isua-alumniassociation-directory-1930-012

Description:	xii THE ALUMNI DIRECTORYTHE ALUMNI AND THE SCHOOLThe Indiana State Teachers College in its more than sixty yearsof history has rendered an immeasurable service to our Hoosiercommonwealth. The worth of any college consists in the quality ofthe manhood and womanhood developed within its halls. The Alumniof our State College have been notably successful. Everywhere theyare living lives of usefulness and service. The great majority of ouralumni are serving the youth of our state as teachers and administrators. Others are in various professions and vocations. Very few haveproven unworthy of the high ideals and precepts of our college. Whileit is true in a sense, that every great institution is but the lenghtenedshadow of a great man it is equally true that no institution continuesto live and thrive after its founders have passed on, except throughthe lives and services of those who are first served by it. The Foundersgave their lives in personal service to this college and the great bodyof alumni who have passed through her portals into successful anduseful lives is prophetic of the greater service our beloved college isyet to render. Outstanding alumni constitute a list too long to enumerate. They include prominent educators of national fame, lawyers andstatesmen of state and national renown, and successful bankers andbusiness men everywhere. Surely a school that has done so much forits students merits support beyond our ability to recompense.What can we alumni do to further the interests of our school?(1) We can do nothing less than to uphold the policies of our greatcollege, and those entrusted with its administration. Our criticismshould be constructive and our cooperation unstinted. (2) Let uscontinue to cherish the ideals and traditions of our college. Theseideals of universal and democratic education, of useful and law abidingcitizens, of high culture and practical learning, of service to youth,and of higher standards of living are the foundation stones of ourcivilization. (3) Our college will require more and more financialsupport if it is to continue to rank with like institutions in the characterof service it renders. It is now cramped for room and whatever isappropriated for sites must be taken from what might otherwise bespent for buildings and equipment. Progress demands greater financialsupport. Our alumni should realize the needs of the school and personally help to crystallize public policy in favor of greater state support.(4) Let us give praise where praise is due. We owe what we are largelyto the school. Let us boost our college, and thus develop a feeling ofpride in her achievements. Let us attend those functions designed tohonor and uphold our college. It is our privilege to acknowledge ourindebtedness to our Alma Mater realizing that she has ever maintaineda conservatively progressive program of educational growth and advancement that is consistent with modern principles of Americaneducation.Breathes there a man with soul so dead,Who to himself hath neer saidThis is my own, my native land.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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