In a discussion of schoolmastering written a few years before he became Rector, Joseph Coit elaborated on his views of education. Little in what Joseph Coit writes deals with the saving of souls, but much deals with the making of useful citizens and decent human beings. As for the aims of education, he placed first the cultivation of such basic qualities as truthfulness, fidelity to trusts, honesty, courage, generosity, and “respect for sacred places and things.” The instructors Coit considered a paramount element in any school. Coit took much pride in the longevity of service attained by a large proportion of the faculty of his day, attributing it to the respect felt for his brother Henry. But Joseph Coit in his own liberal and kind way did much to maintain good relations with the faculty and inspire their loyalty. Pictured above is Edward Spanhoofd, a faculty member and teacher of German from 1880-1929, walking with two students on a winter’s day.