The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-08

no the Administration BUILDING anu LII
financial basis, adding not only in
creased facilities, but measurably
Strengthening it's endowment funds.
hope very much that it will succeed"
Mr.. Miller says:
Every few persons have had the
opportunity to know Western Mary
land College and it's work as have
had" said Mr. Miller. 81 was born in
Westminster and grew up almost in
the shadow of the college. want to
say that l know Of no college that is
doing more for the young men and
women of Maryland than is my alma
mater-W Western Maryland College.
"It offers to the youth of the state
q splendid opportunity. The Chris
tian atmosphere which surrounds it,
the great care given to it's student
body by the faculty, the excellent
courses of>study offered by it, togetb.
er with the fact that it is an institu.
ton that is truly Maryland in every
sense of the word, should commend il
and it's financial campaign to every
person who has the welfare of the
state at heart
"Its success in raising the $375,0C9
required to obtain for it the Rookie.
Teller Foundation endowment of SIPS,
1000 and the State appropriation oil
$125.O0O for a new building, will place
the college high up in the ranks oil
American colleges. 1t already enjoys
a high standing but with increased
endowment its power for good will be
greatly multiplied"
The call for support for the cam
paign is emphasized by Mr.. Gill who
says:
1--WE have reached a period in which
it is scarcely necessary to present
argument in favor Of college training.
Successful men like Ford and Scslwab
who are sometimes named as having
succeeded without college training are
but rare exceptions, possessed of un-
usual inherent ability or meeting
great opportunity. Even they would
have benefited by college training and
! am sure they would be the first ones
to admit it.
college training means not only
the pursuit of theoretical studies for
training the mind, and the accumula-
ton of a certain amount of general
information in order that the grad.
uate may be considered educated It
means more than that-it means
spending the most vital four years Of
life In surroundings that encourage
the best development Of physical
mental and moral youth. Straight
thinking is the goal of the mental part
of the training. That straight living
is the result Of college associations is
proven by statistics showing an ex-
tremely small proportion of so-called
major crimes committed by college
graduates. The development of ath-
letics answers the only passably rea-
sonable argument ever advanced by
opponents of college training-that is
-self-reliance is gained by early entry
into business whereas it is not de-
veloped in college. If present-day COL
legiate sports do not develop self
reliance in the highest degree in the
participants and the appreciation and
recognition of it in the rooters, then
don't know what will.
t'It seems to me that Western Mary
land meets in a particularly satisfac-
tory manner the highest requirements
of all three points. Internationally, the
College is given the highest rating by
the great national institutes. It is
small enough so that it's students re-
ceive degree Of personal attention
that is not possible in the larger col
leges and universities. In athletics,
the standard Of sportsmanship Is sec
ond to none and the success Of its
teams warrants the healthful interest
of all students. From moral stand
point. the management of the College
is in hands which insure to parents
the proper Christian influence at all
times surrounding their children while
In the care of their foster parent"