Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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SHED BY THE STUDENTS F THE GRANTING OF THE CHARTER BY THE ACALESTER COLLEGE ST PAUL

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1949 ON THE OCCASION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSAF STATE OF MINNESOTA T

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MAC O THE MAP It is seventy-five years since the Legislature of the State of Minnesota granted to Dr. Edward Duf- field Neill and his associates the charter to estab- lish Macalester college. During this long period, the college has held to five basic purposes. lt has not used athletic teams, freak theories of education, or elaborate buildings to make itself known to the public. It must be known by reason of its purposes and the extent to which these purposes are achieved. Macalester college accepts the responsibility of affecting in some ways the characters of its stu- dents. It endeavors to train for life and also to equip young people to make a living. It regards it- self as one community seeking to build a brother- hood and graduating young people who will go out to the larger world imbued with the ideals of com- munity service. It tries to represent the cause of internationalism. It seeks to live only in the atmos- phere of freedom. These are the five purposes of Macalester, by them and by our alumni let us be judged. As the number of graduates approaches three thousand, as the endowment passes the two million dollar mark, as new buildings are erected, as the student body passes 1,600 in number with no sign of decrease, the state and the region round about us begin to realize that Macalester IS on the map. It has always been here, for the past seventy-five years. The noble men and women, living and dead, who founded the college, who carried on or still carry on its noblest traditions, on the campus and out in the community, these are they who have es- tablished the college in the affections and respect of thousands who have come here as students and have become our far-scattered constituency of .alumni and friends. To our Seniors of 1949, as they leave these happy surroundings, we bid them, by their charac- ter and purposes and achievements, win for Macal- ester a larger place of honor. These Seniors are the latest link, but not the last. in the chain that unites 187-fl and 1835 and 1949 and the long future. That chain must never break, dear friends. Be Strong! Chas. J. Turck