Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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xx . THE VICTORY BELL HAS RUNG The year at Augie which this book presents ha: been the year to which .rtudents have been looking forward. The war is over. Men whom we had seen leave for ser- vice are back on campus. Life at Augie has been gfddw Melly reMrning to the normal prewar days. But gold stars on the honor roll remind us of those who will never return. It i: to them we dedicate this hook. With it goes the hope that never again will our Vikings have to Ieave Augie to 163191? a war. