Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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in Wir 1..tg1, gg if in JI 'Ulm 10.24 CRIMIUN 21:1 gn: e ---- W , I f-i i . li gl Nuf'l!1fwc.vIf'rn Slaliozz 1 V the cnjzens,:1lnrge percentage of nlioniznxrtluwnselves ulun1ni,1neusures ulito the expeetafioils oilf the student hodies of every QQ011Cl.'ililO1l. Even during liuzing xvcek eueh fall causes for eoniplnhii because of hieonsiderulhni on The part of Q futher cH3'1Jeople or eohege sfndents, are negluuhle. fFhe ohl splrn' of The lg lPOIUdC1ll0S udio saGriHeed,u heffer Ulf to foinid the ffereseo eoiniutuiity seenis To be stil hving. 'Phe spnit of eooperntnni nlneh guided The pioneers B'Today holding' Riponites, both on and off College Hill. iogeihei' in the 1'C21l fellowship which was developed centuries ago in Old Ripon. Englznld. While lacking The 54 traditioiis whieh age alone can give, New Ripon, nevertheless, lays claim to all I life equal at least in spirii and purpose To that oi' The Mother Ciiy. i 1 U ppm' -Campzzs ls , s so w ee p e s g an mu e ms 7151255 4 -r'Q.,'ig'2, Page 23

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:A .xnvk me-4' 3 I u?ffGh2i1qz4 CRIM5DNIn IDI i Ripon in 1923 ODAY, Ripon, Nlliseonsin, a typical niid- I dle western college city, nevertheless de- ties, in many respects, Sinclair Lewis' cynical i 'tMain Streetf? Ripon is intellectually awake and students enrolling in the college are not hesitant in expressing their apprecia- tion of the Nspirit which characterizes the connnunity. Ripon presents all the advantages ofa sinall city. It possesses a. group inind to as great a degree as psychologists conceive it possible for such to exist. Ripon is incorpo- rated as a city under the statutes of the state of Wisconsin. Her estimated population to- day, based on the 1920 census, is, roughly, 5.000 people. She is reached by two railroad lines. the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Milwaukee Sa St. Paul, andis boosted by an efficiently organized Connnereial Club ot which the majority of the business men of the city are lneinbers. College Chapel . While Riponites do not brag of any distinctness, to the COlllDil.1't1.TlVCly disin- terested eollege student from another city the spirit of cooperation and good feeling which obviously exists between the various societies, churches and occu- pations is, indeed, exceptional and noteworthy. Ripon College is a valuable asset to the city and the support extended by 5-NX F as ts Fl ml tat e R-ijforz Siren! Scam' n 7 E51 ' ' 'Il EEK Page 22

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