University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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1929 CAP fMXO COUin ( « Actieg President Woo ' dward The University of Chicago has achit-xed in thirty-eiiiht years a remarkable position in the educational world. (Hir i raduate schools enjoy a world-wide reputation; our scientists and scholars have marie conlriliutions of fundamental importance to the advancement of knowletl,t, ' e and the welfare of humanity. Nowhere in America is there a better place for an under graduate college. With the opportunities afforded in a metropolitan city for extra-cvu-ricular edu- cation and for the making of contacts which will be useful upon graduation are combined the advantages of living and working together in the atmosphere of intellectual freedom and curiosity which pervades a real University community. It is the purpose of the Univer itv to niak.- tlie undergraduate college as distincti e as the graduate schools. The curriculum is being improved, greater attention is being paid to student guidance, an efficient health service has beeii installed, a beautiful new chapel has been dedicated, a large number of scholar- ships has been oft ' ered. And now we are about to erect new quadrangles of dormitories, with adjacent plav fields, ])articularly for undergraduates, which will enable us to round out our educational iirogram and to ])rovide unsurpassed facilities for a wholesome social life. Huilding, as we are, upon a sound fouiidaiion, I feel th.ii the future of the University depends only upon our own w) dom in guiding il development. To the end that its great opportuniu- may be realized 1 liespeak -our loyalty and vour su|)nort. — Fki.dkkk k W ' oodw xud. Pai c Nhictccn