Roberts Wesleyan College - Chesbronian Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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C o p j r i g f) t 1928 THE DU BOIS PRBH BUILDERS or FINE BOOKS AND CATALOGUES ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Pf tU Ctftr Printing and Engraving

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tston Our Alma Mater had its birth in 1S69, when her founder was divinely led to establish a school that was liberal in education and fundamental in religion. With her natural advancement, there has grown up around her an intangible something which we call atmosphere, a distinctive spirit saturated with noble ideals and earnestness of spirit. We speak as alumni. The recreation of her spirit within us—this is our heritage. We have been inspired by no greater sentiments and loyalties than those which have clustered around relationships to each other and to our Alma Mater. Chesbrough, you have come to the crossroads. The promise of your future greets us in the achievements of the past. We can pay no higher tribute to you than to assure you of our faith in that future. In you we find an institution old enough to have traditional values and young enough to be progressive. Any picture of the Chesbrough of tomorrow must necessarily be a view of Chesbrough College. Looking down through the vista of arched elms dotting the peaceful campus green, we see a fitting representative of that distinctly American institution, the college of liberal arts, whose contribution to our national life, in statesmanship, in scholarly achievements, and in natural and spiritual uplift, is excelled by no other institution. We see a college that docs not confuse bigness with greatness — is not an educational factory for mass production of intellectual morons, but is rather a force making for a broader intellectual and spiritual life, combining sound scholarship with sound character and the pursuit of knowledge with devotion to God. We observe a school that feels the cross currents of life and endeavors to inculcate in her sons and daughters the spirit of sacrifice and service that shall fit them to go forth into the world, equipped to bring back to this materialistic age, the high idealism and teaching of the Galilean philosopher.