The Gavelyte, January 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. Literary Department. MI. 8 JEANNETTE ORR, '09, EDITOR. nder thi-> new rnanagemPnt of the GAVELYTE by the Rtudent body, WP wiRh to present in this month's issue a new department recently inaugura– ted for the benefit nf both rP,:U!t-'r and student. A Jit8rary department is tht:> feature for which \\e kindly ask the support of every student of Cedar– ville College. It is a new vPnture wbith we wish to succeed. It is work of a nature which our college µaper has been lacking, and to which the new mam1~ement has given its attPntion. It will consist ch iefly of original stor– ies, interesting, witty, and wholesome. No doubt it will arouse latent gen– ius in the student body, and the work we trust will prove to be not only in– teresting, but beneficial and helpful to writer and reader. There is talent along this line in our collegr, and let us see to it that it is used, and the op– portunity seized upon. ,'tudents, use your spare moments in cnoosing a subjt-ct, laying the plot, and plcrnning a good story for your college paper. Thi~ undertaking .'hould be of personal intnest to you. The Place of Religion in a College. We have lwcome mightily convinced that the small Christian colleges of all denominations hold ii) their power the destiny of the future. 'l'he . alvation of the world and its guidance to all consuming and et.ernal truth - dPp8nd upon Lhe faithfulness with which the Christian college clings to the ideai: whic.:h are en1bodied in their profeR.:;ed namP This article, contribut- 1·d by Dr. Alford, a clipping from the Interior, impresses the fact: It iR probable that no very definite answers can be made to these ques– tions until several decades have passed. It is ah:.o likely that the an . wers 'will difft->r in differei'it case8. History will doubtless repeat itself. AR in the past o in t.hP future, somP colleges founded by Christian meu for l'hristian aim become secularized. Others will remain true to the purposes lcii.l d11 ,·n by thuir f,,undi->rs. The laws of heredity and of environment are :1l1111Jt aR operativi-> with rollegPs ns \\'ith incliviclLrnl:-;. The rhnnged e1wiro1.-