Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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A Message From The President As 1 ' . art.- thinkiiii, ' lliis year in k ' rnis nt centennials and bi- centennials, nia I call (iur atlenticjn In the tact that we will soiin he ])reparint; Id celehrate the one hundredth l)irlhila anniversar ' iif Mar llaldwin Collej e. ' l ' cir ninety years uur instituticin has (iccupied a distinctive posi- tiiin in the held cit wcmian ' s e lucation. I ' .eing ' only four ' ears Nuunyer tlian the oldest chartered woman ' s collef ' e in the wor ld, Mar - r.aldwin has natinalh pioneered in her I ' leld. It one mitjht he ])ermitted to suniniari e her contribution to the cause of education, an accurate description mi,i;lit be found in ,-i phi ase that has become luore or less a slogan: Tlu- cullcjic i ' illi a hackiiritund of iiiltiirr and ,sT (() ( r,s- n7 ' . If to this are added the words of one of our num- ber, descri])tive of the collejie, cd iiLiiruiiially i-jjiciciil, sin- ' utlly sclccl- li sf iritiuil! sincere, one has a fair pictin ' e of ] lar - Ualdw in, her history, her heritage, her aims and ide.als. To all of us who share in the .Mary r.,ildwin life during the closing decade of her first centur ' there come a privilege and an obligation, to formulate, to project, to alt.ain a ten-year program for our college. .Sureh ' we shouhl have a carefully wcirked out objecti e for these xears, a w ell-formul;ited plan w hicli will cause our closing century to mark something more than tlie ])assing of the years. Remembering that our blessings have been made greater, oiu ' t.asks easier, om o]i|iortunities bro.ider, our heril.age noblei-, our ir.aditions richer b - those who during the first ninety years ha e made their contribution to M.iry r.;d(lwin, shall we not, building upon their fecundations, by wise i lanning and f.iithful endeasur make these closing years of the centtu ' y the best ot .all the years toi ' ,Mar ' llaldwin? The closing centtu ' y calls to all who l(j e .Maiy r..ddwin, and ch.allenges us to gi e to her our he.arly de ' otion ,nul lo .al service. — T.. W ' li.SO.V fAKM. . .