Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Atlanta, (Suor ia Jun ' = 1964 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Uvail„ J. J U T There is a j2;rowinp; tendency among collejzes and universities to look at development and planning primarily in terms of physical facilities and personnel. Certainly provision in these matters will be necessary in vievj of the increasing numbers of college-age students and the increasing proportion of these who are college- Dound. Oelethoroe is preoared to do its part in exoanding its facilities to aid in meeting this need. However, it would be unfortunate if in the provision of the means we lost sight of the end. Development and planning should be focused on the imiprovement of education itself. We need con- stantly to be alert to the shortcomings of what we are doing in nigher education generally and in our own institution in particular, Oglethorpe has j ' - ' st passed through a year in which changes have Deen taking place. The loss of the leadership of Dr. Donald Agnew, vvho has gone to fields of broader and important service, vjas without doubt a blow to us all. The period of uncertainty which followed his resignation, painful as it was at the time, in retrospect has proved to be beneficial. For it has forced us to answer or at least to seek the answers to several hard questions. Already thought is being given and plans are underway. We need to be perfectly clear what the essential role of a small, independent liberal arts college in an urban setting is and can be. We need to find ways of interpreting this role to our many publics - the students, the alumni, the community. If we can do this successfully, support will increase, the means will be pro- vided for expansion and, more importantly, for doing even better what only such an institution as Oglethorpe can do. Times and circumstances change. We can guide our destiny or be swept struggling into the future. Oglethorpe will choose to plan intelligently and m.eet the future gladly. 0 JL Seward Acting President GCS jbc 18