Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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CREDO O I believe in Ripon College. How could it be otherwise? Here 1 have lived and loved and labored, as student, alumnus, parent of students, citizen, and have spent twenty-five years in administrative service. These all give experience, and. we trust, some wisdom to this profession of faith. 'The heloved community of students, alumni, parents, and citizens have placed their faith in Ripon College. This does not mean a complacent satis- faction, or a pride of opinion, or wishful thinking. We want this faith essen- tially to speak for the substance of things hoped for. grounded in the things that were and are. The spirit of Ripon College, in a way deeper and truer than 1 can possibly describe, is unique in being just itself among a group of distinctive schools of its type. Our college will continue to be a drilling ground for leadership, a place for fostering friendships, an opportunity to achieve skills and habits which will serve in future situations; it will continue to develop the faculty of using one’s faculties in service for others. We want to gain what the world so much needs—balanced personality to meet forthcoming perplexities. We want to keep in our vocabulary that word ought. Wc want an atmosphere which favors freedom, culture, thirst for knowledge, and Christian idealism. Our emphasis will continue to he upon teaching rather than upon research, or rather such teaching as creates a strong appetite for investigation, and a zeal to put knowledge to practical purposes. Our central aim is to educate leaders. We have no sectarian interests. Our hopes for realizing these ideals are grounded upon the measure of suc- cess that Ripon has already achieved under many handicaps in the past. Our graduates everywhere. I find, are measuring up to the requirements of the day in wholesome and forward-looking leadership, aligning themselves with insti- tutional and spiritual forces in a strongly constructive manner. We believe in this College, and it is ours to love and to make. This book gives symbols of our sentiments, pictures of persons, outsight to insight, artful hints of college activities: in short, a unification of the whole round of college life. View it all. and pause over it. not only to think, but to meditate and become wiser and more loyal in our faith in Ripon College. 17—

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Registration O For three months the campus has slept in the blazing summer heat. Quietly she has stood these weeks, watching, waiting. Then almost imperceptibly the sun drops its temperature, and a subtle warmth creeps into the air. The campus begins to take on life. A light shines through the dusk from a win- dow in Smith. Another bursts into being over at Bartlett! A hearty “helloooo' sounds through the twilight. Here and there new sounds . . . . noises and lights take shape as the campus stirs itself. In a few brief hours, this silent sleeping thing awakens from deep slumber, and begins to itch with new life. Hi, Jim! Glad to see you again. Tom! Oh. Mary. Kate is back. Another year has begun. What are you taking? Decided on your major yet? ’ ... all through that first glorious night questions are asked, confidences exchanged, the happy summer relived. The senior basks in his pipe smoke. The Frosh sits in the corner by the radio trying to act like a man—trying to down the first horrible pangs of homesickness. The next day is September 21st. The scene shifts to Lane library. Stu dents are seen hurrying through the door, and inside. Along the tables ready to give their friendly advice (and perhaps still thinking of their summer) sit the members of the faculty. It is registration day! o —is—