Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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All at once this combo was playing and mdreds, maybe thousands, of people ere doing whatever they called it that eek and the air was dark and hot and me floor was already beginning to get Ecky. And you had maybe a physics test d a paper on the metaphysical poets .e next week, but the greatest thing in e world was, it didn't matter, because fonday is only Monday and this, this hank Godlj was Saturday Night. You were in, and it was good. Oh, it as Hne. I will be a doctor or a history pro- 'sor, and sip my drink before or after ner and remember that it was Hne. A iversity is like . . . Cyou fumble for the right similej a big rolltop desk, with a certain number of pigeonholes and draw- ers, neatly marked and inhabited by peo- ple of appropriate types and descriptions. And what were you? Well, not a type exactly. Hard to classify. A dabbler in this and that. But oh I remember . . .

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x if They say if you sit on Rand Terrace long enough, everyone you know will pass by. They also say hardly anyone will say hello, and even fewer remember your nameg then they go on to explain about that point on the ground ten feet ahead on which everyone reputedly has his eyes fixed. Don't listen. They only talk that way because they do the same thing them- selves. How else would they know? But do not under any circumstances sit on the terrace on a clear morning Cyes, Virginia, there is one now and thenj dur- ing spring vacation, or any Sunday after- noon at all. For then no one will pass Not a solitary soul. There you'll be, ting there, and the trees are maybe pi and white and fluffy like they have a of getting at that certain time of ye Or maybe the air is cool and white it and sort of sits there beside you on wall. And what can you do then but yourself: What am I doing here a way? First, of course, being what are, you'll say, Well, not a heck of a l But then, not having anything else to at the moment, y0u,ll think about i while and . . . -L? ...pi

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Of course it was all here long before you ever arrived on the scene, and worse yet, all will go on about the same after you've been forgotten. A lot of talking is done about the passing of the old traditions, in a sense the fact that they can be discussed objectively, or discussed at all, is proof that as traditions they are no longer vital. A tradi- tion is a custom and a custom is something that you do without really thinking about it. Thus we say nothing more of traditions except that they are always lurking where you least expect, and if you embarrass them in public they will probably go away. But why is it no one plays cards in the Commodore Room any more, now that the No Card Playing signs are down? 5 is A Q M ,grep ! s Wt Q B ff ' 6