Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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Contents I. ADMINISTRATION II. CLASSES III. CAMPUS LIFE IV. ATHLETICS V. ORGANIZATIONS VI. DRAMATICS VII. CONSERVATORY VIII. COLLEGE DIARY DR. THOMAS HANNA McMICHAEL Familiarity with the present administration makes praise of it seem an inadequate representation of things as they are. Dr. McMichael has for a quarter-century directed the policies of the college, and has seen its most prosperous years, the years when more nearly adequate buildings have been made possible. The time has not been without its difficulties of a more subtle kind than the housing question, however. How many problems have been met and solved for us could perhaps be revealed only by Doctor himself. Progrrss, »ian ' s disrincth ' c mark alone- — Browning.

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— And io paint an accurate picture oj the college in all of its departments — this has been our aim and earnest desire in the com- pding of this publication oj the Ravelings. REV. S. R. LYONS and DR. R. GRAHAM As Monmciuth College progresses in the iiumher of her students, faculty and trustees, it is difTicult to tell of those who are her greatest leaders, her staunchest supporters, for their name is legion. Rev. Samuel Ross Lyons assumed the heavy responsihility of the administration from 1898 to 1901. Typical of the faculty of that period, perhaps, is Dr. Rus- sell Graham, who headed the department of Social Science. ' I ' riHircss — the onu ' ord stride of God. — Victor Hugo.

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Our Campus these were Old Da s oj Chivalry. All guarded by moat and seneschal White maids in silver and cramoisie Would Weave of their days in tapestrie. To glamour the grey of tower and hall. If these were Old Days of Chivalry, Slim (nights Would ride by the castle Wall Plumed, spurred and armoured silverly. Prancing white steeds, for the maids to see. Flaunting red flames on their banners tall. But . . these are New Days of Chivalry; We wander at will, unbarred by wall On green hills, pillared slenderly. Through warm aisles, or flecked sunnily Or lit with stars for cressets small. Dorothy Gold, ' 29.