Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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THE GEM Schools and Healtfy. DURING the month of September several hundred thousands of young Americans will leave their homes to attend some insti- tution of learning. How many parents realize just what that phrase, leave home, means? Few, we fear, really grasp the idea embodied — the fact that not only are the moral influences of the home life no longer to surround the child, but that the careful supervision of their physical welfare with which the parents have guarded their sons and daughters is to give place to another, and, too often, a different state of affairs. Even the most careful parents will neglect to make sure that the hygienic surroundings of their children in the school are all that they should be. If the curriculum of the school is satisfactory, the corps of teachers made up of well-known educators and the social atmosphere of the place of a sort that seems desirable for the young man or woman, it is the habit of parents to congratulate themselves upon hav- ing found just the place for Jack or Alice. If an additional query is made it probably has to do with the general healthfulness of the locality. How often is there any inquiry made into the sanitary and hygienic status of the school? If it is a boarding school, who asks any- thing about the kitchen except as to the abundance of the food? Who asks about the plumbing, the ventilation, the disposition of sewage? Who asks about the water supply? It seems almost beyond belief, in these days when health is con- cededly dependant upon proper sanitary and hygienic surroundings, that the head of a family could for a minute lose sight of these matters and send his dear ones to a place about which he knows nothing con- cerning the care taken to preserve the health of the residents, when reflection will assure him that the most sedulous care is necessary. The United States Health Bulletin has had occasion to examine into this subject quite extensively during the past few months and if some of the facts that have come to our notice during these investigations were generally known, we believe that prospective patrons would be shocked at the unsanitary and disease-breeding conditions existing at some of the highest priced and most fashionable schools. These investigations have been made without the instigation of the proprietors and generally without their knowledge, consequently they are absolutely unbiased and unprejudiced. Among the. schools that met with the general approval of the experts investigating these matters for us. and which we have no hesitancy in recommending to our readers is the Taylor University, Upland. Ind. We know nothing about the course of study at this school for it is of no interest to us. but if the same care is taken with mental welfare of pupil as is shown, and plainly shown, to be taken with the physical, we feel that it deserves the support of parents and encouragement of the public. Are the days of Dotheboys Hall so long past that parents can trust their chiidren ' s future to the care of strangers without the most search- ing investigations? — U. S. Health Bulletin.

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TAYLOR UNIVERSITY The enrollment has reached his mark, for now over two hundred answer roll call, and with the prospects of another hundred next year, the prospects for the school are bright indeed. Education is one of the important factors of this age. and the col- lege in. which it shall be obtained is the next question which confronts the young men and women of America. Four years ago, we cast our lives, for better or worse in Taylor University, and can now with truth say that we are no worse, but a great deal better than when we came. It has been for better, not for worse. True, our college life has not been all sunshine, but life with- out shadows is not the one which has been strengthened by an effort to get out in the bright sunshine. Variety is not only the spice of life, but a necessity: he who has never felt a sorrow, never experienced a disappointment, is like a plant reared in a hot house, which is unable to withstand the rugged existence which is necessary to its fullest development. Our University may be small compared with the great and rich universities of the east, yet the comparison can be made in numbers only. The work of our students along intellectual lines is up to the highest standards, and in the activities of life, none more broad hearted, generous and thoughtful can be found. Here the truest type of pure manhood and womanhood is developed, as is proven by the lives of those who have left our halls. It is with regret that we write this farewell message, as we present to you this issue of the Gem. But we must say farewell to our alma mater, but shall, with God ' s help, endeavor to make our lives add too rather than detract from her honors and justly deserved fame. If we follow in the way she has taught us for the last four years we cannot help but bring more praise to her. In conclusion let us say to our friends, If we have touched your funny bones, or awakened your more serious emotions, the greatest compliment you can pay us is to say that this volume has blessed you, and been an inspiration to you to live a truer life to your fellow men and to be truer to God. Then we shall feel more than repaid for all our labors. THE EDITORS.

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