University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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LTHOUCH the distinction between University k students and laymen is not as severe as it was a century ago, when Matthew Arnold characterized the first, Children of Light and the second, Philistines, even in 1941 but few people have a clear conception of what constitutes student life at the American college campus. To por- tray student life in all phases has been the dominant purpose in the compilation of this volume. We be- lieve that this portrayal is significant, for it must be recognized that students comprise a defined repre- sentation of the entire social order. The American state university draws its population from all classes and all races; it reflects the culture of the nation with commensurate universality. It is our hope that this book may become a contemporary comment on learn- ing and living at the American campus.

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DAYS OF OUR YEAR We have indicated that the leading purpose of this volume is to broaden the scope of the college year- book. In accord with this purpose, the Editor has devoted a fifth of the 1941 COLORADAN to a picture and word portrayal of the Days of Our Year. Yearbooks are produced for student readers; their treatment of subject matter is determined by stu- dent wants and interests. Recognizing this fact, we have included no detailed material on the organiza- tion of the University: the Semester Catalogue will suffice. None will turn to the 1941 COLORADAN to discover what is taught in the University of Colorado, but some may seek to discover here the student way of life at Colorado in 1941. We earn- estly believe, as we stated in the Introduction, that this life is significant beyond its restricted grounds, that its portrayal has a permanent and sustained interest. Thus, while we have avoided any formal- ization of subject matter, we have at the same time attempted to create something more than the tem- porary appeal of familiar student names and faces. On this basis the Snapshot section in THE COLORADAN of the past ten years has been dis- continued as inadequate. It is the editor ' s hope that the Days of Our Year will be a new creation rather than a substitute. The arrangement of the section is direct and simple. In chronological order the most important events of the past nine months have been depicted. The accompanying text, com- prising some seven thousand words, is intended to explain the various elements which characterize university life. Credit for Days of Our Year must go to numerous staff members and advisors. Chief among these are Misses Maryanna Quaintance and Catherine Pres- ton, and Messrs. Everett Sears, David Proffitt, and Reed Johnson. Responsibility for any comments in the text is taken by the editor, who has revised the original. WILLIAM ILIYA JOVANOVICH, Editor. COLORADO UNIVERSITY ' S MOST TRADITIONAL SCENE