Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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The ides of October in i956 Shall long endure in the commemo- rative annals' of the college. No augurs were needed, for it was published e'en unto the far ends of the earth that upon the 20th of October seven eminent matri- culates in the spheres of fame and achievement, graduates of West- minster, were to be honored. Alum- ni Achievement Day witnessed the recognition of Dr. Paul S-. Barker, 'l5, Mr, Roy Wenzlick, 'l6, Judge N, T: Cave,,'O8, Judge S. P. Dalton, 'l-3, Mr. J. AC. Bond, 'l2, Mr. For- rest Smith, '07, and Mr. Henry P. lba, '28, for outstanding contribu- tions to the fields in which they en- deavor. President Davidson is shown here in the distinguished ar- ray of luminaries. The graduates designated to receive this award are selected bythe Board of Trus- tees. There is a man at Westminster college named Robert L. D. David- son. He has candidly confessed to grandiose ideas for the college, and he is its fifteenth president. lt is imperative for an institution of higher learning to experience verit- able dynamic leadership and intel- ligent forethought in its adminis- tration lest it stagnate. Certainly Dr. Davidsonfs projected plans have been the antithesis of a paucity of prognostications and prophecies. He personifies the active inspira- tion. He is educator and salesman, protagonist of the Westminster De- velopment Plan. Even more, he is vehemently in opposition to the Emersonian thesis that universi- ties are 'of course hostile to ge- niuses and is persevering in a cam- paign to recognize and challenge the superior student. Dr. Davidson came as a neophyte to Westmin- ster in i955 from a position as Associate Dean at TemplefUniver- sity. He holds his doctor's degree in education.