Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Business ZOIIQQQ HE mission of the business college is to scientifically pre- .,X, - LU pare young men and Women to conduct umtelhgentlyn the , . .:,, ,,. . ---i affairs of the business World, and in this capacity it 1S supplying a longffelt need and constantly increasing de- mand. The business college is no longer in the back- Nx SPL ground, but occupies a distinct and needed position J 2 among the educational institutions of this countryr Practically, it is a modern institution, called intoexistence by the needs of modern times. To become a successful business man tofday, a broad and practical training in business aEairs is necessary. lA few short years ago these institutions were yet in their infancy, but to:day they stand as some of the largest, most complete and successful institu- tions of learning in America. Arealization of the need of practically educated young men and Women to supply the demands of business prompted the estab- lishment of these institutions., Immediately upon organization, they ,sprang into public favor and received ap liberal patronage, and at once entered upon careers of prosperity that are truly remarkable. Changes and improvements of a decided character in the Way of equipments, methods of teaching, and all facilities necessary to carry on the Work more successfully, have recently been made which insure for these institutions a still greater growth. . - F. C. PRESTON. 27

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Preparatory School To THE ED1ToR.:1N:CHIEF AND CORPS OF THE 1900 ECHO OF WHEATON COLLEGE, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED-- G6?'l,l,lG7'II67?,, efc. : R CHE undersigned, students and tuitionfpayers of a certain de- partment of Wheaton College, feeling that popularity and publicity are Very insecure Without the Walls of Prepdom during certain celebrious functions and on the occasion of the publication of the Wheaton College Blue Book, respect- fully petition your honorable, august and imposing body in -the future to assign something over one page of the ECHO for us to display our photos, and a full account of the doings ' of a class of students known and destined to be in the future F 4 nothing less than those Whose pictures always grace our annual Annual. We again petition you to enact a law that will prevent us from being obliterated in forthcoming ECHOES. Wlzecllorz College, Ma1'clz 20'of the PRES. OF 3D YR. PREP. ' yew' of 'f Om' Sleigh Rifle 7' One. EDITOR OF 'G CHIEF SUCKER OF PREPDOM. ETC., ETC., ETC. 26 l 1

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SCDOGI of Pdilllillg O the student inhabiting Prepdom everything is seen fr. ,CPM , from a preparatory standpoint and through preparatory , MA V,f, ' f eyes. To the business student all things are viewed as QE? ag connected with that department. The student in the 0 ' I-my college department serenely looks down from his especial 4 A standpoint upon the workers in other divisions. Those 'ff who study harmony and sweet sounds pity those who do , not. And we of the Art Department sit in front of our easels, contentedly splash paint, and look away down toward the rest of you. We think that we work the hardest of any one in the institution. We have twenty or thirty colors and with these we seek to express the infinite colors of nature. In all the world, probably no two people have features alike, but with a line, in drawing, for instance, the outline of a lip, we seek to reproduce our model rather than any one of the quadrillion or so lip curves that might be. Unfortunately we sometimes miss not only all of the other possible lip curves that might be in the universe, but the models as well. Nevertheless, we are sure that we have the pleasantest tasks. Our tears are shed alternately for our failures and for other peoples' hard life who are ignorant of the sweet sorrows and labors of crayon and paint. Probably because whoever begins studying within the magic walls of the studio immediately falls in love with his work, some people have the impression that we enjoy a continual vacation, having nothing to do but paint meadows and brooks, or make black marks on paper. But these, we know, belong to that ignorant class who have never attempted to make a Roman hero, with a charcoal stick. Although we work hard, we have diversions at the same time. We talk politics and religion, and we tell stories and sing songs 5 to say nothing of the aspiring elocutionists and orators who entertain us through the wall. Sometimes we discuss impressionists. We think that they are fearfully and wonderfully impressed. Now and then a mahlstick drops, some one jumps half 0E his seat, and Mrs. Nutting calmly remarks that she should think we would get used to that after a while. Sometimes people runinto other peoples' palettes, sometimes they sit down on them, and sometimes they sit down on their own. For all such the benzine bottle waits in the corner. When commencement time comes, we stop working and cover the walls with our pictures. But if you will come around in the summer you will find us in the cool shade of the studio, making some more. - L. L. S. 28