Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

 - Class of 1940

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.yvdmlmdtratlon Behind the intricacies of schedule sheets, honor points, and paying bills to the Bursar, click the smoothly turning wheels of the administra- tive machinery. These are the men who have built up a tradition of stern and unyielding serenity of purpose. But along with the supposedly cold countenance of the Dean or the tiny grade slip which too-often holds the tragedy of a student ' s work there lurks a purpose: the guidance of young men and women in preparation for a career. The ideal itself is rarely mentioned, but the work toward more efficient methods of achiev- ing that end is never finished. The lights of the library may blink off at ten o ' clock; those on the second floor of Munger Hall often burn through a later darkness. Those who guide the College tread the narrow line between student and alumnus, faculty and trustee. This year they struck fire from old grads rabid with football and received scant praise for an improved sys- tem of awarding scholarships. I But, smoothly as they function, even this efficiency can be thwarted by an ordinary ten-inch snow. On Tuesday morning of examination week they huddled to watch the flakes drift across the Quadrangle, fill Arkadelphia Road. They nodded glumly, swallowed hard, and post- poned all tasks. The students were warmed to learn that at least the elements had some control over the Lord High Executioners. I Under this group the student feels that he is moving, that he is part of a plan. Many changes have come with the second year of President Paty ' s leadership — the substitution of intramural for intercollegiate sports, the improved adviser system, the Committee on Students ' Use of English, and Alumni Scholarships. These developments have given the undergraduate a sense of direction for his sorties into the higher learning. There is a new tenor of intelligence about the Hilltop. -

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Your 1940 La Revue is the first annual ever to be Color Indexed. To find the section you want, glance below at the index, then flip the pages until you come to the corresponding color bar. r r u J KJ

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