Wilmington College - Wilmingtonian Yearbook (Wilmington, OH)

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At Wilmington College during a period of less than two dec- ades hundreds of young men and women have learned the values of hard work and self-reliance as they have, with their own hands, built parts of eleven major buildings on this campus. They have helped build their college for future generations of Wilmingtonians they may never know, while earning the tuition necessary for a high quality education. They have labored in the factories, hospitals, laboratories, business establishments and on the efarms of this community as participants in the nationally known Wilmington work-study program. A miracle of. transformation has occurred because Wilmington College believes deeply in five fundamental values of the human spirit. These are as follows: A PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE Wilmington believes that its students are entitled to the finest inheritance of the scholastic community but it also believes that they must exert themselves in order to win this birthright. SIMPLICITY This is a talent for making the most of the least. It is the art of leading an uncluttered and unconfused life. It is the attitude of placing reliance on the internal qualities of character and judgment rather than on the externals of comfort and material accumulation. INTEGRITY This is the ability not only to think truth but to live it as well. It is the capacity to translate ideas into deeds. It means the responsibility of the individual, before God and man, for his own life and acts. SELF-RELIANCE This is the liberating spirit of freedom that unchains a man from dependence upon paternalism wherever it is found. It is this same spirit which motivated the American pioneer to conquer the unclaimed frontier. CONCERN FOR SERVICE This is the human necessity which Jesus of Nazareth under- stood so well when He proclaimed, “Whosoever would be first among you must be’the willing servant of all.” The miraculous development of Wilmington College is still taking place. The college will complete its First Century of Service in 1970. Most educational experts agree that by the year of Wilming- ton’s centennial anniversary there will be twice as many young Americans seeking admission to colleges as there were just a decade earlier, in 1960. A carefully developed study has indicated, therefore, that if Wilmington College is to assume its share of responsibility for these oncoming generations of Americans, the institution will need to acquire, in the next ten years, resources valued at seven and one-half million dollars. Those needs believed to be most urgent by its Board of Trustees in keeping with the Wilmington tradition of simplicity are delineated as follows: Physicalstacilitiesty ¢.2 7. 5.. cis ene eee $3,475,000 Scholarships, faculty salaries, CONLIN PENCIES’. Js:5 .ce trya.) s) eae See 1,225,000 Perpetual trusts and endowment .......... 2,400,000 Academic development and research ...... 400,000 $7,500,000 In the past fifteen years the net worth of Wilmington has miraculously increased more than five times. The spirit which wrought this miracle is a continuing one; it will provide the impulse which will assure success as the college prepares for its Second Century of Service. It has also won the support of many of America’s greatest spiritual, political and industrial leaders, including Grover M. Hermann who has now become a part of: the Wilmington miracle. Dr. James M. Read President Wilmington College Wilmington, Ohio Dear Dr. Read: This will serve as a confirmation of . . . the availability of a grant from me of $740,000 for the Wilmington College Cen- tennial Fund to be used for: (a) The building of a physical education center to be known as Hermann Court, and (b) The removal of the existing gymnasium building, tennis courts, and houses on the site of the future mall, with landscaping and improvements required for the subsequent development of the mall. This sum is intended as a “Challenge Gift’’ made available on the condition that the “challenge” will be met by other contri- butors’ pledges substantially totalling $1,510,000. Sincerely, Seon Normim Grover M. Hermann

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(At the Sept. 20, 1963, announcement of the $740,000 Grover M. Hermann Challenge Gift, the following telegram was read to a gather- ing of board members, faculty, administration and other friends of the college.) Grover M. Hermann DR. JAMES M. READ— PRESIDENT, WILMINGTON COLLEGE, WILMINGTON, OHIO— TO WILMINGTON COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND FRIENDS OF IRE COLLEGE: I AM FULLY AWARE THAT THE STEP YOU ARE TAKING TODAY IS MERELY THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR WILMINGTON COLLEGE AND THAT IT WILL REQUIRE THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO REALIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF eRELE SMALL COLLEGE IN THE FIELD OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY IS DEPENDENT UPON AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY WITH INTEGRITY, CONVICTION, AND CONSTRUCTIVE AMBITION. THE WILMINGTON COLLEGE PROGRAM Is DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT KIND OF CITIZENRY. THEREFORE, I AM HAPPY TO GIVE MY FINANCIAL SUPPORT. IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF MY DESIRE TO SEE THE COLLEGE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ITS SERVICE TO THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO BE- LIEVE IN AND PRACTICE THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILI- TY. MY INTEREST IN WILMINGTON AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ARE ALSO FURTHERED BY MY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR REMARKABLE RECORD OF GROWTH AND ACCOMPLISHMENT AND BY MY BEING CONFIDENT THAT WILMINGTON COLLEGE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY IN EDUCATING MEN AND WOMEN FOR ROLES OF LEAD- ERSHIP AND SERVICE WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. “WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING, THEREFORE, GET WISDOM, AND WITH ALL Bie bf GETTING, GET UNDERSTANDING.” (PROVERBS 4:7) —GROVER M. HERMANN.