University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Construction of the Administration tluuaing - ivzi Ralph E. Olmsted - Editor of the first LinC - 1922 Laying the Cornerstone of the Administration Building - June, 1921 Helen Busse - First Graduate of Evansville College - 1921 When the college was moved from Moores Hill to Evansville and the name of the College was changed to Evansville College, it was thought that it would be only right also to change the name of the yearbook (when the first one was published) from the Melange, to something more appropriate for the rejuvenat- ed institution. After much delibera- tion, the name LinC was chosen. The name had several significances, and as time went on it grew to have more and more. Some of them are Life in College, and Love in College. It was also meant as part of the name Lincoln since the college stood on Lincoln Ave., but probably the best known connotation of the word LinC is its uses as a link in the chain of years at Evansville College. That is the story of how the LinC got its name. This yearbook is the 50th LinC in the chain of years that the University of Evansville has lived. We hope that it serves to bind the memories of all the friends of the college together in the chain forged by the rest of the LinCs. The follow- ing 15 pages are highlights of the past LinCs in the chain of years. Lin stands for Lincoln, the avenue wide On which fronts the campus, the field of our pride, C means not only the College we praise — The school we will love throughout all our days — But Clifford, the father, a true pioneer Who blazed out the way with a vision clear. L in C read aright. Life in College appears. Love in College translate it, if that suits your years. But though C stands for College and Culture, ' tis true, Tis the first part of City, Community, too; And while we LinC up each year to the past. Forging a chain that will hold us all fast. We mean to LinC, also, our life here in school To life in the world — though opposed to all rule- That we may give freely of our very best To the city which touches our doors on the west. And that it in its turn may teach us to know hlow to serve our fellows as through life we go. Thus of whatever phase of our College we think. It is all to be found in one word — the LinC. Wahnita DeLong Written for the first LinC 1922