Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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OLD MAIN 6UIL0ING LANGOON HALL UBURN—A YEAR AT AUBURN A YEAR THAT HELD SO MANY THINGS THAT ONLY THIS PAST YEAR COULD ... A YEAR THAT SAW OUR ALMA MATER PASS ITS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY WITH ITS SEVENTIETH STUDENT BODY AND ITS SEVENTIETH GRADUATING CLASS ... A YEAR THAT COULD BE CALLED BY MANY NAMES—A YEAR THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR MANY. DISAPPOINTING FOR SOME. BEWILDERING MORE OFTEN THAN COMFORTING-A YEAR THAT WE SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE. BUT ONE THAT MUST AT THE VERY LEAST BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS DIFFERENT ... IT IS TRUE THAT AS EACH YEAR PASSES AND EACH STUDENT BODY LIVES THROUGH THOSE DAYS THAT ARE THEIR’S ON OUR CAMPUS. EACH YEAR SEEMS DIFFERENT. EACH YEAR SEEMS UNIQUE AND UNFORGETABLE . . . BUT. ON A FRIENDLY. INFORMAL CAMPUS EACH YEAR FOLLOWS MUCH THE SAME LEISURELY COURSE AS THE ONES BEFORE ... CLASSES AND LABS DANCES AND DRILLS- WEEKS OF WORK AND WEEK-ENDS OF PLAY ROSY SATURDAY AFTERNOONS

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AND BLUE MONDAY MORNINGS OLD FACES GONE AND NEW FACES APPEARING TO REPLACE THEM; ALL THESE THINGS ARE THE STANDARD OF LIFE AT AUBURN FROM YEAR TO YEAR . . . THERE ARE ALWAYS PARTIES TO DRESS UP FOR AND FOOTBALL TEAMS TO CHEER FOR -ORGANIZATIONS STILL HOLD THEIR INITIATIONS AND CLASSES TURN OUT FOR ELECTIONS FRESHMEN STILL SHINE SHOES AND SENIORS STILL TRY TO ACT AS THOUGH THEY WERE ALWAYS ABOVE SUCH TASKS... ALL THESE OUTWARD THINGS HAVE BECOME THE INHERIT-ANCE OF THE AUBURN STUDENT. THEY ARE AS MUCH A PART OF AUBURN AS THE BUILDINGS AND THE CAMPUS. THE CHANGE AT AUBURN WAS NOT IN THE MAKE-UP OF THESE THINGS; IT WAS NOT SO MUCH IN THE DEPARTURE OF ANY OLD CUSTOMS OR TRADITIONS WHAT WAS NEW AT AUBURN WAS THE CHANGE IN TEMPO, THE AWAKENING . AND THE REALIZATION THAT THE CAMPUS WAS NOT THE ISOLATED PLACE IT WAS ONCE IMAGINED ... FOR THE FIRST v TIME IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE UP THE SEVENTIETH STUDENT BODY THE COLLEGE HAD BECOME MERELY A MEANS OF PREPARATION AND HAD LOST ITS MEANING AS AN END IN ITSELF... AUBURN STUDENTS, AFTER THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF FALSE IMPRESSIONS. AWOKE TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF US MUST SOON TAKE OUR PLACES IN ANOTHER SETTING SOONER THAN MOST OF US HAD EVER DREAMED THE CHANGING TEMPO WAS EVIDENCED IN NEARLY EVERYTHING WE ENCOUNTERED WHEN WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL TO START THE PAST YEAR . . . THERE WERE STILL DANCES AND DRILLS, YES. BUT THE DANCES WERE FEWER AND DRILLS CAME MUCH 'o MORE OFTEN THERE WERE STILL THE WEEKS AND WEEK-ENDS, TRUE. BUT THE WEEKS LASTED LONGER AND THE y WEEK-ENDS WERE SPENT IN TOWN -THE CLASSES AND LABS 7 WERE ALL HELD AGAIN. BUT WE ATTENDED THEM TWICE AS OR. PETRIE'S TEAM THE FIRST GYMNASIUM AN EARLY ENGINEERING GROUP LIBRARY WHEN FIRST COMPLETED