Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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the surest signs of growth. The whole attitude of the public, including the alumni, has changed during the period in question. few short years ago the good people of a nearin town were laboring under the delusion that Ripon was a training school for thcologs —a noble work surely, hut not true to fact. Alumni were absolutely indifferent. Townspeople had no pride in the school. In a word, the outlook was dark. With this condition before ns our present state is all the more surprising. The College now stands upon an entirely different plane. Neighboring towns recognize in Ripon an institution representing the best in religious aim. scholarship, and athletics. Alumni now give hundreds with more ease and pleasure than they would have given cents; more than this, their interest is constantly centered in all things that pertain, in any sense, to Ripon College. Townspeople heartily endorse the institution. Our teams find some of their warmest supporters, outside of the student body, in the local High School students. in a sti',1 wider field, in the broader and more far reaching aspects of college activity. Ripon is known and respected by her sister institutions of the Middle West. In all progressive policies she may he found in the van. 11 this has come of itself. Ilcliind it must have been some compelling power, some motive force, and this motive force may be found in the person of l)r. Hughes. A trying time has surely been his. Discouragement has followed discouragement, but through it all and in apparent defeat, his courage has not faltered, nor has his eye failed to see the higher future, the larger outlook of the College. Through his efforts the College has come to stand for something, has realized its larger purpose in large measure. Material progress has undoubtedly come, and that too in large amount, hut it has been a means, not an end. The end has been the training of a student body in the higher things of life, the develop- ment of manliness and womanliness with all that these mean. I low complete the fulfillment of this purpose, the realization of this aim. the future only can reveal, but we are confident that the results will he a satisfaction, a reward for the long years. nd as we look for. and finally see. the results, the quiet, self- sacrificing work of Dr. Hughes and his colleagues must never he forgotten. And so with courage and hope we look to the future, believing that Ripon has but scarcely begun to realize her great mission. Page Kight

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RICHARD CECIL HUGHES. A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT, PSYCHOLOGY. A man he see ms of cheerful yesterdays hid confident tomorrows. Trusting that the “student-body will live up to anything reasonable,” he puts them on their honor and goes out East where the people tell him that the small college is to he one of the large things of the future. He watches over all phases of college activity with a vigilance which never tires, lie is strong-hearted, far-sighted, and firm in his convic- tions of truth. EDWARD WILLIAM CLARK. A. M. LATIN, ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY. .Is clear as a whistle. The heads upon which nature seems to have in- dicted the curse of barrenness 3rc often most abundantly stored with voluminous knowledge. If the ladies will please remove their hats” we will sec a man who takes “excursions to Europe” regularly, and knows all about earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and “stylish coiffures. He is a complete family chronicle, being versed in the genealogy, history, and intermarriages of the whole line of Roman emperors. MARY CORINTHIA HARWOOD. L. M. MODERN LANGUAGES. — And snatch of grace beyond the reach of art.” Qu’est que e’est que cela ? Miss Harwood. She has that rare gift of inspiring others with a belief in their ability to accomplish something. Greeting every- one with a gentle kindness which shows at once her innate refined and quiet dignity, she manages the languages with an ease and elegance which is another of her many charms. Nieht wahr?” FRANK MORTON ERICKSON. A. M. GREEK. Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit. Professor Erickson is a rare combination of dry good humor and sharp sarcasm. He has the ability to read his students and take a flimsy excuse for just what it’s worth. If he thinks that’s a good bluff,” he says so. Though a man of few words, his silence is the proverbially eloquent one. Led by him into the fields of higher education, new stu- dents feel perfect confidence in his direction. I‘src Ten