Keuka College - Kiondaga Yearbook (Keuka Park, NY)

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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

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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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THE COLLEGE RECORD. 15 State Board of Regents says that Keuka is among the best of the small colleges in the State. Splendid advantages in both vocal and instrumental music are offered. A special feature of the vocal department is the large chorus class, which is enjoyed by all its members. A concert was given be- fore the Christmas holidays, and preparations are in progress now for another, to be given at the end of the next college term. There is a religious influence about Keuka too important to be passed over lightly. Keuka is not a denominational col- lege, but it is a Christian college. A deplorable tendency toward atheism prevails at the present day among college stu- dents. This is the result of the neglect of proper moral training while striving for intellectual attainments. The two should go hand in hand. Then the result will be graduates cultured in the highest sense of the word. Of the graduates of Keuka, a large percentage are men and women engaged in Christian work, and in educational work. Only a strong fac- ulty and energetic, ambitious students could make such a record. Keuka proves that the quality of the men, rather than large endowments, make a college. One of the most attractive things about Keuka is that it is a co-educational school. In the West, where so many pro- gressive schools and universities are coming to the front on account of excellence of scholarship, co-education is not a question. It is a settled fact. Experience has proven that the highest grade of work is done, and the best results are reaped when young men and women are educated in the same college. Boys and girls are together in the home and in their early school life. After they are out in the world they are thrown together. Why should they be separated during their college life ? Men's ideals of womanhood is raised by contact with the college bred girl. Men who have definite views for life wield a valuable influence over young women whose tendency is to act on caprice. The students at Keuka are enthusiastic about the social life of the school. Every Saturday evening, when there is no basket ball game, some kind of entertainment is planned. These gatherings seem to be enjoyed by both teachers and pupils. The Y. W. C A. and Y. M. C. A. are active organi-