University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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HENRY THURTEI.L, Dean of Faculty, Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Mechanics. B. Sc, Michigan Agricultural College, 1888. GEORGE FREDERICK BLESSING, Pro fessor of Mechanical EngiJieering . B. M. E , Kentucky State College, 1897. NATHANIEL ESTES WILSON, Professor of Chemistry and Dairying. B. Sc, Maine State College, 1888; M. Sc, 1893. 19 1

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RICHARD BROWN, Master of Lincoln Hall and Siiperinte7idcnt of Buildings and Grounds. PATRICK BEVERIDGE KENNEDY, Asso- ciate Professor of Botany and Horticulture B. S A Universiiy of Toronto, i, ' -94. I ' ll. U. Ci.riKll, iSSg. ROBERT LEWERS, Registrar, Professor of Logic and Principal of Commercial School i8

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The Record of a Year By President Jos. E. Stubbs WHAT a significant title ! The Record of a Year! The college man or woman who has done his best for himself or others has so far added to the strength of his college in scholarship, in athletics, in society. The college man or woman who has failed to live up to the standard which the best college opinion has established has so far subtracted from the character of the college in scholarship, in athletics, in society. For a college is a community of souls bound together by common aims and aspirations, by common pursuits and enterprises. The Record of a Year ! Of the individual student it is a record of mingled success and failure. He has kept step with the better music, but he has not always refrained from lagging in his step. He has pre- served the general trend of college life, but has not always maintained the high ideals with which he entered upon bis course of study. He has, for the time being, seemingly forgotten the main purpose of his coming to college. Instead of being a place of earnest effort, he has found it possible to be idle for a time. But only for a time. Sooner or later he comes to grief Instead of realizing that every day makes or mars his character for industry and achievement, he treat ' s the pres- ent as of but little moment, but dreams of a good time coming, when he will lead men by his judgment or his speech. Then when he is rudely awakened from his dream, it is only to find himself far behind in the equipment of scholarship and discipline and fit to take only a subordinate place in the world. lyooking at the last year as a whole, it is the record of a good year. In some respects it marks an advance over previous years. The students have given evidence of growth in those ideas and habits of conduct which have also given better standards of student life. There are still serious deficiencies on the part of some. Instead of putting classes and lessons first, they give themselves to society in its various phases and let their lessons and scholarship have the remnant of their time and strength. This is a serious mistake, because it puts the 20