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organization but has, and does, expect them to support the activities
of the churches of their choice. The Friends Meeting does feel a respon-sibility
toward the college community, and especially to those who
have no local church home.
If we enlarge the idea of community to now include areas beyond
Oskaloosa and Mahaska County, it becomes apparent that Penn Col-lege
has a relationship of far-reaching importance. In the first place,
the Friends communities of the Yearly Meeting have a special bond of
interest and service with the school. Students come from these com-munities,
prepare for service, and go out into a wide variety of
"callings." They are joint products of the churches and the college.
Both are concerned in their success. A poll of community leaders in
these centers shows that many of them were once students at Penn
College. These look back to the days when they were students here.
They remember their teachers and fellow students in a real sense of
comradeship as they carry on their personal responsibilities. They
remember the college administrators, sometimes with embarrassment,
but almost always with grateful respect. Their lives were enriched by
their college experiences and they treasure those college influences.
They learned many helpful things about life in college: how to get along
with people; how to make sound, unbiased judgments; how to solve
problems. Their faith in God and Man was strengthened. They and their
communities have profited by all these things. They are what the
founders dreamed of as the product of education.
These distant Quaker communities have closer contacts with Penn
College than first appears. Their young people in attendance get home
over weekends or vacations. Correspondence is still a possibility and
"letters from home" or "letters from the kids in school" are received
with pleasure. Then there are times when groups from the college visit
the churches or groups from the churches visit the college. Special
gatherings both on the campus or in the home church make such visits
easy to arrange.
Also there are Yearly Meeting events which bring folks from all
the churches to the campus. The annual Pastors Short Course, the
annual conferences of the United Society of Friends Women and the
Quaker Men, in addition to the Yearly Meeting sessions during the
summer, are such gatherings. The facilities of the college are always
available to Friends of the Yearly Meeting when events can be sche-duled
so as not to conflict with the regular school program. Many
Yearly Meeting committees meet on campus during the year utilizing
the food services for luncheon or dinner meetings. During vacation
periods such gatherings may also use dormitory lodging facilities.
To facilitate use of the college facilities, Penn provides office space
for the Yearly Meeting Superintendent in a convenient location.
262
Object Description
| Title | William Penn College: A Product and a Producer |
| Creator | S. Arthur Watson |
| Date | 1971 |
| Language | English |
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| Title | William Penn College: A Product and a Producer, page 262 |
| Creator | S. Arthur Watson |
| Date | 1971 |
| Identifier | William-Penn-College-product-and-producer - 278_page 262 |
| Language | English |
| Rights | http://www.wmpenn.edu/Library/about.html |
| Transcription | organization but has, and does, expect them to support the activities of the churches of their choice. The Friends Meeting does feel a respon-sibility toward the college community, and especially to those who have no local church home. If we enlarge the idea of community to now include areas beyond Oskaloosa and Mahaska County, it becomes apparent that Penn Col-lege has a relationship of far-reaching importance. In the first place, the Friends communities of the Yearly Meeting have a special bond of interest and service with the school. Students come from these com-munities, prepare for service, and go out into a wide variety of "callings." They are joint products of the churches and the college. Both are concerned in their success. A poll of community leaders in these centers shows that many of them were once students at Penn College. These look back to the days when they were students here. They remember their teachers and fellow students in a real sense of comradeship as they carry on their personal responsibilities. They remember the college administrators, sometimes with embarrassment, but almost always with grateful respect. Their lives were enriched by their college experiences and they treasure those college influences. They learned many helpful things about life in college: how to get along with people; how to make sound, unbiased judgments; how to solve problems. Their faith in God and Man was strengthened. They and their communities have profited by all these things. They are what the founders dreamed of as the product of education. These distant Quaker communities have closer contacts with Penn College than first appears. Their young people in attendance get home over weekends or vacations. Correspondence is still a possibility and "letters from home" or "letters from the kids in school" are received with pleasure. Then there are times when groups from the college visit the churches or groups from the churches visit the college. Special gatherings both on the campus or in the home church make such visits easy to arrange. Also there are Yearly Meeting events which bring folks from all the churches to the campus. The annual Pastors Short Course, the annual conferences of the United Society of Friends Women and the Quaker Men, in addition to the Yearly Meeting sessions during the summer, are such gatherings. The facilities of the college are always available to Friends of the Yearly Meeting when events can be sche-duled so as not to conflict with the regular school program. Many Yearly Meeting committees meet on campus during the year utilizing the food services for luncheon or dinner meetings. During vacation periods such gatherings may also use dormitory lodging facilities. To facilitate use of the college facilities, Penn provides office space for the Yearly Meeting Superintendent in a convenient location. 262 |
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