Keuka College - Kiondaga Yearbook (Keuka Park, NY)

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12 THE COLLEGE RECORD. AN OPEN LETTER. TT gives us pleasure to report that Keuka College, which has • ■ cost us so much time, energy, and sacrifice, appears to be entering on a new period of development. The Disciples of Christ have joined with us, and are entering heartily into the work of raising funds for its development and equipment. Some of us have always felt that to be thoroughly prepared for teaching or preaching the Gospel, our workers should be educated in our colleges. Candidates for our pulpits appeal to us more strongly if they have been educated at Hillsdale or Bates than if they have been trained elsewhere. Then, too, Keuka College, is more than a college where the word of God is taught. It is a place where Christian union, Which we have so beautifully preached, is being exemplified. In order to interest a large number of people and give them an opportunity in sharing in the dividends of joy and success that are sure to come, we are organizing a Keuka College Association. ' ' Any person may become a member by the payment of one dollar per year. No other funds or dues will be required. Let it be clearly understood that the membership is to be renewed annually. If not, the member simply loses his place in the Association, and his name will be cancelled from the enrollment. The members of the Association are expected to maintain a lively interest in the prosperity and Christian influence of the college. Everybody's business is nobody's business, so this is being delegated to consecrated women lest it come to naught. Will you take the matter up and talk it up in your church and community ? Get as many members as you can ? Give every one an opportunity to share in this great enterprise ? If you can not, kindly write us, giving a list of brethren and sisters in your church whom you think we might interest. We shall be glad to send you any literature of the College that you may desire, and help you in every way that we can. Of course many appeals are made to your church and peo- ple, but here is one that ought not to be overlooked, and in which we have a common interest.

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THE COLLEGE RECORD. 11 KKUKA COLLEGE. TJOW many times we have heard the Psalmist's remark - ■ - - changed to express the thought of some enthusiast re- garding the location of Keuka College, Beautiful for situation is Keuka College. It is a most attractive place, and is rapidly becoming a popu- lar summer resort, as well as a very desirable center for the education of young men and women who in all probability would be denied the privileges of higher education were it not for the opportunities here given. Dean Churchill has issued a folder containing the following statement : Keuka College and Institute is for those who have $190, or even a little less, for a year's school. When you can get a college education at a cost of $800 it will pay you to borrow the money, if necessary. By comparing the earnings of edu- cated and of uneducated men in Massachusetts, the cash value of every day in upper schools is found to be $10. A day at • Keuka College costs about $1.00. The profit is about 900 per cent. Add to this the profit in character and possibilities and I am sure you will think more seriously of Keuka College than ever before as a place to educate young people of limited means. But not only is the College a place for the class just men- tioned, but a most wholesome place for young people of all classes, irrespective of means or intellectual qualifications, ex- cept that they be prepared to do academic work. Parents and guardians, who are concerned about the relig- ious life of their children and wards, should write the College and ascertain what is now being done, from the Christian standpoint, to interest and direct the thought of all who attend school here. A special Bible department, under the management and in- struction of Mrs. E. C. McPherson, A. B., is organized, and begins its work with the opening of the winter term.

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THE COLLEGE RECORD. 13 Will you do what you can, now, and thus help in doing what will ultimately prove to be a timely and beneficent work, and add greatly to our efficiency and usefulness as a people ? Sincerely, Mrs. L. C. McPherson, Mrs. Z. A. Space, President. See. and Treas. T WHY KKUKA COLLEGE IS A WISE CHOICE. 4 ' With all thy getting , get understanding. ' ' HE college bred man or woman is the one capable of the widest understanding. He shows his superiority in every calling of life. He succeeds better in the learned pro- fesssions than the person who takes up these vocations with merely a high school experience, because his foundation is broader and deeper ; because he has received the seeds of a wider life, and because he knows more of men. The business man who has taken a college course is the one who has the most executive power and the greatest possibilities of success. The mind is cultivated, and wrong tendency is pruned away by a college education in the same manner that a grape vine, fertilized and pruned, is fitted to bear more fruit. Some people rise above their surroundings ; the majority do not. Therefore in selecting a college it is well to take thought concerning its location and environment. A more picturesque spot could hardly be found than Keuka Lake. A more ideal location for a college could certainly not be chosen than the site of Keuka. Removed from the noise, excitement, and attractions of a great city, the college has an air of repose which tends to promote concentrated study. Yet it is not isolated, for its connection with a flourishing town by both trolley and steamboat affords ample opportunity for necessary busines's or pleasure. The beautiful in nature appeals to every one of us, especially during our formative years, when that part of our knowledge obtained from text-books is being accumulated. Every student of Keuka learns to love the lake, the hills. If he is in the least romantic, he takes great pleasure in the variety of indescribable sunsets.