Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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COnTEHTS w ADMLMSTR. TION FACLXTY CLASSES ORGAMZ. TIONS ATHLETICS FE- TLRES OF 1947 C SU. LS

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11 i 1 3 i „, GRflmnG THC ncuj Pierce, with its ageless spire and ivy- velveted walls that for so many years has watched the coming of new students and fac- ulty members, must be changed too — changed, because it will never really be gone. There are too many who will recall the familiar silhou- ette against the sky and the fun and security they knew v.ithin those dear walls. The process of grafting the new Pierce to the cleft of the old will not be a long one, for soon the usual routine and activity will be under way in the new halls and classrooms. The building will be new and different, but the spirit will remain the same. The ever- constant faith and aspirations will burn in the new as they did in the old. It is only the physical structure that grows old and withers; ambition and aspiration will live forever in the spirit of Pierce Hall. Page Nine