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

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THE RECORD world. It would be difficult indeed to find another col- lege so unique, so well adapted to the needs of its stue dents, so disdainful of conventions and traditions, and yet so passionately and thoroughly devoted to the highest and noblest ideals of education as the Valparaiso University of Brown and Kinsey. These two extraordinary men succeeded in maintain- ing for more than a generation a school dedicated to their faith in the worth and dignity of the common man, a school that embodied in its educational program the basic conceptions of American political, social, and economic philosophy, a school that acted on the assumption that all men are born With the inalienable right to share in the adg vantages and opportunities of a democratic society, a school that recognized no distinction arising from tank wealth, or educational background, a school that insisted on the education of the heart as well as the training of the mind, a school that played a most Vital part in the devel- opment of the great Middle West and the near South, a school, in brief, that met a paramount need in a mag- nificent way and With almost miraculous results. To argue that such a school would at the present time be an academic anachronism is altogether gratuitous and beside the point. Men and their deeds must be judged in the light of their own age, their own problems, and their own ideals. Judged in that light, the greatness of Mr. Kinsey, as that of Mr. Brown, both of them fearless plOe neers, stands secure against the ravages of timeaWalter E. Bauer. 1931 Page Nineteen R' 'Z,

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'k Page Eighteen THE RECORD 3111 ilialemnrg OLIVER PERRY KINSEY In the death of Oliver Perry Kinsey there passed from the scene of American education a truly great character. If greatness is measured in terms of universal recognition, probably his claim to distinction is open to debate. But if greatness is measured, as in the last analysis it must be measured, in terms of unseliish service to humanity, there can be no doubt as to the title of the late Mr. Kinsey to a niche in the temple of fame. To Oliver Perry Kinsey, no less than to his equally great comrade and other self, Henry Baker Brown, belongs the credit of having created the first and only really demo- cratic university in this country, probably in the Whole 1931 7A 'ZQ

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Q Tm: macmm BOARD OF DIRECTORS VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY HARRY A. EBERLINE, President William F. Boeger LaGrange, Illinois Henry A. Dahlem New York, N. Y. W. C. Dickmeyer Fort Wayne, Indiana Herbert H. Hackstedder Cincinnati, Ohio Edward W. Jaeger Chicago, Illinois M. H. Luecke Fort Wayne, Indiana Detroit, Michigan Peter W. Meyn Hammond, Indiana Rev. Paul Miller Fort Wayne, Indiana Otto Misch Detroit, Michigan Henry J. Neils Minneapolis, Minn. George Nolde Richmond, Virginia Ralph E. Richman Cincinnati, Ohio H. F. Rohrman Chicago, Illinois Robert A. Schiewe Chicago, Illinois Rev. L. J. Sieck St. Louis, Missouri Fred Wehrenberg Fort Wayne, Indiana NATIONAL BOARD OF VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY HARRY A. EBERLINE, Chairman H. G. Amling Melrose Park, Ill. William Baethke Glen Ellyn, Ill. Emil Boeger LaGrange, 111. F. J. L. Breyman Carlinville, Ill. Edwin Deike Lombard, Ill. W. F. Droegemueller Itasca, 111. Walter Edwards Hubbard Woods, 111. A. H. Golster Chester, Ill. Otto Holtz River Forest, III. B. N. Hunding Chicago, Illinois Frank Karge Chicago, Illinois John Krietenstein Chicago, Illinois Dr. E. W. Marquardt Elmhurst, III. E. W. Martens Bloomington, Ill. Ernst Oechslein River Forest, Ill. Otto Reich Forest Park, Ill. Fred Rittmueller Addison, Ill. Fags T wenty Detroit, Michigan John A. Sauerman Chicago, Illinois H. W. F. Schultz Lansing, Ill. Roy Schmidt Hiuckley, 111. August Temme Hinckley, 111. Rev. E. Umbach Chicago, Illinois John W. Utesch Chicago, Illinois A. F. Wellman River Forest, 111. A. H. Ahlbrand Seymour, Ind. O. Ahlbrand Seymour, Ind. Dr. H. F. Beckman Indianapolis, Ind. Geo. Behnke Gary, Ind. Fred Behrent Indianapolis, Ind. Fred Boehne, Jr. Evansville, Ind. A. C. Bergman Fort Wayne, Indiana Wm. Bosse Indianapolis, Ind. Arthur Eickhoff Indianapolis, Ind. R. H. Fink LaPorte, Ind. 1931 E. J. Gallmeyer Fort Wayne, Indiana Wm. Hagerman Fort Wayne, Indiana Max Irmscher, St. Fort Wayne, Indiana Arnold Jahnke South Bend, Ind. Louis Klitzke Hammond, Ind. Paul Klitzke Hammond, Ind. Then. M. Kosche Gary, Ind. J. B. Krenzka LaPorte, Ind. Dr. M. E. Leininger Fort Wayne, Indiana George H. Letz Crown Point, Ind. Henry F. Moellering Fort Wayne, Indiana C. C. Neidow ' Hammond, Ind. Oscar Petersen Mishawaka, Ind. Rudolf T. Rbhwinkel Kendallville, Ind. R. E. Reidenbach South Bend, Ind. Emil Scharbach Hobart, Ind. John Schmueser Hammond, Ind.