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

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1968 HOWLER Wake Forest U P The New University: From a Tight Family Background to the Liberal Community Wake Forest is nothing else but Wake Forest. There can be no other description of the institu- tion, simply because there is no other college like it. The history of the University is rich, long, and often humorous. The traditions may be categorized similarly. But the Wake Forest of today is a dynamic moving center of increasing prominence and ideas. Last year Wake Forest received a new title. Wake Forest Univer- sity carries on where the heritage of Wake Forest Institute and Wake Forest College left off. The spirit of the new university can be traced through the roots of its past as can that of any organism. But the philosophy of the sixties demands new approaches, new outlooks, and new visions. During the 134 years of its existence, Wake Forest ' s objectives have not changed drastically, but the means to achieve these ends of total education have evolved with the times. To liberate men, pro Humanitate, for humanity, is the goal of Wake Forest Univer- sity, says Tom Elmore, Dean of Students. It is to free students from the limiting factors of im- maturity, fear, prejudice, re stricted vision, paucity o amo- tion, confused objectives, and ig- norance of self, society, and things — to free them for self-fulfillment and responsible living. Throughout its history Wake Forest has been an integral part of the Baptist State Convention. Following the founding of the organization in 1830, the leaders realized the need for Christian higher education in North Caro- lina. By 1834 Wake Forest Insti- tute had been established under the principalship of Dr. Samuel Wait.