Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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Hake (Seneba If there is any place on the western hemisphere that every college man and woman ought to visit, that place is Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Those who have had the privilege of attending either a young women’s or a young men’s conference there know only too well that no words are able to describe the wonderful beauty of the spot itself or the marvelous spiritual atmosphere that pervades it. When you embark at Williams Bay after ten days at the camp, you feel as if you are being thrust into a new and strange world. The rush and hurry of the world, the mad trampling of the better things of life under foot in order to obtain preference are in direct contrast to the spirit of thorough Christianity which one has enjoyed at camp. Every side of a person’s nature is well provided for by the many activities of the camp life. At six in the morning rising bell rings. After personal devotion a rush is made for the dining hall. Wholesome food and as much of it as you want is the order of the dining rooms. The morning is taken up by classes. After dinner the entire time is given over to sports. Tennis, rowing, baseball, hiking, golf and canoeing arc only a few of the forms of recreation offered The evening is to some extent a resumption of the work of the forenoon. At ten o’clock, taps, and then eight hours of solid comfort.

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e Cttp MR. J. E. SOUTHERLAND General Secretary The Young Men’s Christian Association of Mt. Pleasant plays an important role in the Christian life and influence at Wesleyan. Its place has become so real and vital that it is considered an integral part of the college, and its beautiful building regarded as one of the college structures. The board of directors have always considered the college when they have selected administrative officers. As a result the list of men who have acted as secretaries and physical directors presents a string of men who possess the type of leadership so essential in work with college students. Mac-Neill, Starr, Davis, Anderson and others will always be remembered by the men who knew them as men of sterling Christian qualities. Among the physical directors might be mentioned Westfall, Johnson, Caris and Slayton, all men who were well fitted for their positions and in addition possessed characters which made their work with college men peculiarly effective. Several men who are members of the college board of trustees are also members of the Y. M. C. A. board of directors, and in this way the two organizations are held firmly together in their work for Christ at Mt. Pleasant. The man who at the present time is at the helm of the city Association is a worthy successor to the men who have been mentioned before. Mr. Sutherland took up the work as secretary on the local field last September, and his genial manner at once won him a place in the hearts of the men and boys of the city. A young man himself, he appreciates the trials that beset the path of the new student at college, and is a distinct asset to the Christian life of Wesleyan. DAVID ARMBRUSTER Physical Director