Thiel College - Endymon Yearbook (Greenville, PA)

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DEDICATION A University has been described as consisting of a professor on one end of a log, faced by his attentive student on the other end. The log in this picture has but little significance, save that it must not be too long, lest the whole purpose of education to guide growth through the interaction of personalities, be invalidated by distance. At Thiel, we feel, the length of the log is just right. There remains then for the perfection of our miniature university, the student body and the faculty. It would be but a poor educational institution at which the teachers would not or could not develop into better instructors, fuller men and women, by means of that which their students have to give them. For this our part as students at Thiel we modestly take a bow. The preponderance of giving, however, is on the part of the fac- ulty. This is really the heart of any institution of learning. Without teachers, there would be no students, and no university. Thiel is fortunate in having not only students, but also a faculty. These are trite and harmless generalizations. To make them spe- cific and to give point to our rambling, let us observe that the student body of Thiel, in undertaking the publication of the 1949 ENDYMION, wishes to use it as a means for bringing to the attention of all Whom it may interest, the deep respect and high esteem in which it holds its faculty, as a unit and individuality. Professor and student have been drawing ever closer together. Fine scholarship, sympathetic interest and magnetic Christian personality have contributed un- stintedly to the growth of our students in those studies, techniques and graces which make for a fuller life. In humble recognition of what our instructors mean to us at Thiel, and in thankfulness for their personal interest in all our undertakings and problems, we dedicate this ENDYMION to one of the finest groups of men and women to occupy chairs of learning on any campus, the THIEL COLLEGE FACULTY.

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FOREWORD The fact that there is a philosophy of clothes has been sharply brought to universal attention by Carlyle in his SARTOR RESARTUS. Behold before you some small attempt to develop a philosophy of foot prints. People are leaving them all over. Where the ground is soft and conditions are proper they may last a long time. Dyno- saurs have left tracks that have lasted through milleniums. At other times a footprint may hardly be discernible. A breath of wind and it is gone. After a few hours even the highly gifted nose of the blood- hound can no longer tell that we have once passed this way. And we are warned that footprints are in general a fleeting thing, leaving no reminder on the sands of time. There are footprints all over our Thiel Campus. Thousands of students have come and have gone. Their feet have worn the steps, the floors, the sidewalks, the gravel paths, and even the greensward of the lawn. These feet have been bound on many purposes and missions, all connected with the full round of college life and activity. The footprints themselves have vanished. The wear and tear they have caused is not a thing by which we can worthily evaluate what these footprints have meant toward accomplishment. We should measure rather by the higher and better things which those who made these footprints either gave or received as they went about their college way. Of these truly valuable and lasting things we would make the ephemeral footprint a symbol. Thus we have attempted in this ENDYMION to fix some of the footprints you have left. We sincerely hope that you will recognize them, and that they Will bring back to you valued memories of your life at Thiel, as well as thankful recollections of those who shared with you this path, and of those who helped guide your footsteps to a fuller, richer life.

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE My sincere congratulations to the ENDYMION STAFF for a year- book which will always be an evidence of resourcefulness and dilie gence. Some of the obstacles seemed to be insurmountable, but the ENDYMION STAFF was determined to provide the Thiel students with this annual publication which grows richer over the years. As a college student I recall the glow on the faces of my teachers when they showed me the year-books of their college days. It always brought to them something of that indetinable spirit known only to those who have studied, played and lived on a friendly college campus. One of the heartaches known to a college president and faculty is that of graduation. Having worked with students over a period of four years we naturally think in terms of a continuing close rela- tionship. Since this is impossible all of us find enduring satisfaction in the personal achievements made annually by Thiel graduates. Happily our graduates are also motivated by a deep sense of grati- tude tor the well-being of society. The application of the Christian way of life by Thiel students and graduates will contribute more to the establishment of the better world than can be achieved by men who depend only on laws, regional pacts, and world charters. As members of the Thiel family we have faith in the future because our faith is a product of Christian higher education. Wherever Thiel students serve I hope they will bear testimony to God's hopes for mankind. William F. Zimmerman