Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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This self-study group will now discuss the problems of maintenance. students ' food, needed raises for the Faculty, hoiv to get money for our new library, - f lt w ' ' ' ' r isSH the need for better dormitory facilities. and most important is . how to make better coffee. 17

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FACULTY and ADMINISTRA TION 16

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Atlanta, (Scor ia OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OGLETHORPE - A GROWING SCHOOL IN A GROWING ATLANTA There is no doubt about Atlanta ' s phenomenal physical growth. There is also no doubt about the growth of Oglethorpe, whose stu- dent body has more than doubled in the last five years and whose student body may double again in the next ten years. But growth is not a matter merely of physical extension. The growth of At- lanta involves a growth in responsibility for h jman values, and the growth of Oglethorpe implies a growth in the dedication of the faculty and students to the process of learning to achieve higher quality of educational aims. Atlanta is rapidly becoming a cultural center with emphasis not only on the sciences but on the arts. It is becoming a civi- lized, cosmopolitan area. That there are growing pains involved in this process is understandable, but in the years to come it is believed that Atlanta will emphasize beauty in its buildings and parks and landscape. It will emphasize better recreational faci- lities. It will emphasize improved human relations. It will em- phasize increased respect for law. It will emphasize political responsibility. Oglethorpe University is proud to be a part of this process of growth. But Oglethorpe also has its responsibilities. In the years o come, Oglethorpe and Atlanta will be even more closely associated. The new circumferential highway, the other express- ways, and the proposed rapid transit system will make Oglethorpe easily accessible to the whole metropolitan area. The growth of a college is not merely an internal growth with emphasis upon the learning process, but it is an extension of people into the community - not only into Atlanta but the communities throughout the United States, and to some extent in other parts of the world. It is important that this extension shall be a worthy expression of the ideals of this institution so that our gradu- ates may increase social responsibility, and increase the actual expression of humane ideals. Let us be sure that our growth is in keeping with the growth of Atlanta in all of these ways. We have confidence that this will be so. 18