Pacific University - Heart of Oak Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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'7ij I010 sunshine, something is usually happening. A good fast game or a few laps around the track, and then a hot shower, or perhaps a swim in the tank, keep a man tin shape? Whether a basket-ball game, when the whole school hangs breathless over the rail, to watch every move on the floor below, or a social function, with dimmed lights and false ceiling of colored streamers, thereis sure- ' 1y a good time at the iigymii. There are times, however, when even the tigymh does not suffice-when space and outdoor air are re- quired. The athletic field then becomes popular, for it is known that a past record insures a game that no one can afford to miss. Relaxation and an opportunity to refresh the mind are, of course, equally important with the more strenuous activities; In 1912 the books of the college library were moved from Marsh Hall i to their new home, where now with twenty thousand bound vol- umes, and the best periodicals, there is opportunity for extensive reference study, and recreational reading-and incidentally-two itlibrary dates, a week. . .. Of all of the paths which mark the ways to and from the var- ious points of interest, the one which perhaps remains the clear- est in the memories of Pacificis old students is that one which wanders its way to a far corner of the campus, where under broad-spreading maples the tennis courts offer recreation to those possessing surplus amounts of energy. Here, too, have been held more serious games, tournaments when the school record was at stake, and here that record was upheld. J ust what is responsible for this force and spirit with which Pacific University has been so widely accredited, has been the subject of no little comment. Attempts have been made to place it in the fact that Pacific is a small college, composed of one grtoupethe entire student body, therefore resulting in a unity of in erest. Others believe that the high place which Pacific holds is due to the splendid character of the men and women who have composed her faculty and have been her leaders. Also to the in- timate contact which in a small school is possible, between student and instructor. Still others who are acquainted with the history of the in- stitution tell us that a college founded by such men and women of strength and purpose as those, who, seventy-two years ago laid the foundations of Pacific University, must necessarily, when guided by that spirit which at its beginning was so deeply instilled mtO 113, become the institution that it is. JYmete en.

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m III II I1 7716: 716 1 PRESIDENT ROBERT FRY CLARK has directed the course of the college for the past three years and may well be congratulated for his labors during those strenuous times, as the outlook of Pacific itU broadens with the promise of greater things. President Clark graduated from Central College andlater from Oberlin in 1902, and took another degree at Chicago in 1906. After a principalship at Washburn Academy and professorships at Colgate and Chicae g0 University, President Clark came to Pacific. Education- ally, his long suit is Economics and Sociologv though he has another in his last winters overcoat, which has become as familiar a part of the campus as the petrified stump.