Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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ft ) LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE- 1914 Q ] Processional HE thots and deeds of one generation are bound by indissolu- ble bonds to the thots and deeds of the next. The life of to- day is absolutely dependent upon the life of yesterday, and the life of tomorrow will be just as dependent upon the life of today. The character of each individual, group, nation, or civilization is determined by those of its progenitors, and it in turn will determine the character of its successors. Past, present, and future are simply terms used to designate the different phases of the irresistible ten- dency of institutions when once firmly established to perpetuate them- selves. This law holds true with special force to colleges and universities. A constantly changing current of human life flows incessantly thru the halls of such an institution, faculty and students, ever coming and ever going, who, as they come, are pervaded by the spirit, impelled by the ideals, and dominated by the customs of those who went before and who, as they go, leave the same spirit, ideals and customs to those who are to follow. Thus there develops that continuity of existence which makes one feel that his alma mater is a distinct entity apart from the many dif- ferent personalities who are responsible for her existence. Our own Leb- anon Valley is the same college that opened its doors for the first time in 1867. The same college, and yet how different ! For despite the fact that the real fundamental spirit of an institution must essentially remain for- ever the same, the old order changeth, and every ideal and every cus- tom followed in an effort to attain it, thru the experiences of students and teachers, become stepping stones over which the institution rises, stage by stage, to higher planes of realization. Our alma mater has pass- ed thru many such stages. In 1834 a small private school was conducted in the southern end of a local blacksmith shop. The same year marked the founding of the Annville Academy, which was conducted in a frame building erected especially for that purpose. In a very few years this humble institution became favorably known over a wide territory and secured a very liberal patronage. By 1859 those who controlled it deem- ed it no longer able to meet the demands of the community ; and con sequently in that year the old building was torn down, a large three-story Pafii I I fptti; l3rf S md: Wi: iM . m s M. | ' - a. .M