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IUCKMOE MORAL UBRAKT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN WVERSIT1 JUL 31 1957 Illinois Wesleqan Universitq Bulletin ALUMNI ISSUE JULY, 1957 President's Report President Merrill J. Holmes and General Carlos P. Romulo leading the academic procession to Illinois Wesleyan's 98th Commencement exercises. It is a privilege to prepare a report to the alumni of Illinois Wesleyan University on the experience of the year now closing. There is a problem of strategy in public relations which arises whenever such a report is undertaken, whether it be to Trustees, to alumni, to the com-munity of Bloomington-Normal, to the Method-ist Conference, to corporations which have re-cently made gifts to the college, or to the general public. This is the problem: How does one pre-sent a fair and balanced statement of good achievement on one hand and of growing oppor-tunity and urgent needs on the other hand? It is easy to present the achievements, for much is to be said on this side of the report. But if cnly achievements are presented, it is easy for the public to assume that things are going so well that we can all rest on our oars. However, if a tale is told primarily of an opportunity for greater service and urgent needs which can be met only by prompt and generous giving, there can be another reaction - one of weariness be-cause of renewed requests. In this report we shall endeavor to give a rea-sonable balance between good achievements and urgent and developing needs. We hope your re-action will be one of gratification for progress made, and also enthusiasm for the still larger program which lies ahead. Here is a primary question which any one per-son may ask concerning the reaction of people in other groups. "How do students, faculty, Trus-tees, the townspeople, and corporation officials making gifts to Wesleyan, feel about the work of the college?" As a matter of fact, members of all of these groups have been making very favor-able comments about the year's work at Wes-leyan. Here are some of the facts about student activities and achievements and the program at IWU that underlie that judgment. GIFT
Object Description
Title | 1957-07-01 |
Publication title | Illinois Wesleyan University Bulletin: Alumni Issue |
Vol. or Series | 55 |
Issue | 8 |
Subject |
Universities and colleges publications periodicals |
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Contact Information | Please email Tate Archives at archives@iwu.edu or call 309-556-1535 for more information. Permission to reproduce these images must be granted by IWU. |
Location.Original | Record Group 5-1: IWU Publications |
Digitized by | Tate Archives & Special Collections, The Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61702. |
Format.Digital | Text |
Date.Original | 1957-07-01 |
Type.Digital | Text |
Date.Digital | 2011-10-11 |
Language | eng |
Collection | IWU Bulletins (Illinois Wesleyan University) |
Digitization Specifications | Originals scanned at 600 dpi on a NM1000-SS scanner and OCRd by Northern Micrographics, La Crosse, Wisconsin in Fall 2011. |
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Title | Page 1 |
Description | IUCKMOE MORAL UBRAKT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN WVERSIT1 JUL 31 1957 Illinois Wesleqan Universitq Bulletin ALUMNI ISSUE JULY, 1957 President's Report President Merrill J. Holmes and General Carlos P. Romulo leading the academic procession to Illinois Wesleyan's 98th Commencement exercises. It is a privilege to prepare a report to the alumni of Illinois Wesleyan University on the experience of the year now closing. There is a problem of strategy in public relations which arises whenever such a report is undertaken, whether it be to Trustees, to alumni, to the com-munity of Bloomington-Normal, to the Method-ist Conference, to corporations which have re-cently made gifts to the college, or to the general public. This is the problem: How does one pre-sent a fair and balanced statement of good achievement on one hand and of growing oppor-tunity and urgent needs on the other hand? It is easy to present the achievements, for much is to be said on this side of the report. But if cnly achievements are presented, it is easy for the public to assume that things are going so well that we can all rest on our oars. However, if a tale is told primarily of an opportunity for greater service and urgent needs which can be met only by prompt and generous giving, there can be another reaction - one of weariness be-cause of renewed requests. In this report we shall endeavor to give a rea-sonable balance between good achievements and urgent and developing needs. We hope your re-action will be one of gratification for progress made, and also enthusiasm for the still larger program which lies ahead. Here is a primary question which any one per-son may ask concerning the reaction of people in other groups. "How do students, faculty, Trus-tees, the townspeople, and corporation officials making gifts to Wesleyan, feel about the work of the college?" As a matter of fact, members of all of these groups have been making very favor-able comments about the year's work at Wes-leyan. Here are some of the facts about student activities and achievements and the program at IWU that underlie that judgment. GIFT |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Contact Information | Please email Tate Archives at archives@iwu.edu or call 309-556-1535 for more information. Permission to reproduce these images must be granted by IWU. |