Keuka College - Kiondaga Yearbook (Keuka Park, NY)

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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.

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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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14 THE COLLEGE RECORD. The physical side of education is not neglected at Keuka. The campus is supplied with tennis courts. The basket ball team has done splendid work already this year, for it has won a majority of the games played with other schools. There is also a base ball team. When the lake freezes, as it does every winter, the skating is fine. In the spring the lake is used for swimming and boating. The climber finds an abundance of hills. To most persons the expense of a college course is an item of considerable importance. An education is supposed to be costly, and, therefore, out of the reach of many capable, bright young people. If they could find a school where the expenses were light, or where they could partly earn their way, they would enter without the slightest hesitation. Keuka is within the reach of every ambitious young ma n or young woman. It is well, also, for people who have plenty of money to practice economy, when such a school as Keuka is accessible, and to save their surplus income for use in after life. It is not wise for the young person with means un- necessarily to exhaust his resources during his college years. He should save as large a proportion as possible for starting himself in his chosen profession, or for establishing his life work. Every one should take a general college course as a founda- tion before he specializes in any direction. In the physical w7orld disproportioned growth is called deformity. In the mental world specialization without a sufficiently broad foun- dation results in narrow-mindedness. Daniel Coit Gilman, the first President of Johns Hopkins University, said : If the drift of university work in this country is toward prema- ture and excessive specialization, many a mariner is doomed to shipwreck on that rock. In Germany, where specializa- tion has been favored, the cry is, tl Too many specialists! Happy and fortunate is the specialist who knows something about everything, and everything about some one thing. Keuka College affords every opportunity for a broad and comprehensive education. It offers Classical, Scientific, Busi- ness, and Biblical courses. All its diplomas are granted under the seal of the University of the State of New York. The