William Penn University - Quaker Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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Uhr Qbuukrr 21111 Alumni Penn College honors the sons and daughters who have gone out from her halls to meet the tasks of the world- NfVith pride she watches them scatter to distant lands in response to the urgent call for workers. NVith gratitude she sees them faithful in the humble, unpraised, yet all important toil of home life. Wfith joy she watches them eagerly gather together to recall happy memories of four carefree years and she finds them ever ready to pledge anew their allegiance to the college they love. Penn alumni have attained distinction in all forms of achievement. The presidents of three Friends' colleges know Penn as their alma mater. The president of the National .Federation of Farm Bureaus is an example of what Penn can do for a man. Scores of ministers and hundreds of teach- ers have become the recognized leaders in their communities, and by their lives have caused people to think highly of the old institution. The way in which the alumni have scattered is amazing. Almost as many reside in California, for example, as in Iowa. The influence of the college, so dis- tributed, cannot be measured. Penn clubs are beginning to arise in various centers. The Des Moines- Penn 'Club is a live organization and reaches its zenith each year in a bau- quet at the time of the annual convention of the State Teachers' Associa- tion. liarl Kellog, a successful business man, is the mainstay of the Des Moines club. In August, each year, another merry crowd meets on the lawn of the Maxwell farm near Tf:Zl.I'll12111l. There is no fixed organization but Penn enthusiasts of every generation work together in honor of the institution- Frequently the friends of Penn in Chicago gather at the hos- pitable home of Dr. H. F. Andrews, of the class of '9l. These clubs cannot fail to inspire the young people who are naturally drawn into the circles with a genuine desire for college life when they hear the happy reminis- cences of former days. The annual Homecoming Festival offers an opportunity to former students to flock back to their alma mater. One of the outstanding features of the occasion is the pep meeting held in the gymnasium on the evening before Thanksgiving Day. Each class contributes a stunt or song, veteran football men give rousing speeches of encouragement to the team and pic- tures of athletic stars of all times are thrown upon the screen. The alumni assist yearly in making the Turkey Day game the greatest athletic event of the year. An alumni toast program makes a fitting close for the foot- ball banquet held each year in the dining-room of the NVomen's Dormitory. Commencement week is the natural time for another reunion. The alumni student baseball game, picnic dinners of former classes and the alumni banquet and business meeting are scheduled events of the gradua- tion festivities. The membership of the alumni association is growing faster now than ever before. The current addition of fifty-one members is the greatest in the history of the institution. It increases the number to more than seven hundred. The Penn Letter Club, organized in 1913, is becoming more inliuential each year. Business sessions of the club are held in November and in .Tune in connection with the two chief alumni events of the year. Since its in- ception the Letter Club has sponsored the Homecoming Festival. Both men and women eligible to wear the official college letter become members upon receipt of such insignia. The club rendered its greatest service this year by instituting the Annual Invitation Basketball Tournament-for the 'High Schools of south central Iowa. The eminent success which attended every phase of this gathering has added much to the prestige of the club. mea -l Twenty-ive

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-- : Cfllgr tlbnmkrr l Elie Greater 1521111 The value of an institution cannot be judged by its buildings or equip- inent. 'The true xrordi of a cohege is nieasured by the hves of the inen :uid xronien xvho have been a part ofit. liut,zdthcn1gh inaterkd resources are not the essenthd factor,they do aid nithe productnmn of a vveh-roiuided educatnnr So hnig as equnnnent B considered as a nieans rather than an end,itis an undenudne advantage to any insututnnr The loyal supporters of Penn, therefore are looking toward a greater lfeniiin the future uith a nexv and perfect plant,liut the sanie old uncon- querable spnit. 'Phe idea cd the Clreater I'enn cniginated soon after the seeuinigly disastrous hre of nineteen hiuidred sixteen. lt hrst took fornllh the move to the present campus. William Penn llall, the XVomen's Dor- iiiitcnric-s ztiitl tlie l lezltiiigr ljlziiit xx'ei'e lmiiilt .iii tlle Slllllllliff fcallcaxviiigg. It xvas recognized by everywnng hoxvever, that the biuldnigs inentioned zdyove xvere only a beginning. ln fact Hie nlost htqmeful Hinxg in the entire history oftheinsdtutnniistheiuuversalacceptanceciftheidea dum Penn wdh have :llnilhant future. 'Phe niodern lustory of Peniiis an outstanding exainlue of the power of an ideal. W The Penn campus is unique in that it does not register the 111iS'C21liC5 of die past. liacb uint contrumutes to the cmnnldeted 1HWDgFUH1. 'Phe SCCOHU step toward the iinal goal is a fitting monument to the honor of a man who stood for the sanie standards as lhnui Cedlege is knowvn by. lt giVCS the canipus an elenient of beauty that could conie ui no other yvayx YViH1 H10 construction rd the ll. la Sinnicer hleintnial Cdiapeh the Clreater l?C1H1 haS ceased to be a niere dreaniznid has becoine an unfoldnig reahty. 'Vhree niore nexv buddings are nivolved in the ininiediate prograin of the present adninnstration. 'Fhese are, a gyninasunn, a lHCH,S dornntory and a Hbrary- Itis proposed that,xvhen a dornutory for nien shah be buih, it shall be situated on the west side of the campus in a position similar to that of die uxnneifs dornntory on the east skha Wlie present heatnig plant could be nioved to the holknv farther northxvest. XX nienfs dronntory is an iniportant uint in the plans for a tlreater l?enn. lint even inore essentnd isthe proposed gylnnasnnn. 'Fhelnans caH for ainodern gyinnasuun locat- ed on the west side of the campus directly south of the heating plant, and nithesanurposunnirdadve unNVHhaniITnn Hah asthe new ChapelisOH the east Mde. lt xvould conunete the xvest Mde of the front quadrangle l'enn can never reahze her best ni nner-cohegnwe athledcs untd the nexv gynnumnunislnuk. ddnzlnans hn'a Hbrary are unusuah ltis proposed to erect a hbrary biuldnig ininiediately iiorth of XX'Hln1n1 Ihuin llalh eornieeted yvith the latter lay a chnster. 'Phe passage xva5'xvould extend throingh xvhat is noxv the fac- ulty parlor. Such a method would provide ample accommodations for the groxvuig hbrary of die cohege and at the salne tune enable students to pass froni study iwxnns to classes udthout loss of tnne, 15122 J Twenty-four

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