Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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X Q, E-ncma ll' '-.AN dh -'V' Uhr llltimate Gbrrihentul By the President Occidental is not to be a university. It is content to be a college- simply a college of natural sciences and liberal arts. More than that, it wishes to remain small in numbers and at the same time become in- creasingly great in its ability to turn out problem-solvers of the right kind. Occidental has acres enough: ninety is sufhcient for its future needs. Therefore all rejoice in its adequate campus, beautifully situated. It needs some more buildings but not many. Those now erected are modern in equipment, and architecturally satisfactory. Occidental does need a larger endowment. A minimum endowment of one million dol- lars is merited now and must speedily be realized. To continue to give standard teaching and the courses of study demanded by a discriminating student body, adequately prepared for college instruction, is the ambition of a carefully trained faculty. To insure the largest benefit from the present physical and financial resources, Occidental wisely limits its cur- riculum to a four year college course. The days of its academy are in the past. In order to emphasize the advantages of a college devoted to the liberal arts and natural sciences-the schools of music, art and oratory have also been discontinued. Postgraduate work is not planned. Every hour of energy of the teachers and every dollar of the endow- ment are bound together for one purpose-of the building a strong, sane, Christian college ,free from the blighting effect of sectarianism, conse- crated to the Kingdom of God: scholastically progressive and fully ac- credited in academic circles throughout the land. It is difficult to keep Occidental College small or within the bounds of its ideals as to num- bers. The enrollment of freshmen at present is limited to one hundred and Hfty and they must bring with them satisfactory evidence of adequate preparation for college work. An Occidental diploma will be coveted more and more by those who really desire the benefits of four years of real life in a Christian college with a soul. This experience will be ap- preciated by those who are planning further scholastic preparation for professional life in the recognized standard universities of this and other countries. Occidental wants students who really desire to work and work hard. lts spirit is democratic. lts graduates must be ready to give freely of their best in order that its ambition to turn out civic engineers shall be successful. ldlers and slackers should shun its halls and campus. Quality, not quantity, is its ideal. Culture, Citizenship, Christianity, are its watchwords. To those who really desire to have a part in carry- ing these ideal into all the world, there is a lively welcome. DR. JOHN WILLIS BAER. -- . Page 58716111

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X Lap, G-nclna -Us-,MN an Enarh nf Efruztvrz FRANK P. FLINT, President DAVID B. GAMBLE, First Vice-President ROBERT FREEMAN, Second Vice-President WILLIAM S. YOUNG, Secretary. WILLIAM E. McVAY, Treasurer WILBUR C. SMART, Assistant Treasurer TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3 I, I9I7 HON. FRANK P. FLINT EDWARD H. GROENENDYKE fDeceasedJ REV. ROBERT FREEMAN, D. D. FRANK MAY TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3 I, I9 I 8 JOHN G. BULLOCK HENRY S. BOICE J. A. FREEMAN CDeceaaedJ FRED H. SCHAUER, ESQ. TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3I, I9I9 GEORGE E. HUNTSBERGER JAMES GARFIELD WARREN TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3I. I920 REV. WM. S. YOUNG. D.D. E. P. CLAPP, M. D. REV. HUGH K. WALKER, D.D., LL.D. ARTHUR W. BUELL. M. D. TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 3I, I92I W. E. McVAY DAVID B. GAMBLE JOHN WILLIS BAER, LL.D. HENRY S. CARHART, Sc.D., LL.D. l'uyv liighl