Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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lj'-1, 1 A Vg? The Position of Knox To-Da Knox College holds a strong position among the colleges .of the United States. It has chosen its standards and has constantly main- tained them thru all the flurry of educational discussion and dispute. Acting upon the theory that the courses chosen are the best for the formation of a liberal manhood and womanhood. the college has kept its poise and remained faithful to its established ideals, while other institutions here and there. have been changing their entire curriculum to keep abreast of popular innovations. It has not been ditlicult for Knox to remain true to the established traditions of the college in the face of these recent demands, for thru all the years of its history its presidents, its faculty, its trustees, have kept it upon the firm founda- tion where it was established by those responsible for its existenceg the principle that a liberal education is the best education for develop- ing all-around young men and young women. And so Knox College remains a Hcollegeug it is not a place for specializing. Il01' does it ape the university. RECOGNITION or KNOX This definite position of the college is coming to be conspicuously recognized by authorities in the educational world. Indications that they understand and appreciate this attitude are being contimially received. The latest and most conclusive proof has just been fur- nished by the General liducation Board which has, for the second time. granted a large sum of money to the college to increase its en- dowment. Out of many schools applying for such grants. two only were gratified and Knox was one of these. wnA'r 'rms Mlf:ANs 'ro 'rni-: t'Ul,Ll+1tilf1 'l'he fact that this college was selected by the Board should be appreciated as one of the highest compliments it is possible for an educational body to confer on a worthy institution. For this reason it will still further strengthen Knox in the educational world. lfurther than this it will place the college on a more independent basis than it has ever heen. 'l'hc continual struggle for money, the constant handi- caps to which any enterprise is subjected through the lack of funds, the never ending worries of each succeeding president, these will he E E E E E E E !- If E E 5 E E 2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E VA fstmmzn. -uzu1ni1m1vm1nii1i1.:m:in3ff: KN GX CQLI ESE lnnimmimnrummiunmwmimnnmlimniiununimnnnimiuuui M

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Kita Li The New Endowment KELLooG McC'LELLAND Specifically. the offer made by the General Education Board is that they will give to Knox College 3100.000 on condition that a sup- plemental sum of 3100.000 is raised by other friends of the college by June 10. 1915. Of the fund of 3500.000 thus constituted, 5?-1-25.000 will be added to the permanent endowment of the college and the re- maining bF75.000 will be used for the erection and equipment of a men's building. The raising of the contingent sum of 3-1400.000 is no small task. but its successful issue is very vital to the continued progress and efii- ciency of the college. Failure would be equivalent to relinquishing. once and for all. the high place Knox has always held. and dropping back into the second rank. Any one who is following the trend of educational affairs to-day will recognize this as a Hrst step on a course which must inevitably lead to insignincance or extinction. It is be- coming more and more evident every year that. with the increasing importance of state institutions, with their unlimited resources. there will ultimately be room in a state like Illinois for only one or two col- leges of the type of Knox and these must be of the highest rank. In contradistinetion to a university. a college has its primary interest in the student rather than in the subject taught. This has always been the aim of Knox and. with her great past of noble sacrifice and worthy achievement. she is well qualified to be one of the few institutions of this type to endure and to carry forward that work which only the eollege can do. lint past aeeomplislnnents alone will not be sufiicient to maintain for any college a position of leadership and corresponding influence. 'l'he college of the future must have large resources in endowment and equipment to enable it to offer facilities for undergraduate study sec- ond to none even without taking into account the distinctive features of' a college. Some of the leading educational authorities have esti- mated thal a college to survive and worthily fulfill its mission must eventually have an endowment of' from two to three million dollars. Knox has at present approximately half' a million dollars of en- dowment and the present fund. if' raised. will bring the endowment well ivV1umm.annmmm1iimn1mis11izir1n:'wi KNQX CQLLEGE lrunmmllnln nunuiinu L'