Linfield College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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Visions-Dreams-Plans-Performance T would be difficult to recognize in Linfield l936 model, the struggling institu- tion that first saw the light of day seventy-eight years ago. The Baptist pioneers who had faith enough to attempt the impossible could not have foreseen a campus that ranks among the most beautiful in the Northwest, buildings and equipment adequate to an effective college task, and a student body that in size exhausts the capacity of this splendid equipment. Yet, those pioneers had a vision of a process that would pro- vide leaders loyal to the Christian ideal. Some of the colorful dreams that followed the first vision have become realized and yet Linfield has not arrived at the final goal. Even in material equipment the progress of last year, unexpected and so extensive that a year ago we dared not dream it was possible, is only another step. The material fulfillment of dreams that have now become a part of our plan is valueless if the vision of a Christian fellowship is not realized and so this year we begin timidly, and yet we hope with just as great a possibility of advance, the develop- ment of this Christian fellowship idea between the faculty and students. If students and faculty, with the zest that comes from anticipation, continue the upward climb, ,we too will realize the truth of the mystical, disturbing proverb, It is better to travel hopefully on than to arrive. This in turn mirrors that more significant statement of the great spiritual genius, the consecrated, highly educated apostle Paul, when he said, Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it. 11 I93

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V W. - 7 i I F 5, I Oak Leaves Preparation of Mind and Spirit OLLEGE serves two functions-to tell of the past and to prepare for the future. The past has made the present, the present will make the future. Col- lege students of today will be the leaders, in a few years, in all the complex activities of modern life. You will have a new ,world to make. I congratulate you on your task, your strength, your courage, and your opportunity. It is the mission of Linfield College to help you prepare mind and spirit for the life work each may choose. Preparation of mind is necessary that you may live and work with others and contribute to the world as each is able. Preparation of the spirit is just as important, since each must always live with himself and walk before God. Your Alma Mater will become so much a part of each of its graduates that it is the solemn task and purpose of the Board of Trustees to make the College as ef- fective as is possible in carrying out its mission. 0

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Oak Leaves Faculty Orr F1'e1'if'l1s YVoods Maenab 1 Jonusson Jerome Storey Culver Elkinton Hewitt Taylor Mah-affey l'!'.Z4k 1. PAUL J. ORR,- Professor of Education and Psychology, 192 7. B. A., Lin- field College: B. S., College of Puget Sound: M. A., Ph. D., University of Washington. WILLIAM REINHARD ERERICHS, Professor of German, 1912. B. A., Carthage College: graduate The Colgate-Rochester Divinity School: M. A., University of Ore- gon: Ph. D., University of Greifswald, Germany: graduate work University of Wash- ington. PERRY DANIEL XVOODS, Professor of Romance Languages, 1929. B. A.. M. A., Denison University: B. D., The Colgate-Rochester Divinity School: Ph. D., University of Oregon: graduate work Ohio State University. JAMES ARTHUR MACNAB, Professor of Biology, 1924. B. A., Albany College: M. S., University of Nebraska: graduate Work University of Nebraska, Puget Sound Biological Station. 2. JONAS ADALSTEINN JONASSON, Professor of History, 1931. B. A.. Linfield College: M. A., University of Washington: Ph. D., Stanford University, WILLIAM JABEZ JEROME, Professor of Political and Social Sciences, 1925. B. A., M. A., University of Washington: graduate Work University of Washington. RALPH EWING STOREY, Professor of English, 1928. B. Litt., Linfield College: B. A., Brown University: B. D., Newton Theological Institution: M. A., University of Washington: graduate Work Harvard University, University of Washington: guest pro- fessor University of Wisconsin library. RAYMOND B. CULVER, Professor of Bible and Religious Education, 1933. B. Mus., B. A., Linfield College: B. A., B. D., M. A., Ph. D., Yale University. 3. HAROLD CHARLES ELKINTON, Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration, 1927. B. A., Whitman College: M. B. A., University of Ore- gon: graduate work University of Washington, University of Southern California. HERSCHEL EDGAR HEWITT, Professor of Physics, 1921. B. A., Grand Island College: M. A., University of Oregon: graduate work University of Oregon. LUTHER R. TAYLOR, Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1928. B. S., Linfield: M. S., State College of Washington: graduate Work University of Washington, State College of Washington. ROY DEAN MAI-IAEPEY, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Speech, 1928. B. A., Linfield College: M. A., University of Southern California: graduate work University of Southern California. 12