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

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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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FACULTY Basically, a college is an institution of higher learning. lt is the first of many doors which are opened in the period of a life time. To all students, life on campus is not itself the fuller life, but is the preparation for the fuller life. The focus for learning is on the faculty of the college. Theirs is an insight horn of true understanding and delight in human nature and their joh. Every position requires tact and under- standing as a part of the everyday routine, and those two quali- ties are an inherent part of their make up. ln his speech at the formal opening of Macalester, Dr. Edward Neill said, Wllhe college professor is not what the Creeks called a pedagogue. He is a live man in the class room, and shows that he is a professor hy scholarly instinct, and is not attracted hy the emoluments of office, and to gain the applause of fellows. His enthusiasm is imparted, the grand contagion spreads, and the college wins a namef, Beneath all the activities and excitement, these people make Macalester a great college. Theirs is the rsponsihility for todayg theirs must he the plans that will create tomorrow's achievements. More and more the academic aspect of the college is being stressed. As the excitement of academic growth continues, Macal- ester College is making an ever growing contrilmtion to the intellectual life of the state and the country. ACULTY 7 W .-X S Reprinted from the 1910 Mac Section editor-Suv Vlfoodworth