Wilson College - Conococheague Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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LIBRARY T I: WARFIELD HALL --+ I Administration SOUTH HALL --+ H and Faculty RIDDLE HALL --+

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Culmination-a judgment.

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The pursuit of excellence begun in 1870 by Wilsonls first president is being carried forward today by Paul Swain Havens. Presi- dent Havens views the colleges goal of ex- cellence in achievement from three positions in Wilsonis community system. As faculty member, as trustee, and as president, he offers three dimensional evaluations which help Wilson fullill this goal. From its earliest days, when the first presi- dent stated that ttWilson is to be a college, not a seminaryl, the school has been oriented to an emphasis on the adult individual. Since that early revolt against seminary education, Wilson has, in the words of President Havens, tiAimed for a liberal arts education to make the student Hexible and to incite her imagi- nation, so she learns how to think, not what to think? Ultimately, this type of education is the gateway to all professions. A backward glance shows to What degree Wilson has achieved these goals of excel- lence in the past. In the future, President Havens foresees Wilson remaining a tide- liberately small liberal arts college for women? He expresses hope, however, that the trend for more students to go on to grad- uate study, and to earn Ph.D. degrees, will continue. Wilson has had many faces in the course of her history, but President Havens firmly believes that as a college she maintains her unique character. Wilsonis personality is the sum of many parts: students, faculty, ad- ministration, trustees, and the President. Although these parts are closely interrelated, one must predominate and lead. President Havens provides this leadership and ex- emplifies the unique sum of education and experience. PRESIDENT AND MRS. HAVENS PAUL SWAIN HAVENS