The Yellow Springs American, Volume 1, Numbers 1-22

BIG DAY AT Yellow Spring®, O.—lnereasingly Impor tant . 1®society'® need for young lenders interested in today® '"complex social problems" and edu­ cational Institutions have a respon­ sibility to develop such lenders. Dr, Knrl T. Compton, member of a famous Ohio family of educators mil chairman of the corporation, M ukiuh huscUs InsUltHe t t Tit hncl­ ingy, anphastsed this rwpoiWiWJHy rtt Antheh College's Commence- meat of ta<- Hundredth Year, last Saturday (veniitg. "I believe Hint Antioch College has made one of the distinctive contribution* to the handling of these new jpro!)j[ern* through Its vigorous emphasis an the cooper­ ative study which has brought its students Into intimate contact with various industrial and social group* and their problems,” 't’ho human,y degtre of Doctor of Humane U'Uns was pr( senied to Miss th ftsic Totten, gjnmldaugh* tor id one cf the eclkge's fonndcs, who has keen associated with the lellege since J«*c when ns a young girl she enrolled In the college's preparatory school. .Alumna, asso­ ciate librarian emeritus, and still curator of Anliochlann, Miss Totten has been Identified with the col­ lege for a longer period than has any other person. "It Is to lier efforts, her fore­ sight, ami her Judgment In wU- vaging, mdieetlng and urgnplrirtK material* which would otherwise have been irretrievably lost that the College own* the documents of the Antlochlnna collection which are the reword of its hun­ dred years," said vice-president IW T T ' -’l W, Boyd Alexander ns he pre­ sented her to Dr. McGregor for the .degree. Harder in the day, tribute was paid, to the years of service of pr, Arthur E. Morgan as ftn engineer, an educator and a citizen, at a 75th birthday party luncheon In tmrl Hail ftiteended by more than >10<*of his f riends and associates, Iteeprndhig, Dr. Morgan com- mrtiled on conclusions he had reached and goals which had guid­ ed him over the years, "We need new patterns cf living, patterns nop created by the co «» pulsions of the post," Dr. MorgM gnld, "Uncritical devotion to tM faith of our fathers is not a vir­ tue. Wo must free ourselves front emotional loynlity to tradition. "Very much of the past will bo kept,'1Pr. Morgan added. "It wli survive because of Ha own worlfc. "1 have no assurance that |ho, great adventure of humanity will succeed. Nor do 1 know that it will fad. Either is possible, 1 do know that how we live and how wc thinlr is significant in that adventure.'1 -***,*■ ■-.A-c*.,v—.-.u jaTjy, { THE GUEST OF HONOR, Pit. MORGAN is here flanked by President McGregor, Mis* Luette Thomp­ son, Bryce O, Browning, secretary of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District an d Howard Kelly, of the KlUc-Hunder Company rn Payton ui.d president of the Antioch alumni association. IA' F,, t "i . y. ,.... , '■ PICTURED HERE ARE DR. OWEN, Dr. Compton, Morris Bean, Dr, Austin M. Patterson and Dr. Manmaifuv Nath Chntterjec and others at the dinner honoring Dr. Morgan, , DR, COMMON GIVING the commencement address. 4 • r ■*ts • ata 'IMtUy AC'T'ogami wt /- w >iMun|K; ^ \mr F ° ■ mllmW* S** V* ip J y " ? M *** . ^ tt W 1 J * y? i p r - IH ft* jjA ,v - £ M JE w r f .f|pfe *• f( w * iu&j |_j|iifeap ■« y ,..;J L te jp p p i f c fcjSit A I’ t f i r OF THE fW HtTKSTS Who gathered In Curl Gymnasium to honor Pr. Morgan, , 4 e* *k«*y mgs* * * s PANEL,9UK1UHSION W TH PR. MoGRKGOR acting an Moderator preceding the actual cemmenee- fAbat MKiaori*. Four Antioch seniors fecit part in thin dtaotwaion at Fein Auditorium on Friday. m m BESSIE TOTTEN IS SHOWN here receiving the’ of Doctor of Humane Letters from President McGregor. Anti.—.-. . Vice President W. Boyd Alexander, who presented Mice Tottery i l l also shown. „ r* THE GREENE COUNTV PRINTINGGO. JjvmestQwn Jounwil — 4-9031 CedfUrville Herald — 0-1711 Bnbucvlaflen rate* t t s c pr.r f t o r I s Greene, Yellow Springs American — 7 - 774,0 GERALD H. COY ................... . Publioher ?»tiSerlptfon rate* P.SO per w s t . l * U r te ig 4,’tnrk, MontKameryv Kayrtle n s* Clinton CoUn— i I m i t i t t i t k m gs-co per year, advertimng.rnOeo upon: request. Kj