Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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Senior I oll. Bake, Laura, Aletheorian, Class Historian, - - Monmouth, 111. Beveridge, George, Philo, ------ Somonauk, 111. Carruthers, W. H., Eccritean, ----- st. Louis, Mo. Collins, Grace, A. B. L., Memorabilia Artist, ' 98, - Xenia, Ohio. Cook, William, Philo, ------ Morning Sun, Ohio. Dow, Ella, A. B. L., - - - - - Bellefontaine, Ohio. Dorris, Floyd, Eccritean, Editor of the Oracle, - Albany, Oregon. Duff, E. H., Eccritean Memorabilia Editor, ' 98, - Winterset, Iowa. Dunbar, Robert, Eccritean Diploma President, ,98, Monmouth, 111. Dunnan, W. A., Eccritean, Associate Editor of Oracle, Cedar Rapids, la. Eakin, Carrie, A. B. L., - - - - - - - Aledo, 111. Findley, Kathryn, A. B. L. Diploma President, ' 98, Peabody, Kansas. Findley, Howard, Eccritean, - - - - Monmouth, 111. Harris, Thomas, Philo Diploma President, ,98, - Monmouth, 111. Howie, D. W., Philo, ------ Garnett. Kansas. Howison, Mary, Aletheorian Diploma President, ' 98, Somonauk, 111. Irvine, Elliott, Eccritean, President Christian Union, Albany, Oregon. Lordmer, Elma, A. B. L., Delegate to Y. W. C. A. Convention, ' 98, Monmouth, 111. McCaughey, Robert, Eccritean, Leader Mandolin Club, Hoopeston, 111. McClelland, Everett, Philo, ----- Norwood, 111. Montgomery, Dell, Philo, -------- Drake-Monmouth Debater, ' 99. Washington, Iowa. Renwick, Myrtle, A. B. L., Class President, - - Warren, 111. Rife, Lee, Philo, - - Clifton, Ohio. Turnbull, William, Eccritean, Drake-Monmouth Debater, ' 99, Argle,N.Y. Wright, Belle, A. B. L., Associate Editor of Oracle. Roberts, 111. Young, Clyde, Eccritean, Business Manager of Oracle, McKeesport, Pa. 16

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lonmouth College. -I V VONMOUTH COLLEGE did not come by accident, nor by the I I I will of some speculator in land or town lots, but by the will I I I an - P ower of God. It was Manifest Destiny. It was in g — — V ., the divine purpose. In the fulfillment of that purpose two streams of a peculiar people, guided by an invisible hand, moving, one from the far east and the other from the far south, meet on this sacred spot in the heart of the great Mississippi Valley. They are Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. They represent the severer type of Christianity. They hold some peculiar views, but in their creed we find it written, Education —Higher Education is an essential. The Church and the School go to- gether. ' ' Hence Monmouth College. uAe jnception. in whose mind Monmouth College had its orig-in is not certainly known. Tracing its history back to its feeble beg ' innings, we are confronted with the honored names of Ross and Porter. In 1852-3 we find these foresighted men urging ' the establishment in this place of an • Academy, which should impart Christian education to young men and young women. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians are sometimes called narrow and bigoted. However that may be, in their ideas of education they are both broad and liberal. To the ordinary idea of education they add, Character Building. They do not open the College door to one-half of the family and close it on the other half. In comparison with these ideas, many of our great Universities are contracted and illiberal. In the very inception, in the initial idea, we have the strong features of Monmouth College : a co-educational Christian institution. Z he bounding. The real founder of Monmouth College was its first president, Dr. David A. Wallace. In 1856, by a process of rapid evo- lution, the Academy became a Colleg ' e, and Dr. Wallace was chosen as its executive head. He was assisted by a number of able lieutenants, but it was soon manifest that his spirit was the forming and moulding force of the enterprise. The principals laid down in his first inaugural address were early incorporated into the policy of the institution where they yet remain. His first official utterance was to enforce the claims of the Bible to a place as a text-book in the college curriculum, where it yet remains. His definition of education, The great ultimate end of education is to fit a man for accomplishing the end of his being, is still accepted by the College. In the sense of shaping and determining definitely its principles, Dr. Wallace may well be called the founder of Monmouth College. He wrought for twenty-two years. He dug deep and laid the foundation well. Others have builded thereon. OAe building. The task of building up the College was the mission of the second president, Dr. J. B. McMichael. It was his to establish, strengthen, settle. A large amount of worthless script was redeemed in tuition and money. By the slow process of small additions, an endowment was built up. An addition to the college building doubled its capacity. A fine athletic field was secured. The departments of college work were strengthened and new ones added. And as a fitting close a fine Auditorium was erected. For nineteen years Dr. McMichael labored as a wise and careful master-builder. Z he Sreater Ttfonmouth College. Such is the talk. The friends and alumni are calling our third president, Dr. S. R. Lyons, to lead on. The future is full of promise. The number of students is increasing every year. The endowment will be doubled before commencement. That means more departments and better work. It means the inception of the Greater Monmouth College. 15

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