Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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.«.EFLECT on your friends, your associates, your teachers, your casual acquaintances. All are part and parcel of what you yourself are; all are part of your life, your beliefs, your actions. The teamwork of a club, the joy of talking to each other, the thrill of hold- ing hands or a good-night kiss. The trust we place in others and the trust others put in us to get a job done. The pride in achievement of your friends and their pride in your achievement. This too is part of the panorama. R EFLECT on home. There are the spells of homesickness relieved only by a trip to see your old friends, your family, the family pets. There is the boredom of home after the second day and the desire to get back to the boredom of school where at least you will be bored along with your friends. This too is part of the panorama. R EFLECT on what you will be doing, on what your friends may be doing in the future. There M ill be gradua- tions, marriages, military service, far-away jobs. Some of your friends you will never see again; some you will be in contact with for the rest of your life. You will remember the well-liked and well- known; you will remember the equally as well-liked but lesser known. You will move away but never grow apart. This too is part of the pano- rama.

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EFLECT on the first day of classes — the cool mornings and the heat of the afternoon. The glow of vacation balanc- ing itself against the excite- ment of a new year — a year to start anew — a year for new adventure. There are the teachers whom we expect and the ones we fear, those Mho are friends and those who are new to us. This is part of the beginning of school; this too is part of the panorama. X EFLECT on your burgeon- ing maturity. The inclination of thought before action, the assertion of belief rather than formula, commitment rather than uncaring, integrity rather than conformity. This too is part of the panorama. li. EFLECT on registration — the first day of school — the rush — the lines — the scram- ble — the disappointment in not getting the course we wanted — the thrill of working your schedule out the way you planned it. There is the unexpected joy of seeing someone you haven ' t seen since last semester — the chag- rin in seeing someone you had hoped not to see. There is the instant of recognition and the moment of panic. There are the courses which must be taken for graduation and the courses that must be retaken — the courses you need and the ones you want. R EFLECT on the changes you have seen — the changes you will see in the future. We welcome progress; it and peo- ple go hand in hand. The feel- ing of expectancy in a new building or a new concept, the feeling of new life. This too is part of the panorama. R EFLECT on the past. The future is ours but the past, too, is ours, for it adds to the future. Our past is our fu- ture; it irreduceably builds. This too is part of the pano-

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