Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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' . -N - , . A .-, .. . ,, - i. Y pl, , --. .. a , X. , - Y 27. f . . . ,f' 1 ' 1 f ' ' ' txt P' ' i I X Y ' lx! '. f . t-fl -A -NJ tl -' .N N f 1 1 1 v , I f l Y oy 1 Z 1 -, x I. . . . Xe' X E r .IH ,I . 4, I ' ' X .' , '. , . i, t 1'-' 1 s.' i.-M . ' , r ' ' j ' ,- I . ' V Q ' - .u, K - -, A - i - ,.. X -,. ' - , 5- ., l til i 7 I . . . . s. l Otterhein College extends to the readers of this years bibyl her Iieartiest grertings and good-will. The sun is setting on the eighty- , second year ol' her work in the lielcl ol' education and the work of the institution is a niatter of history. Une strong elenient of sound edu- cational theory is its prophetic outlook. l One of the dangers into which an institution like Otterbein may l tall is that ol, a worship ol' the past. The success of the institution l has been connnendable. ller growth in nunibers and the increase in the physical plant and endowment have been substantial. Over 2 S2.tttttt,Utltt.tltt ol net assets. ol which over ft3l,tl0tt,tltt0.llU is invested ' in productive endowment. and ten buildings with splendid equip- I rnent and the innnediate prospect of a new gyinnasiuni. are the t fruits ol' the past. l lnstead of being a foundation upon which to rest and an achieve- ' ment in which to glory. these things should become harbingers of still better things. Pliysical and niaterial things nray beget success of like kind. lidueational standards and progress rnay inspire to better achieve- inents. One of the evidences of our progress in the educational world is shown in our recent accreditnient by the Anierican Asso- ciation of University Wlonien. This recognition, with that of rnern- l hership in the Uhio College Association, the North Central Asso- ciation, the Association of American Colleges, and a place on the approved list of the Association of American Universities. places Otterbein College in the front ranks of colleges in Anierica. Spiritual life and growth should also he the result of past achieveinents. What Otterbein becomes tomorrow must be built on the foundation we lay today. Inertia and irnniobility quickly turn 1 into stagnation and decline. l Success and progress of the past niust be the lever by which we are lifted to higher and better things. Otterbein niust look to the luture, not merely as cl dream of a rich new experience but as a R period of larger life and development in the educational Field. the spiritual realm, and the physical plant. l ' Character, service. elliciency, personal unselfishness, coupled with a world outlook for international and inter-racial relations. must l ever be kept before our students and teachers and our supporters. i To this end we strive and to this end we yearn and pray. , X' P Y Presirtlelzl. ' Page Eiglileen l l l 1-.. - - f- A -A esp- ,,,-i .. -if .ft I sf 1 Q , x- .. ,- X ,xi ,V ', f 'A '-X Qvaiyligstt by v. vl t i f . yt it Mt New XX X A fic -1 sf ' 4 -gf A x 'v -, ' Ji. ..4. J. PKR '-5.,,,.' safe ,,p f' sy. 5-- 1- -.. - ..L , -E-:..' ras, s .s A--...4fg..Lj

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PRESIDENT WAl,'I'lCl R ll, i Il,Il'i'INilER. AB

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NWK, ' W if t' WISDGM BETTER THAN RUBIES By DEAN N. E. CURNETET. AM., LITT.D. It is said we are living in an age characterized by the ucash reg- isterm and pleasure The might of money and the lure of jazz often blind the vision so that the eternal verities may be lost. The tangible seems so much more real than the untouched, the visible than the invisible. However, students. and even the untaught, know that the worldis work is done largely by unseen forces, and much of pleasure and enjoyment comes from inexplicable and little-undeiv stood sources. Education deals with mental and spiritual processes. There is an accumulation of knowledge. This is valuable, but chiefly in relation to the growth of life and character. But for the creation of per- sonality our mundane life is without explanation. There is a sequence in values. First the eternal, uwisdomf' then the temporal. knowledge, The former abides as He who is the Truth lives. The latter continues in that degree that it finds its anchor in 'l'wisdom. College and university professors and students are now in a period of tests, surveys, acute researches. These processes are commend- able but have their chief value in the finding of ultimate truth bound up in the Infinite and manifested in the universe. Our time seems very materialistic, yet, there is a permeating of the spiritual in a higher degree than in any former period. The peril is that the spiritual may be conceived to be but an atmosphere wiwthout personality, thus it may scatter as thin air. Our colleges should foster with certainty that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdomf' Then life's challenge to our young women and men will have a charm and a dynamic that will make all life purposeful and exhilirating. Our campuses then will be resonant with a new joy not found alone in temporal pleasures which at best are short-lived, but in the glow of the eternity of uwisdom which is better than rubies. Let Otterbein professors, students, and constituency pledge them- selves uanew to be sure to the lure of wisdom rather than rubies, to the charm of life instead of the attraction of mere things, to the halo of creative energy and glory found in Him who is the Way'. the Life. the Truth. Page Nineteen Qc' T T553