Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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President of the College: Dr. Willis E. Pratt. We are probably too close to the scene to recognize the era in which the College exists today. The period of expansion in which we are now living, with its great increase in population and economic development, has brought to ail institutions of higher learning in the country the need for immediate expansion. It is doubtful if all existing facilities for higher education can provide for those who will seel admission to the colleges and universities in the immediate future. For seventy-five years the College has experienced a steady but modest growth from its beginning in 1875. During the past three or four years the shortage of teachers has increased the de- mand for admission to teachers colleges with increasing numbers of those who wish to attend Indiana. This has required us to accept a student body of almost 1,900, even though admission has been denied to hundreds of others. During the next two or three years the demands on the College will be even greater. This will require the College to expand its facilities in the near future to accommodate at least 3,000 students even though the College becomes more and more selective in its admissions. The student body is at present one of very high quality which compares very favorably with other institutions of higher learning. There is every reason to believe that this high quality can be maintained even in the light of the need for expanded enrollment. The College faces then the challenge of maintaining its tradi- tions as a small college, its single purpose as an institution for the preparation of teachers and its high standards of academic ex- cellence while at the same time providing the facilities for a stu- dent body which will double in size. This we believe Indiana can do if it plans carefully for the future and if it carries out those plans thoughtfully and judiciously. € A y resident Mrs. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Mrs. James W. Mack, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Pierce; Standing: Joseph H. Sheriff, John W. Neff, Cyrus W. Davis, Steele Clark, Colonel William M. Rod- dock. Word C. Johnson Dr. Albert R. Pechon Dr. Ralph W. Cordier, Dean of Instruction; Ralph E. Beard, Assistant Dean of Instruction.