University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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THE IRIS KIKKTttK HUNDRED THIRTEEN

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THE IRIS NINETEEN HUMDSED T II I III E .1 18

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I T It E IRIS NINETEEN IIUSDKKP THIRTEEN THE PRESIDENT TO THE SENIORS Your Alma Mater:— The Stevens Point Normal is a spiritual force resulting in enlargement of spiritual life, which is the life of a teacher, evolved out of that teaching activity whereby the soul of a student is touched, quickened and developed by souls of members of faculty, possessing high notions of the destiny of the graduates who are to act as missionaries of intelligence, spreading the gospel of higher living by reason of their inspiring contact with boys and girls in communities within and beyond the confines of the Badger State. Members of faculty and students of S. P. N. are immersed in the belief that the Normal School is not mere school, but a section of life. Therefore if the best that faculty and students can do, is done, during the two, three or four years of the course, then the school as a section of life, has operated through appropriate activities as well as in the creation of ideals, in aid of the family and society at large in making far needed uplift of society through the individual. Inspired by these ideals, your Alma Mater sends you forth with her blessing—she takes you by the hand, leads you to the threshold, bids you a tearful and affectionate farewell, and follows you in adversity and prosperity with her fervent prayers for your welfare.. She bids you be of good cheer, courageous, loyal and truthful. She urges you to perform the daily task with completeness and fidelity. She asks that you live the life of service and altruism, rather than the life of ease and selfishness. Be loyal to country, God, truth, and to the sacred cause of education —the cause in which you have enlisted as worthy and valiant leaders. John F. Sims, President. - o