Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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, IA I lUTl'llNl3.sXepi Cie ei?-ig: . , All Trefztlem' ' 6 -..g..g:..:,,:,,,NQ,6u-.37 a1t55..Q.-g19,5g.gi.:..:,'..:e.. lb l DR. C. C. SELECMAN President Southern Methodist U niuersity In transmitting through The Rotunda my sincere personal greetings to our students, many of whom will not gather with us when We meet here again next autumn, tl am about to ask a frank question and express a devout wish. The question I will preface with a quotation: Education is what we have left after we have forgotten what we learned at college. Will you, Whether your knowledge diminishes or increases, have something left that will enrich and refine your domestic and community life? My devout wish is that you may confront your problems and comradeships l with an unselfish spirit, a sincere devotion to truth, an unfeigned reverence for religion, and a wealth of reasonable optimism and human sympathy for all , classes of men. l I If you do these things, you will be a living demonstration of the value of liberal Christian education and Southern Methodist University will be justified in the eyes of the World. Sincerely, CHARLES C. SELECMAN. Page 22 ,ll ,C ,devotees to lit lf' 'Ni Ld I 7 1111105 , A If

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Page 21 HE ADMINISTRATION of Southern Methodist Uni- versity, in its various departments, is the one force unifying the related parts or colleges of this great educational unit. It is dedicated to the purpose of keeping a machine of some three thousand souls a moving spirit, always desirous of developing better citizens for the State and Nation, and of producing men and Women fitted to go out into life and contribute something of value to posterity. It is entered upon an infinite task, only to be realized by those upon whose daily Work such a respon- sibility lies. It is to the Administration of the University that the pro- spective student of the institution must look: the actual members of the University must rely upon the same organization for the school's very existence and maintenance, and lastly, the alumni can look back upon their Alma Mater only in proportion to the success with which the administration fulfills its duties. The continued development of the spirit of Southern Methodist University is the pledge of its administration.

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Wee Trefidezzt 6 -..'F:o',:1og:oe1-1QgCf'C?G1Qni-gg 'R' EnuQ.B-'T5XeD,a.,-3,.r:,P.::,'.:4- 39 DR. H. M. WHALING, JR., BA., BD. Vice President Southern Methodist University To TI-IE STUDENTS: Now that the printer and photographer have fastened your names and pulchritude Cif anyj between the covers of this book, the Rotunda of 1926-27 is ready. One question remains to be answered. Are you a distinguished lot, and does the future belong to you, as the speakers say in chapel? Twenty years ago in the busy world beyond the campus, the college man was not in demand. Nowadays, big business is bidding for him, just because college puts into his spirit the love of scholarship and culture, altruistic motives and the liberal arts. These are invisible things, the imponderables that are not caught on these pages, but realities nevertheless. Dare believe the best things that you have heard about yourselves: dare obey the noblest impulses. Good-by, Seniors. And to the rest--till we meet in September. Sincerely, H. M. W1-IALING, JR. Page 23 N