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Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Rollins Magazine Marketing and Communications Fall 1924 Rollins Alumni Record, September 1924 Rollins College Office ofa M rketing and Communications Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine Recommended Citation Rollins College Office of Marketing and Communications, "Rollins Alumni Record, September 1924" (1924). Rollins Magazine. Paper 42. http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine/42 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at Rollins Scholarship Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rollins Magazine by an authorized administrator of Rollins Scholarship Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The ALUMNI RECORD of Rollins College SEPTEMBER, 1924 Contents: 40th Year Opens September 22 Faculty Announcements Calendar for Year L. H. Duyck Appointed Athletic Director New Courses of Study Volume [II J dumber 9 Published monthly, on the first of each month, by The Alumni Association of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. Printed by The Rollins Press, Hamilton Building, Winter Park, Florida. PARENTS: Permit your boy to grow up out-of-doors, at the r loriaa JYLmtary Academy Located on tke Famous St. John's River, 28 Miles from Jacksonville Approved and endorsed by Rollins College The Florida Military Academy is now 16 years old. It has by its high standards of excellence earned for itself an enviable reputation among prominent educators both of the North and of the South, has been patronized by the very best people of this and of many other states, has been accredited by leading universities and colleges of the country, and it has been for several years and now is accredited by the Commission on Accredited Schools of the Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States. It offers all of the advantages found in the best university preparatory schools of the country, and it also offers a course in business training for cadets who will not attend college. The Academy is a member of the Asso- ciation of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States. Utmost care exercised in the selection of enrollment, which is limited to 75 cadets, assures best associations. Only boys of ambi- tion who wish to accomplish something worth while accepted. New students must be under 16 years of age, except in special cases. Total cost, including uniforms, books, laundry, etc., $600 People from the North who spend the winter months in Florida, will find it an ideal arrangement to have their sons at F. M. A. within visiting distance at all times. Easy of access by rail, by water and by auto, being on the main line of the A. C. L. railroad; on the state highway leading from Jacksonville south, and on the St. John's River. For further information, address— COL. GEO. W. HULVEY, Supt., Magnolia Springs, Florida. Tie Alu mm A ssoaation of ROLLINS COLLEGE, (Founded i8q8) WINTER PARK, FLORIDA Annual Membership, $2.00 Life Membership, $25.00 OFFICERS CLARA LOUISE GUILD, '90, Honorary President SEXTON JOHNSON, '20, President AMELIA KENDALL,'22, Vice-President R.W. GREENE,'23, Secretary F. H. WARD,'21,Treasurer ALUMNI TRUSTEES F. J. FRANK, '96 T. W. LAWTON, '03 SEXTON JOHNSON, '20 THE ALUMNI COUNCIL Officers of the Association, Editor and Business Manager of the Alumni Record, and FLORENCE BUMBY, '23, L. B. FORT, '08, C. S. HAYES, '23, W. M. INGRAM, '22, Chairman COMMITTEE ON ATHLETICS REX BEACH, EX-'96, Honorary Chairman O. L. SUTLIFF, '24, Chairman A. MAXWELL SLOAN, Ex-'23, Graduate Manager COMMITTEE ON ACCREDITIZATION W. B. JOHNSTON, '24, Chairman NANNIE D. HARRIS,'24, Vice-Chairman PROGRAM OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Adopted at the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, 1924. TO SECURE FOR ROLLINS: 1. More effective co-operation from the alumni in assisting the trustees finance the College. 2. Familiarization of alumni with the needs and opportunities of their alma mater. 3. Complete permanent records of former students. 4. A selected enrollment of five hundred students. 5. A stronger emphasis on development of Christian character. 6. Membership in the Southern Association of Colleges. 7. Membership in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 8. Enlargement of endowment to one million dollars. 9. Fund of $250,000 providing for: (a) Business Administration hall; (b) Science hall; (c) Dormitory for young women. 10. A building for the Baker Museum, with botanical garden, toward which several hundred dollars have already been contributed. 11. Dyer Memorial Amphitheatre, toward which several hundred dollars have already been contributed . 12. Memorial Stadium, toward which several hundred dollars have already been contributed. 13. A Chapel, toward which several hundred dollars have already been con- tributed. 