 11031 PRESIDENT DAVID ALLAN ROBERTSON, A.B., LITT. D., LL.D. 28