Hendrix College - Troubadour Yearbook (Conway, AR)

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Human progress has ever been the motivating force of Hendrix College. Here the attack on ignor- ance and prejudice is unimpeded by the extrinsic forces which elsewhere limit free thought. Here is no necessity, no desire, to defend particular doc- trines; truth, the key to progress, is the goal. Ever consicous of the goal, the group of scholars which is the faculty of this College explores and frankly dis- cusses all phases of society’s many problems with no fear of censorship. For here the heritage of the past and the vision of the future have been welded into a pro- gressive curriculm aiming at an integrated, cultural education. Such ambitious objectives require extra- ordinary leadership—persevering mentors who are forever young in spirit. Of such a calibre is the Hendrix faculty. Here in academic halls and scientific laborator- ies, men who traffic in facts, ideas, and ideals pon- der the problems of a changing world. Youth may simply record the facts in notebooks, but the ideals of exemplary characters are indelibly graven into its consciousness. Thus, from the character and intellectual cour- age of its faculty, spring the vitality of Hendrix tra- ditions. Under the inspiration of these critical and inquiring minds, youth can unfurl] its banners and go forth—resolute, valiant, and unafraid.

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iReynolds----- A Leader Among Mentals Because: On January 3, 1869, there was born to Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Reynolds, a son, John, at Enola, Ark., a small village in Faulkner county. This young man was destined to become one of the South’s outstand- ing educators and to make history in Arkansas. He received his A. B. degree at Hendrix Col- lege, Conway, Ark., in 1893. He received his A. M. degree at the Univer- sity of Chicago, in 1897. He married Margaret Harwood of Brook- field, Mo., June 27, 1895. Four children were born to this union, all of whom figure prom- inently in educational circles today. He was teacher, principal and county super- intendent of schools, 1893-96. He was professor of History and Political Science, 1897-1902, and vice president, 1899- 1902, of Hendrix College. He was professor of History and Political Science, 1902-12, and acting president, 1912-13, of the University of Arkansas. He received the LL. D. degree from the Uni- versity of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. He did special study at Oxford, England, 1911-12; and in 1913 he became president of Hendrix College. Coming to Hendrix College he had to change his whole philosophy of education. While at the Uni- versity of Arkansas he had conceived the vision of a great university, giving an education to all that came. Hendrix could not educate the masses; he must build an institution superior in educational standards, and develop a cultural center to educate leaders of a high character. This he has done, building Hendrix from a small, provincial college with a $100,000 physical plant and $200,000 endowment, to an institution of national standing with $900,000 physical plant and a million-dollar endowment.

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