Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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,J GER, , A I 15 .fl THE NEW DORMITORY the newer school. They are men that are building the college of the future. Wesleyan does not cater to the man of narrow principles, Wesleyan does not wish to turn out men who waste four years in anything but college Work, and further, Wesleyan does not desire to turn out grinds. ' ' What Wesleyan is doing at present is' trying to train picked men. The University does not want a man who only burns midnight oil, grinding out his work for the love of the marks aloneg men of merely athletic prowess are not desiredg men who think Wesleyan is a preparation for the ministry are not desired. What VVesleyan wants is the broadminded man who trains himself for further efforts in the business world 3 who during his four years in college does not restrict himself entirely to studies, or to athletics alone, or merely to social activities, but who is capable of ,engaging in all phases of undergraduate activities. . Is Wesleyan to become the first small college of the East? Is the remarkable undergraduate spirit to continue? Are the eiiorts of the past few years to be carried onward? They must be, and every Wesleyan man must do his share. The little old Methodist college is deadg-long live the newer Wesleyan. ' 1918

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.JRR f-- K architecture will be I 4 a constant delight through the ensuing years. The buildings to come as outlined by President Shanklin conceive a University that will be remark- ably handsome. Pro- visions for the erec- tion of the Labora- tory for the depart- ment 'of Chemistry .have been made, and the building will be ready for use inside of two years. The realization of a new Library, a College Union, and a third . modern Dormitory is only a matter of time, and what is now termed the Greater Wesleyan is' rapidly becoming a reality. Great praise is due to President Shanklin for his untiring efforts in this di- rection, and truly, every Wesleyan man feels that the University owes the present state of progress almost entirely to his efficient and remarkable leadership. . Is it no wonder that Wesleyan First is being thought of in a new sense? Can we make Wesleyan Hrst among the smaller colleges of the East? Yes, on one condition. It is the old story of the struggle between the old and the new. At present Wesleyan is in a period of transition. There are still a few men of the college of old that are satisfied and do not Wish to see any new developments. There are still a few undergraduates that are narrow-in the extreme, and who retard the growth of the University. But on the other hand, the majority of the men now entering Wesleyan are of . THE NEW CHAPEL ,.,-- 1918L

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THE WESLEYAN OF FIFTY YEARS AGO