Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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As church schools go, we ' ve been remarkably free of religious control . . . B „{3L •-=■ •-•■• ' v : • -

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in wm i i ii iin i i hi ' iii i iii iii n mini iiiiiiw ' i ' ii ' ii MiiiMnrrii or Grandpa went to Wake Forest. He looks for only social challenges, or an easy way out. The University cares about the social challenge. It is important, but what is more important is the overall product. Wake Forest feels it is turning out good, respectable, highly integrated individuals. Lu Leake, Dean of Women, calls for a reduced ration of men and wo- men in order to help achieve these ends. Elmore believes these ends may be reached by preserving and enhancing the existing communi- ties. The idea of community life is now a primary facet of the Wake Forest future. Harold Trib- ble ' s now famous conception of the Wake Forest family has given way to the community. But even this community must change in the future. The stu- dents, social ideas, and growth of

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fr Coinciding with the weakening Baptist control is the decline of the in loco parentis philosophy . . . the universities are forced to change. Because the whole trend away from the small, private insti- tution is believed by some to be increasing, Wake will have to fight to maintain its personal approach and community atmosphere. James Ralph Scales does not believe this to be a great problem at Wake Forest, however. His overwhelming optimism is appar- ent in all areas of the institution and his forecast for Wake is ex- tremely bright. As church schools go, he has said, we ' ve been remarkably free of religious control. Not many church schools are as free as this and we are get- ting better all the time. He says that our financial out- look is becoming even more aus- picious. Scales ' opinion is the essence of the new spirit of the university. His outlook is fresh and his meth- ods are professional. Yet, in wait-