Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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EAST BUILDING ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY FACUL TY APARTMENTS

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Like a giant oak tree, Ripon College has stood on the Wisconsin prairie through more than one hundred winters of American history. With roots deep ir. the past, it has grown strong in character as well as in size and sen ice. Ripon is more than a collection of buildings wherein professors teach and students learn It is greater than the sum of its parts and stands for something by itself. Ripon stands for Freedom. - - - It shows the world we believe men should be free to educate their young as they see fit. It shows that we believe man must be free to improve himself for his own sake and, therefore, for the good of all mankind. It shows that we believe freedom is the key to the salvation of man. Ripon stands for the Truth. - - - Its very existence as a private college devoted to the free and open search for and transmission of Truth marks Ripon for all men to see that there arc still places on this earth where Truth reigns supreme. Ripon stands for Morality.------It is a guardian of conscience, of the moral spirit. It preserves man’s conception of what is right and what is wrong, what is just and what is virtuous. It reassures the people by its very existence that men shall learn not only the recorded facts, but the higher values in life which count more than knowl- edge and which give deeper meaning and purpose to our lives. In these times - - - in any times, we need institutions like Ripon to be the citadels of our conscience. l i]xm stands for Progress - - - a symbol of optimism - - - a reassurance that life will progress through the never-ending flow of educated youth. Though there may be war - - - even civil war and revolution, there is eternal hope, in part, because Ripon College stands devoted to the unbiased education of youth. Ripon stands for the Preservation of Knowledge. - - - The accumulated thoughts and records of man are deposited here in books anc! minds. Good and bad. the story of man on earth, indeed of the earth itself, and the universe around us is housed here and is transmitted from generation to generation. Our college is at once a vital part of the community and yet a part from the com- munity. Both must be. As an institution. Ripon reflects the community, but, at the same time, transcends ir. records it and leads it. Although frequently judged on other grounds, the true measure of a college is what it stands for. This, of course, is another way of saying that a college is what its people were, arc and will become. 9