14. Publicity of its unique location and its unusual advantages. 15. Higher development in the specialized Departments of Music and Busi- ness Administration. 16. Development of the general curriculum so that it will particularly serve the state of Florida and find a place among the South's foremost, small, high-grade colleges of liberal arts. The A) umni' Record {Established iqi8) of ROLLINS COLLEGE Published Monthly A. J. HANNA, '17, Editor J. H. HILL, '20, Business Manager Printed monthly by The Rollins Press at Winter Park, Florida. Entered as second-class matter, November 17.1923. at the post office at Winter Park, Florida, under the Act of March 3.1879 By official action of the executive committee $1.00 of each membership fee is for a year's subscription to the Record. Subscription price to non-members, $2.00. Single copies, 20c. Those paying life memberships of $25 are entitled to receive the Record without further cost. MEMBER OF: National Editorial Association, Alumni Magazine. Associated. South Florida Press Association, Florida Press Association Volume III September, 1924 Number 9 EDITORIALS TTRIENDS of Rollins have every reason to the forefront of Florida's prominent lead- feel optimistic over the future of the ers. He will, therefore, receive that warm college as the opening of the Fortieth Year welcome and assurance of sincere and ef- approaches. She is prepared to pass this fective support of his administration that milestone with a record of achievement, is accorded newcomers by progressive Flor- not especially marked by the variety of idians. departments possessed, or by the huge num- ENDOWMENT NOW $514,450 ber of students graduated, but by the qual- "npO him that hath, shall be given" is ity of those 3,000 young men and women proving true of the income-produc- who have left their alma mater's halls on ing endowment fund of Rollins. Since pass- the shores of Lake Virginia, during the ing that much coveted half million dollar past thirty-nine years. point last May, $13,500 has been paid into Founders of Rollins planned that she the First Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, should grow not so much in numbers or in from pledges, and now the grand total comes buildings as in quality of instruction, in to $514,450.00. modernity of methods, and in inspiration of leadership. STUDENT BODY FOR 1924-25 Rollins enters her Fortieth Year well DENDING the election of a president last started on the realization of this great con- spring, the Trustees called upon the ception. Possessing an income-producing Alumni Council to provide a strong student endowment fund of over a half million dol- body for 1924-25. The leadership of these lars, presided over by a strong, Christian, graduates in the interests of their alma faculty, with standards in conformity with mater during this inter-regnum has resulted the best Southern colleges, and recently is unquestionably the strongest student coming under the virile leadership of Presi- body of which Rollins has boasted to date. dent Wier, Rollins will surely remain true It is a selected body of young people who to her ideals, in the fulfillment of one will become Rollins men and women this of the objects of the alumni,—"and year. The best, with few exceptions, of find a place among the South's foremost, the three upper classes are returning to small, high-grade colleges of liberal arts." carry on advanced work. A few unworthy ones have not been allowed to return. With PRESIDENT WEIR the assistance of the Florida Honor Scholar- IITHAT is Oregon's loss is Florida's gain ship system, established at the request of in the calling of President Weir from the Alumni Ass'n, this state will, for the Pacific University to Rollins College. Due first time be adequately represented in to the standing of Rollins in this and other quality and numbers, in the Rollins student states, President Weir comes at once to body. OF ROLLINS COLLEGE In the selection of the student body, the whieh to meet them. Unless the budget alumni have been guided rigidly by the planned is made possible, the results will requirements of the Southern Association be weak and ineffective. Join that One of Colleges and of the Southern Intercol- Hundred Club and send your check for legiate Athletic Ass'n. These first and $5 each month. important steps toward the year's success must, and will be, supported by the faculty DEAN SPRAGUE and strengthened by it. With such a policy n ECENT alumni will receive with satis- in force, the Rollins product needs no apolo- faction the news that Prof. Robert J. gies. There may not be large numbers but Sprague, A.M. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Boston those who live up to these standards will U.), for two years acting head of the college, be worthy the name of Rollins, and they will retain an active connection with Rollins will be a source of much pride to the alumni as Dean and Professor of Social Sciences.