Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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... real achievement of the American way of life .

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OF THE CONTENTS On A chievements in Leadership ACTIVITIES The great crop of leaders needed in our country today will be drawai from university graduates. With the added advantages of their education and de- velopment of personal qualities, they will be select- ed from their communities to assume positions as leaders. The various activities represented on the campus develop those qualities that are vital to one who is to appear as a leader among those about him. Executive ability, personality, integrity, and an abil- ity to inspire others to follow are as necessary to a BMOC on a campus as they are in later life. Various honoraries and service groups recognize outstanding achievement in specific or many fields; publications furnish all aspiring journalists and scoop and snoop reporters with an outlet for their abilities. The Y s do much to promote good fellow- ship among the students, and the Student-Faculty Council upholds the rights of the students. Performing such outstanding sei- dces, these ac- tivities necessitate leadership. The students who are leaders are not only an inspiration to others now but are preparing themselves to serve after college days are over. 71 Ac h i e V e m e n t s i n Learning to Live CAMPUS LIFE Some folks major in activities, some folks major in scholastic achievement and some in athletics, but it is the all-around individual who becomes better adjusted to life. The social activities on the campus provide the fun and gaiety that is necessary to offset the serious- ness of studying and classes. The leaders in campus life are not only out- standing in specific fields but they will be found at the Junior Prom dancing to the music of Gene Krupa with none of the look of a book-worm or big activity man about them. College life is preparation for living in the best sense of the word, and it is only by developing the individual to have a well-rounded person- ality that the college realizes its fundamental objectives. It is necessary that a person be socially adjusted if he is to achieve living in its fullest degree.

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A STORY Achievement To achieve means to fulfill, complete, to carry on to a final close. Is it not fitting that achievement should be chosen as the theme for a college yearbook, in which are depicted the four lives of a student, his scholastic, activity, ath- letic, and social fulfillments from his freshman through his senior year. Achievement of something, whether it be right or wrong, has been the ultimate aim of people for centuries. Our forefathers hoped to achieve for us a democratic way of living; the achievement of material things is the goal for many ruthless business men. But to a college student, achievement means a final code and way of life that will satisfy his desires for everything that is fine and beautiful. Achievement in college is not an end in itself but a means to an end, to the final close. By well-rounded living as a student he attains something new from each thing he does that will complete the final measure of his achievements. Youth may pick strange ways to develop within themselves the qualities for achievement. But taking the definition as carrying to a final close, he can not be judged by the specific things he does but by his end development. If it is true that experience is the best teacher, then youth should be permitted to travel in many ways, try many things, and think new thoughts. If society has within itself the right way of living, then youth will ultimately discard the wrong for the right and all that will remam will be the sum total of his experiences that have led to correct living. Youth will ever accept what is handed to it with questioning and wondering and desire to try something new. That is its greatest virtue — its constant quest for something better and finer. Now, turn the page and look at what is pictured here. Think of the stu- dents and the faculty members as achieving — not honorary keys, Greek letters, or prominence as authors and educational leaders, but only acquiring these smaller honors in order that their real achievement of the American way of life may be good and noble. The college that promotes such achieve- ment justifies to the best of its ability its reason for being.