Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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THE ROAD TO WO F FORD — sinuous, twisting, precipitous — passes all the degrada- tion and poverty and destitution of the South. It sees a section of illiterate masses, of eroded soils a land of tenant farmers and squalid slums — a country of red hills in cotton, and more cotton, and more cotton. It traverses a region of poor schools — of no schools at all — of unscrupulous politicians who do not neglect to leave unfilled the hollows of unimproved trails. Then looms on the horizon a College of Liberal Arts. It beckons youth to enter and to partake of its Knowledge.

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Straight and even — rises ever for more lofty heights of achievement and service. Its travelers are clear-minded; they have an understanding and appreciation for the finer things of life — the silent beauty of nature, the music of verse, struggles of the mind; they are equipped to improve their home, for only through intelligent supervision can a land be de- veloped to its fullest extent. This Road stretches through a country of teeming railroad yards and humming textile plants and terraced fields; it leads to factories yet unbuilt and undreamed.