Principia College - Sheaf Yearbook (Elsah, IL)

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Tl-IE COLLEGE WOMENS GLEE CLUB The Women's Glee Club had a large aTTendance and popu- lariTy This year, and carried on quiTe an exTensive program. ln The Tall iT parTicipaTed aT a Sing : aT ChrisTmas Time, in combinaTion wiTh oTher school Glee Clubs, iT sang l-landel's Messiah, iT also combined wiTh The Men's Glee Club in songs Tor The Pi DelTa Kappa perTormance and Tor a concerT in The spring. The girls have had a mosT proTiTable year due To The eTTorTs oT Mrs. VVinniTred Hubbell, who has lovingly given her Time as direcTor. MEN'S GLEE CLUB The sixTh year oT acTiviTy Tor The Men's Glee Club was very inTeresTing and enjoyable under The leadership OT Mr. Clark. The TirsT quarTer was spenT in preparing To assisT The oTher Glee Clubs in presenTing several choruses Trom l-Tandel's Messiah ATTer ChrisTmas The Club prepared a program To be sung aT The Pi DelTa Kappa program, during The inTermis- sion and baclQsTage during The plays. The lasT acTiviTy oT The year was an inTormal program given ioinTly wiTh The College Women's Glee Club.

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Tl-TE SCHOOL OF NATIONS School of NaTions CommiTTee George A. Andrews, M. Sc., Ph. D., Chairman Frederic E. Morgan, A. B. Gardner C. Anihony, A. M., Sc. D. E. Olive Davis, M. A. I Thomas E. Blackwell, Jr., M. S. William E. Morgan, Jr., A. B. Winniired A. Hubbell Edward B. Orr, A. B. Samuel N. Baker, M. A. Anne ElizabeTh Jenkins, M. A. Since iTs esTablishmenT eighT years ago, The School oT NaTions has played an increasingly imporTanT parT in The acTivi- Ties oT The Principia. Each year There has been sTeady prog- ress in The enlargemenT oT This work designed To make Tangible and pracTical The ideal oi inTernaTional Triendship. The School oT NaTions was Tounded by a good Triend who placed aT The School's disposal a Tund Tor The TurTherance oT The idea. A commiTTee oT The TaculTy supervises The procedure. The acTiviTies oT The School oi NaTions are varied. Several scholarships have been esTablished Through which Principia sTudenTs may prepare Tor some Torm of inTernaTional service. They also make iT possible Tor Toreign sTudenTs To aT'Tend school here. RecenTly, a summer scholarship was announced which enables one sTudenT a year To Travel abroad. One oT The mosT inTeresTing oi The acTiviTies is The School oT NaTions Museum which conTains obiecTs Trom all parTs oT The world. This proiecT was begun by anoTher Triend, who made a collecTion of Tigurines and dolls displaying The naTional 'cosTumes oT various counTries. Since ThaT Time, more and more maTerial has been added including many more figurines, poT- Tery, books, anTiques, phoTographs, TexTiles and carvings. The Library oT The School oT NaTions includes several hun- dred books, many oi Them purchased abroad by members oi The TaculTy, as well as a reTerence Tile conTaining valuable prinTs and picTures, The collecTion OT cosTume plaTes being especially noTable. Three years ago, The message was senT ouT Through The monThly bulleTin, Progress aT Principia, ThaT The School was making a collecTion oT The naTional colors oT oTher naTions. The response was inspiring. The lnTernaTional Colors Collec- Tion now includes Tlags Trom TourTeen counTries. These flags were accompanied by leTTers inclicaTing The desire To parTici- paTe in This ideal oT world-wide Triendship. WiTh The esTablishmenT oT The Tour-year College, greaTer opporTuniTies will be made possible Tor The developmenT oT The School oT NaTions. The Triends who made possible iTs incepTion are giving one hundred and TiTTy Thousand dollars Tor a School oT NaTions building, in addiTion To The income Trom one hundred Thousand dollars Tor use in TurThering These acTiviTies. FurThermore, courses will be oTTered in The Senior College which will make iT possible Tor sTudenTs To prepare Tor Toreign service and work oT inTernaTional naTure. lT is The aim oT The School oT NaTions To enlarge and sTrengThen The work oT The Principia in making pracTical The ideal oT inTernaTional service and Triendship.

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Tl-IE CADET CORPS ln any group working Toward a common goal some Torm oT organizalrion is necessary. The boys oT The Upper School oT The Principia Torm a uniT lcnown as The CadeT Corps. This organizaTion is noT primarily rniliTary alThough a number oT iTs acTiviTies are carried on in miliTary manner. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS RainwaTer, C.: Andrews, R.: Webb, Mills, V The miliTary work in which The CadeT Corps cloes parTici- paTe is in no sense preparaTion Tor war. IT has been chosen as The Torrn oT acTiviTy besT suiTecl To Teach The TundamenTals OT discipline and leadership. As a whole, This organizaTion undeniably meeTs a greaT need and plays an imporTanT parT in The educaTional work oT The Principia. NON-COMM ISSION ED OFFICERS Back row: STiTT, R.: Dickinson, CluTe. Kircher, Bollinger, B.: WhiTe Duncan, Cochrane, Gooding, Chase, I-lolmquisT, Hill. FirsT row: PrenTice, Miller. Thomas, Ballard, Kussmann. Meachem Bowles, Brooks, A.: HewiTT. STiTT, E.