Alma record., 1912-10-17
The Renaissance of the Denomina-
tional College
An Address Delivered by Thomas c. Blasdell, Phi d..
at His Inauguration as President of Alma College
Alma Michigan October H. 1912
The Renaissance as a Type

ron the Middle Ages civilization The Rsaassnss
in ma Eora Tes Seenangs s %ere in y its moral Germany
worlds E mos sfG Dante and
had naqg"ed m m "PTSd @ % d fT in issl and Petrarc6 and
Bocaco fifty years The intellectual OF these men
would have resulted in an intellectual ren12nGe & 92G e S
G @ ' the Sa a %ishi ] @ of Martin 16ep must have
Renaissance was emerging ecclesiastical and feuda
desPGsm stTms . 5G & P5nSa aq Fdox Pqo eo WAS reaon e
against long dominant @ gt%H 1T wa" & & m " bk ' bnd f amd
live or Itself 1t was mans assertion he right
his ancestors centuries before vision OF man
in5eeSt@I Teuo ehars compared with the Italian
this forward movement found him less willing to break with the
dulness ecclesiastical almost powerful
however were open nauen which would have had Dq ue
has ever been DOMINATING trait the Gothic shar2eer That
] E4 Thereore m %S ii Has on the moral side that
These two great currents intellectual from the South the
W2Ta 9 oE n e I 5 & Ts r III an The result was the Eabethan
Age period Of mental and spiritual gor Shakes
the geate: e p0sTsiiVf & m the w % mo HmoT" % ae
the world such tragedies and comedies as none before mao
body OF ansaors none since comparable %
Francis Bacon the ramme OF the old science
almost ali the advance by her eeague strides OF
Renaissance gave the world ideals new , Gspiraton 1t
6 @ m ii oeed e me to look forward or to face
Tod educational renaissance forcing denomnatona
college forward remain satisfied with the deadenng mana
" ~ The Church. the Mother of Colleges
OF colleges the United Se 1 are exported as % Under
6soe ns oPo & harvard @ % established Sio % the church
records say ne OF the & FIRST m nss a We ] gn t the to ehaqeie
William Mary chartered in 1893 affiliated with the Protestant
founded the end that We educate ministers
Princeton was chartered in 7le ougrowth Of
As American colleges out church natural that
power although some Q widely influential institutions
onal college mean particularly group institutions known
their Esb5ih 'Rg heir qnrf S dsyelsBme9 ="
The Renaissance o College
The Renaissance OF the Penomn1ona NM m ] Coege W. w % m1t be
muit n be o@c o - currents for today social
its only y"s current his Rebirt triumph OF
oTtoS oy m Middle Rge lp depds% II "s mean new
o the ] o must % nk q its ms nd % ior%aH % lily against tradition and
d miiit 0n rs and Ts m % 6 i" to h y @ o M the Oh life and to
compass Their oo16 m & m d % piaiT m take on @ re, attitude
1t must hold forth to to yougg men @na y0"i % T T on h worth
emphasize the Christian ministry, only service to the
active leaders OF tomorrow betnent municipal improve
mem me % aat tn RiS % pe OF energy now too
spesd rep the mn a M ms5 e f%6aszf cs the & ins bee mo5 &
n o StoT ep qS student % 5 Gfa % & 5ff Ts easn
ship and s m put sra ppon ys @ "G @ Sa they | ean S
art q gqyenment by gGermng S E as ~& ii % 3 the Reorma
stirred spiritually the Renaissance OF the Denomna-
mo @ d GSfy Of the 'is % les 6 c6ae building
1es sre io 'Sf6 be- ound I " 5 take advanced footing
changes demanded
Requirements
would college
These limits be enlarged
begun Many
rammes,
still firmly
Greek Go and find scarcely
demanding Greek
of eenes
high school students find
equally satisfactory mental training had from the proper
Of which have
practical value in the days work Some OF us would like to see
college We feel potency
glory of with this feeling spend evening
Homer
Aeschylus
We loveth but do It's colors
dim glorious de VincIs
Supper they also badly faded; they too
behind
[ entrance requirement study of Greek.
Latin colleges still demand
believe thoroughly in the study OF Latin
small delight and
thousands Latin Tor
the value had
of
il came into college John Milton compelled to