Juniata College - Alfarata Yearbook (Huntingdon, PA)

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H e c Il -I lPres1olent's Message To the lumata Famzly For defimte reasons I address vou as a famlly The famlly group IS the oldest of groups, lt IS moreover the most mtxmate and sacred We consclously consplre to make the Junlata famlly, 111 SIZE, m meaning, In value, so appealmg to each student that for all of life he wxll thmk of Juniata not only as his college but also his home Its size must be kept well wlthm the lumts that make 1ts farnxly affectlons and 1nterests realxzable to each student In meanxng It defines ltself 1n terms of your partlcxpatxon 1n lts l1fe The ruher vour g1fts of lndustry, SZICPIHCC, SCTVICC, loyalty the rlcher your own life becomes If you gue freelv, you wxll recexve gloriously In value It offers to you sound learmng and Chrxstlan culture It prefers to gxve you above all else a substantial and endurmg respect for the thmgs of the sp1r1t, for the culture of the soul, for the enrichment of llfe Its formula is deslgned to create 1n 1ts pupxls a mould of mlnd, m Whlcll for llfe and for the larger lxfe all thmgs of the Spxrlt Inav be, wlll be, cast and formed and fixed When once thxs IS done the ent1re college experxence sums xtself mto a trammg that enables one to get not merely to have the facts of knowledge, the truths of thmgs, the verltles of God The best college tramxng fl'1lltS and flowers 1n the later years of llfe Not what one knows but what one IS tramed to know, to acquxre, to approprlate, to set up ln the soul and hve forever, that IS the 1deal your Alma Mater wlshes all her ch11dren to carve mto reahty Your college counts you verv prec1ous Wlll you not also count Jumata very prec1ous to you? F althfully yours, Page Twenty-seven

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BIARTIN GROVE BRUMBAUGH, A.M., PILD., LL.D., I,itt.D., L.H.D PT!f.?fII1?7Lt Page Twenty-Six

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o r Founders? Day The fifty-second anniversary of thc founding of Juniata College was celebrated April 17, 1928, with fitting activities. These activities were formally opened by the academic procession which formed at ten-thirty to honor the founding and the founders of the college. Faculty, trustees, alumni, and students marched from the steps of I ounders' Hall to thc Stone Church where the exercises were held. Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh, in introducing the principal speaker of the occasion, Hon. Fletcher VV. Stites, spoke of the early beginning of Juniata and the Christian ideals for which the college has stood since its founding. After the remarks of the President, Mr. Stites, a prominent attorney of Philadelphia, spoke concerning the most powerful things in human history, the origin of the inspiration for the ideals in national history such as Washington and Lincolng the basis of individual, of national, of world success and progress. At the conclusion of the address, Mr. Stites was presented for the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, by Dr. C. C. Ellis. In the afternoon, the new dormitory for men was formally opened for inspec- tion, at which time the VVomen's Student Council served tea in one of the rooms until five o'clock when the official observation of the fifty-second anniversary came to a close. Page Twenty-eight