Pella and surrounding community have contributed to the college during the last
six years no less than $150,000. Funds for current expenses came from east and
west alike, proving that the whole denomination was backing the new project.

The new Library was opened in May, 1918. Ground for the Ladies' Dormitory had
been broken with appropriate ceremonies in March of the same year. At the same
time work on the Central heating plant was begun. Both projects were rushed to
completion.

True to her traditions, Central sent many of her sons to training camp and
trench, and at the same time offered her equipment to the government for the
establishment of a Student Army Training Corps unit.

To the great disappointment of all the Gymnasium could not be erected at once,
as had been hoped. For this splendid building we had to wait until 1921, when
the local Chamber of Commerce made itself responsible for this addition to
Central's equipment. The three new buildings, together with the old, give
Central equipment easily the equal of any college of its size anywhere. The loss
of Old Central is felt keenly, but there is every prospect at this writing that
a larger, better and strictly modern college building will have taken its place
before another year has passed.

The college will need the continued support of her many friends, for there is no
small financial burden resting on the school. The meeting of the general synod
in Pella last June brought Central very prominently before the entire
denomination, whose board of education has recently undertaken a comprehensive
program for financing the educational institutions under its care.

Central continues to build upon the foundations laid by the fathers. With humble
pride we affirm that our first object is to be true to the Christian faith, and
so to send out into every line of honorable endeavor men and women who have been
touched by the Christ ideal. Nor are we ashamed to assert that we feel it a
primary obligation to provide our own and other denominations with the necessary
leadership at home and abroad.

With character comes the ideal of a high standard of scholarship. All other
college activities, while wholesomely encouraged, are subordinate to that. The
various literary societies are flourishing. Interest in oratory and debate is
unusually keen. Under the direction of a competent coach athletics for all are
encouraged, while at the same time Central succeeds in turning out teams that do
honor to the school. Central's Glee Clubs have traveled from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., the daily chapel devotions and the Student
Volunteer Band combine to uphold the best of Christian ideals.

The large number of loyal alumni, the intimate circle of Pella friends, the
interest manifest throughout the entire denomination give assurance that
Central's best days are still in the future. To realize this larger future a
large measure of faith and courage will be required, and a still larger measure
of sacrifice.

The faculty is constituted as follows:

Milton J. Hoffman, A. M., D. D., President.
Henry William Pietenpol, A. B., A. M., Dean; Professor of Mathematics and
Physics.
Elizabeth A. Graham, Ph. B., Dean of Women; Professor of English Language
and Literature.
Thomas Harrison Liggett, Ph. B., M. S., Professor of Biology and Chemistry.
Jacob Heemstra, A. B., A. M., Professor of Psychology and Education.
Martha Firth, A. B., Registrar; Professor of History.
G. F. Lee, A. M., B. D., Professor of Greek and Latin.