Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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W455 THE RECORD 1951:: . ent, a chance to withdraw for a time from the struggle into the company of congenial souls, a place where the mind can refresh itself by communion with the best and noblest. The College of Liberal Arts does not promise you wealth, but a richer enjoyment of what you have; not a greater wage, but the ability to live clean and decent and happy lives, if need be, on a small one; not freedom from labor, but a heart and a mind which labor cannot besmirch; not a narrow specialization, but a broad sympathy with every manhs calling. And it claims that these things are worth while. Twen ty- f 0m W

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS . e HE aim of a College of Liberal Arts, as opposed to that of the i ' various professional schools usually found in a university, is to impart a liberal education. Its purpose is not to lit for a partic- ular profession, but to give an adequate foundation for any profession, and more especially to develop the varied human faculties and to enrich life itself. The word llculture may be used to sum up its primary objective, and culture implies at least these elements: the power to think clearly, freely, sanely; the capacity to feel with quick sympathy the common human joys and sorrows; an alert sensitiveness to whatever is beau- tiful in nature or art; the moral qualities of justice, courage, honor; a refined graciousness in speech and manner. To this end of culture, the College tries to bring attractively before the student body the best products of the intellectual, spiritual and artistic achieve- ments of the race. These are to be found particularly in history, in philos- ophy, in mathematics, in the natural and social sciences, in the languages, in literature and the other fine arts. Obviously the range is too broad for any student to cover in a four years, college course, but an intelligent selection may be made which will be suited to individual inclinations. The thought of the College is, that by living thus in the atmosphere of ilthe best that has been known and thought in the world, one is enabled in some measure to join the iione great society alone on earth: The noble Living and the noble Dead. This humanistic ideal of education is admittedly traditional and has held sway for several hundred years. Recently, however, it has been sub- jected to ruthless and contemptuous criticism, and is generally thought to be on the defensive. And yet if it be true that education can mould a nation,s ideals, that it can shape the destiny of a world, one wonders if the new edu- cation, materialistic and efficient as it is, has been such a success after all. The twentieth century, legitimate heir of all the ages, has grasped with eager hand the rich stores of material blessings bequeathed it by the past, but has seemed all too ready to cast into the dust-heap the accumulated mental and spiritual wisdom of its forebears. And we look out upon a soul-sick world, a world that knows no peace; a world whose proudest nation, the most efficiently and practically educated of all, has fallen into the greatest depths of moral depravity; a world whose youngest and sturdiest nation is reeling like a drunken man in an orgy of extravagance and selfishness; a world unsettled, unhappy, almost hopeless. For such a condition culture does not claim to be a cure-all. But for those who can acquire it, it offers a respite from the sordidness of the pres Twenty-three W

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CHRISTIAN MILLER, A. 13.. Brodhead, Wis. Editor-in-Chief of Record Christian by name and by nature, this Haxen-haired descendant of Leif the Lucky? admits that the plains of Wiscon- sin are preferable to the mountains of Norway. His years at Valparaiso have been busy and fruitful. In spite of his 13.- bors as Managing Editor of the Torch and Editor-in-Chief of the Record, Miller, in the meantime, has taken a step farther than most of us have dared goehe has ugot married. JUANITA FRAGEMAN, A. 8., Pleasant Hill, Mo. Alpha Phi Delta Secretary Senior Class Juanita is a girl full of life, hope, and aspirations.f She has the ability to fix her eyes upon a goal and to work until she reacheseit. She never forgets to take time to be cheerful along the way. She has a winning personality which has secured for her a host of friends. HERMAN L. NEWSOM, A. B., LeRoy, W. Va. Class Orator Phi Delta Psi Fraternity Managing Editor, Record Herman is clever, insinuating, always showing the belle esprit, and active in societies, where his wit and harmless po- litical meneuvers, which outface detection, make him a leader. His untiring efforts in behalf of the Dixie Society have won for the society unparallelled footing, and for himself profound respect. He is inter- ested in economics and literature, in which his taste is a sure guide. His deep insight and admirable moral courage promise a rare future. Twenty-five W I523 THE RECORD ,1950 :54 b-WU .