Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Kenneth F. Burgess 'flmugll lxennellz l . lfllrgess is olllslrllulilzg as ll IIIHZYPI' mul llll.SilIl'SSllIllll. his point of neu' IN the uf-mlemzr point :gl rzezr. llzs irfeuf is ll SlH'lI1'l' .for lll'll4ll'IlIl1' lI'4'l'l11tIH. To Whom this Book is Deflicalerl Mr. Northwestern is a man in love with an irleal. The lioartl ol' Trustees has the responsihility for It is the ialeal of a free university. . . . . . a university whieh is a guartiian ol' lreeslom 7 freedom ol' thought. anti lreetlom ol' expression . . . a university where seholars may think and speak as they' believe . . . a university with no tlireet politieal affiliation or riepentlenee. Out ol' this university must eome the type ol' etlu- eation essential for maintaining our 'Xmerir-an system of free enterprise' ea sy stem which values intlivislual worth. For this itieal. Mr. Northwestern stanals. Kenneth F. Burgess. president ol' the lioaral ol' Trustees. is a man ol' the years to our sehool. Ile has served :luring the attminislrations ol' three presitients of the University. liis position antl that of all the hoarrl memhers he regartls in the pure sense ol' the worti trust as a biblical trust with all its moral ohligations rather than as an eeonomie one. eletermining annl maintaining the type nl' uniyersity yshieh Northwestern is anti shall he to eominu ffener- PI' ations. It must determine polieies. set the tone ol the eampus. bllltl guard hnanees lor use in the he-st manner. lxenneth liurgess has infusetl into Northysestern his maturity ol' juslgment. his quiet dignity. his quality lbl.t'll2il'2U'lt'l'1 anti his personality has het-ome ours. llls eontrihution to the l lllX1'l'F-Ily in lltlte. thought money. el'l'ort. anti moral strength is measureless. lntier his anhninistration. important groysth and atlyanee haye heen ineyitahle. ln this atmosphere a high quality laeulty has aleyelopt-ti. 1 . . - - . fientenmal. a eause to yslneh he tteyuletl Ins strength anal jutigment. exemplilies the many sueeessliul projects in yslneh he has guided us during his long term ol serviee to Northwestern.

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HIS IS Northwestern in l952ea university heginniug its seconfl century of growth . . . . . . . a university which has grown from a tlream with a 359.92 treasury to a reality with a S70 million entlowment. . . . a university which hegan with a faculty of four anfl a hantlful of stuflents autl has swelleel to inclutle a faculty of 292 and a stuelent hotly of more than 6.000 . . . . . a university which llits hequeathetl to us a reputa- tion of respect antl tlignity . . . ln the wilfls of the Northwest territory. our four fountlers hegan huihling an institution upon an ifleale wthe itleal of a nation of thinking intlivicluals. Wfhat huiltling materials had they hut hope anal faith? Wliat shouhl they have hall hut an overwhelming sense of insecurity Y In 1952. we feel shroufletl in a hlanket of insecurity. Yet. we have so much more from which to huilcl than tlitl those four men 101 years ago. Wife must not hreak their faith. When another century rolls arounfl. we must have filletl these pages with as won- tlerous a story as they hay e left for us to tell. Oltl College has seen our story almost from its heginning. Even our youngest lvuiltlings have seen more of it than have most of us. all . . . . it is arouml these huilelings that our story is tolel. fllurielfzlle Iilll'iSf4Y l I