Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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 wm — i DR. JOHN R. YOUNG r A lasting memory of Monliccllo days is our association with Dr. John R. Young, whose frequent informal meetings with students lend a distinctive flavor to campus life. Both Dr. and Mrs. Young are well known for their cordial hospitality in the Kvergreens and their attendance at college receptions, dances, assembly and vesper programs. An active Rotarian, the president is a member of the board of directors of Alton Memorial Hospital and the Alton-Wood River chapter of the American Red Cross, lie graduated from Marshall College, and received his M.A. and Ph.D., from the University of Illinois. Marshall College awarded him the degree of Litt. D. last year for having won, in the words of the citation, “distinction through merit.

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ZJo the CdadS of 1952 . . . You represent a minority group against which, fortunately, there is little prejudice! You have been blessed as none of your predecessors and few of your contemporaries. You have been born into a family, a country, and a time in history which can oiler you the accumulated lruits ol man’s struggles down the ages. The privileges of education in a free country are vours: yours, also, is (he responsibility for bringing peace, cooperation and brotherhood to a warped and soul-sick world. It is a glorious opportunity—and a sobering responsibility!

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Fred Kuchnc, Marshall Acker. Dr. John U. Young, D. Howard Doane, Mrs. S. 'I . Olin, Mrs. W. V. Parsons, Eben Rodgers, chairman; Mrs. T. S. Chapman, Mrs. G. S. Milnor. Die (float'd of rudteci Tire responsibility lor the over-all administration ol Monticcllo College lies with its energetic Board of Trustees, a group of nine capable men and women who generously give ol their time and energy in behalf of the school. The Board of Trustees consists of the following members: Chairman: Eben Rodgers, Alton l ice-chairman: Fred Kuchnc, Jr., Mattoon Secretary: Marshall W. Acker, Alton J ember.r: Mrs. T. S. Chapman, Jcrseyville 1). Howard Doane, St. Louis Mrs. George Sparks Milnor (Alice Ryric, Class of 1911), Kenilworth Mrs. Spencer T. Olin (Ann Whitney, Class of 1925), Alton dUember Emeritus: Mrs. William Wood Parsons (President of Monticcllo College 1910-1918), Terre Haute, Indiana .11 ember Ex-officio: Dr. John R. Young The Board was honored this year by a dinner held in January; a new event added to the social program. The dinner was planned to give the student body a chance to meet the trustees informally, anti to provide the Board with the opportunity to know the students better.