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In 1894, at the resignation of President A. W. Ring- land, James Wallace was elected president of Macalester College. Now began, among his other duties, an undying search for money and students for Macalester. He started a seemingly everlasting trek from town to town, church to church, person to person in search of these necessities. He traveled to the East to beg for money, often arriving heavy-eyed from sitting up all night on the train, and returning heavyhearted, having had no luck. Every once in a while he would tell his family that he could stand it no longer, and if funds were not raised by commence- ment, he would resign. Dr. Wallace never gave up, however, and in May, 1901, the day long hoped for came, the last of the old claims were settled and the seven dark years in the history of Macalester came to an end in victory. The fight had been long and hard, but the spirit of James Wallace had refused to be defeated, and in the fall of the same year Macalester opened without debt or deficit. President Wallace did not rest, however. He continued to seek en- dowment, current funds, and students. ln 1907, Dr. Wallace resigned as president. He re- turned after a leave of absence to teach Bible, and in 1926 retired. He died in August 1936. At his resignation from the office of president, the secretary of the Board of Trustees wrote to him, H. . . You have been the chief instrument in making the college what it has become, an institution with not only a good history, but a good out- look as wellf, This October Dr. Harvey Mitchell Rice, Macalester's tenth president, was inaugurated, and follows the other presidents who have guided the school along the road to wisdom, service, and progress, Edward D. Neil, Thomas A. McCurdy, David James Burrell, Adam W. Ringland, James Wallace, Thomas Morey Hodgman, Elmer Allen Bess, John C. Achenson, and Charles J. Turck. Each one has left his mark on the school, bettering and building it inlsome way for those who are to follow. Edward Neill and James Wallace are gone, but their spirit lives on. It is a spirit handed down from one gener- ation to another like a flaming torch. a torch which can never go out. It was of this spirit which President Rice spoke in his inaugural address when he said, M. . . Let us achieve excellence. Let us honor those who have gone before us, and let us honor them through the quality of our achievements. Let us honor them by proving that we are worthy to follow in their train. Let us as a community of scholars produce a Christian intellectual life that will make it possible for us and our students to grow in stat- ure physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually toward the high calling of Godf' The Weyerhaeuser Library The Bell Tower
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Macalester College has come a long way from the dark days when she struggled so hard for her existence. Many changes have been made. The forty-four acre campus has seen the erection of many buildings, in the past ten years, the Student Union, the Wilkie Observatory, Winton Health Service, the Field House and two new dormitories, Turck Hall for women and Dayton Hall for men. The student enrollment has increased, and with it the number of faculty members has also risen. The endowment of the college has reached an all time high and today there is no financial danger as there was in the past. The new library addition under construction. It will be ready for use in Septem- ber 1960. 14 Macalesterls first dormitory, Wallace Hall. The future looks bright for Macalester College. Each day she gains new honors and higher ratings. Each year more and more National Merit Scholars choose Mac as their Alma Mater, and the alumni support her to a greater extent. Technical and electronic developments are being planned to improve our institution. A new building program is underway, starting with the library addition. In the next few years, Macalester will also have a new line arts building, and science hall. The extent to which her fame will grow, only the endless years can say. Macalester College is changing and will continue to change as she grows, but some things will remain forever the same throughout the centuries: the spirit of her foun- ders, the aims and purpose for which she was built, and the entrance to Old Main. Could a tracing be made of the footsteps that have entered and left tnat stone portico, wnat a maze or lines there would be. They would reach to every state in the Union, to the darkest regions of Africa and sunny South America, from Australia to India, and to the lands of Japan and Germany, encircling the world with a human chain of mature, creative, useful men and women, serving their community as world-minded citizens. Catch up a tracery of these lines where you will, and though it lead you far-to one end you will find a loyal heart, true to uDear old Macalester -the other end will lead you back-back to the time worn steps and weath- ered entrance where new feet are ever treading in, to fill the places of others left vacant.
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