Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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s The President’s Message Till- UK is one word that describes the nim we have for every feature of the work of Crsinus College the word excellence. The ancient Creeks had such a 'word in 'otptrif which, especially in the Homeric age. meant the same thing. What that great word meant in Hellenic life, the word excellence should mean in our life. It should characterize the hopes, the ideals, the aims of every person who thinks and plans with reference to any part of our college work. Further, it should describe the deeds of I rsinus men and 'women. The thing done, be it the preparation of a lesson, a conversation with a friend, a forward pass in football, the eating of a meal, a bow before an audience -any deed whatever, let it be excellent. It profits one immensely to take a word like this as a sort of mental slogan. It ought to be engraven on the walls of one's mind, there to stand out as a mentor, a challenge and a standard every time one sets about to think or to act. How it would save the thinker or the doer from inferiority or even from mediocrity! Excellence keeps one in the realm of superiority, and in this realm we want the Crsinus man, be he student, professor, janitor or president, to live and move and have his being. IIV want everybody to be able to say without reservation or qualification that Crsinus is an excellent college. This means that we must have special tare as to ho'w buildings are planned and built, lurw they are kept and used, how the trees and shrubbery are arranged, lurw the grass is cut. how the farm and dairy products are grown ami delivered to the kitchens, lurw food is prepared and served, lurw the meals are eaten, what degree of health is maintained, lurw time is employed, ho'w mental energy is acquired and used, lurw vivid the imagination, ho'w clear the perception, how inerrant the memory, how dominant the will, how pertinent the questions, ho'w correct the answers, how excellent the teaching, how excellent the learning. Having a care for these and the other things which enter into our common life, we know that that which comprises all. the college, can be rightly described as excellent. In other words, excellence in every reaction, from its germination to its execution, is essential for true excellence in the life of any individual, and excellence in every individual is necessary to excellence in the whole body. See to it, then, that I'rsinus stands for excellence. The word itself is one of the finest in our language. It was employed by the translators of the Bible when they wanted to express the adoration of the psalmist as he contemplated the Deity “() Lord, our Lord, how excellent is 'Thy name in all the earth! . and again, the thought of Paul in the introduction to his great chapter on Charity, “And yet show I unto you a more excellent way.” Excellence is a word of noble lineage, great meaning and elegant usage. Let it become the watchword of Crsinus. (•HOKGIi LlvSMIC ()M VAKli t $ i s 7 wenty-lwo

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ADMINISTRATION

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M -f -m, % GEORGE I.ESI.IK OMVVAKE, I’d. I)., Liu. I). President of the College Twenty-three I 9 $ 9 9 $ S 9 $ 9 $ $ 3