Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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ll ll lil Tl courage and Progress in any institution is dependent upon the intellectual clear vision of the individual who shapes its policies and solves its problems. At Stephens College that individual is President james Madison Wood. For twenty-five years his educational philosophy has dominated its activities and impelled its progress, and those characteristics of a Stephens education which make it unique and distinctive are concrete realizations of his dreams and ideals. Stephens is a student-centered college-'built around the individual girl and molded to her changing needs. An intensive research program is carried on to discover the activities and problems of Women, to improve the content and method of handling the subject matter of each course and to evaluate both con- tent and method in terms ol their value to the student. A divisional, rather than the traditional departmental, organization serves to identify specific courses with the major objectives in the broad fields of science, humanities, social studies, and skills and techniques. Through the years the College has laid emphasis upon the principle that education should function in action, that conduct, rather- than the accumulation of information lor its own sake, is the purpose of educa- V tion. Religious and moral values have been integrated with the regular college program. An atmosphere of easy informality and friendliness characterizes ' en students and faculty. The Stephens student is free to ques- ' ise purpose and responsibility relations betwe ' oomg to gain po , ' ' of her per- tion and experiment in the classr urricular participationsg to develop the possibilities in her extra-c fullest degree. sonality in the

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Stephens Cohege Within these pages A awaits you who iove herffyou rnany P generations of young wornen who for over a century have buiit her tradi- W tions and iived her ideais-'you who iedge under her have pursued know ho have deveioped guidancefyou w abihty and character under her sponor- shipfyou who have thronged her corri- dors and carnpus and drearned the joyous dreams oi youthfyou who have seen her grow and have grown with her. As you would desire, the 1937 Stephen- sophia honors President james Madison Wood, the man, who has becorne an unforgettabie syrnboi oi the institu- tion he heads, the friend, who has in- tiuenced each of your iives with his ' educator, who unseifish interest, the rs has dedicated for twenty-five yea hiniseif to the creation of Stephens Cohege.

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4 i Y .s. '43 l A quarter-century ago the daring dream of a young educator, Stephens College is today his accom- plishment. We pay tribute to the past achieve- ments of President james Madison Wood and willingly entrust the future to his hands.