Milton College - Fides Yearbook (Milton, WI)

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EDUCATION Professor: J. Frederick Whitford, ttJ. Fred , M. A., Milton College. 595w3$DUCATIUN is generally recognized 215 an asset to success. Universal education is essential tn uur national existence. The tax-payer E ,supports the public school :15 an insurance for denmcmcy. There never was 2111 age in history when it was 5n true that knowledge is ewe: power :15 the one in which we live. Our graduates are entering,r the public schools as teachers and the courses in edutatimi aim t0 prepare them for efficient service in their chosen professimi.e J.17. XVhitfnrd. PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY, AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Professor: Edwin Shaw, Dr. Shaw? D. D., Milton College. These three, 2111 in one, Philosophy, Suciulng'y, Religion. constitute the Science of Living. living wisely and well. livingr happily 21nd fruitfully. Here we seek to gain an intelligent understanding of the universe, to learn how to interpret it in the light of human needs, to see thing's clearly and steadily, to study with an open mind, to be strict with self, hut tolerant and sympathetic with others. Certainties that are absolute in many realms we may not hope tu reach, but with calm and untroubled minds, and with faith in God and altruistic interest in mankind, we struggle with the problems that center in this triangle, the Science of Living, whose base rests upmi the sulid earth of facts, while its apex ever points heavenwardrvEdwin Shaw. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Professor and Coach of Athletics: Norris Rowbotham, ttCoach, B. A., Beloit College. Viewed as to its physical effects, physical training produces health, and hardiness. 3y combating 21nd alleviating unhyg'ienic school conditions, long periods of physical inactivity, etc., it increases health; it develops strength and promotes organic vigor. By improving cuiirdinzltion it pmnmtes quickness and skill which lead to beauty of motion, and grace. On the educational side, physical trainingr develops the number of specitic habits such as obedience to proper authority. alert and attentive behavior, iquick perception and prompt reaction, all of which will prove useful in situa- tions sufficiently resembling those in which the habits were farmedwNurris Ruwlmtham. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND FORENSICS Professor: Leman H. Stringer, ttStringer, B. A., Milton College. Forensic Coach and Registrar: Oscar T. Babcock, O. T.,,t B. A., Milton College. The ability to speak well. and by that we mean nut only tittently, htit c.011- x'incingly and entertainingly. is :m art which nu cullege graduate should be without. It is 21S much a part of Iihc 711 education tn be able to speak English well as it is to speak hrokenly 21 few words 0f :1 foreign language. The courses in Public Speaking and the related activities of debating and oratory are trying to supply that part of a liberal education, which makes for the ability to speak the English language we11.;0. T. Babcock. Pagu Tiwmzrly-m'ght

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VIOLIN Instructor: Mrs. Ellen Crandall Place, ttMrs. Place. $M$HE violin, whose intricate construction and mysterious powers were perfected as long ago as three hundred years, is akin to the human T voice in its quality of tone, and because of its response to the un- zangz conscious sentiments of the player, is more intimate than that of any other instrument. To perfect its mastery requires the highest type of ability, mental, moral, and physical, but it returns dividends for honest endeavor more quickly than others in that it is less common. Anyone of but everyday talent may learn to play the violin to the extent of fulfilling his innate requirement. Simple melodies from the violin give pleasure because of its pleasing quality and of its rarityeMrs. Ellen Place. PIANO AND THEORY OF MUSIC Instructor: Miss Alberta Crandall, Miss Albertaf Principal of the School of Music. That music is of great value in the training of the mind was the belief of Gladstone, who said, HMusic is one of the most forcible instruments for train- ing, for arousing and for governing the mind and the spirit of man? Yet of greater value is its power to speak a universal language which binds all peoples together in peace and harmony, and in the words of Henry Ward Beecher, ltMusic cleanses the understanding, inspires it and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself? It is the aim of the Music Department to give its students an intelligent understanding of the intricacies of harmonic structure and form of music, and to prepare them for usefulness as artists and teacherseMiss Alberta Crandall. ORGAN Instructor: Mrs. Kathryn Bliss Rogers, ttMrs. Rogers? llThe organ is the most complex of all instruments; it is the most harmon- ious of all; it is the grandest of all. It stands transcententally not only above every other instrument, but above every other combination of instruments. No orchestra ever existed that has the breadth; majesty and grandeur that belong to this Prince of instruments.l'eHenry Ward Beecher. Chief Engineer: Martine M. Lanphere, ttJan, B. A., Milton College. Matron of Goodrich Hall: Mrs. May 0rdway Maxson, ttAunty Mae. Page Thirty