University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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65m 5106... X HE was the mother of hallowed tradition and the essence of dignity. With her we spent the best years of our lives because it was the thing to do and it meant culture. She was part of the stream of social evo- lution but the stream was moving slowly. So she was passive, dormant within the rock-ribbed confines of the social status quo, left to carry on vainly while a nation struggled out of economic depression in a world then succumbing to armed blight. Till then simply ignored, after the flint was finally struck she was virtually forgotten. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a war. It takes a war to stop our progress completely that we may better re- alize just how slowly we had been moving. War provides an opportunity for us to reflect, evaluate, then resolve. Out of chaos she awoke. Through an abruptly en- lightened society she saw life in a new perspective and as we ventured into a new era, she became, at once, both a cause and an effect of accelerated social evolution. Abandoned in the dark of war, she became paramount in the dawn of peace and prosperity. Assuming her right- ful position as a leader in this era, she changed and grew and emerged as the New University. 'U71i'z1eroify...

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ITHIN the expanding university appears a new attitude and ,approach to higher learning. In effect, we have a kind of student, a man who sees college as a means to an end rather than the end itself, a man whose chosen field is most likely measured in degree of opportunity, a man who is not content to simply drift. Where he has seen need, he has spoken up or has taken direct action. Of tradition and the collegiate mode of life, he has accepted part, rejected part and de- veloped still more. This new student has helped design the New University. With growth we have mass education. Timing and far- sightedness are requisite. Efficiency and advance meth- ods supplant the personal touch. There, the executive leadership has observed, has taken action and has thus become symbolic of all that is new. Finally we have the spirit of the people of state and nation. Today, they fully realize that education is the bulwark of our way of life and the foundation for an even greater America. And they too have taken action. Jrefzd 729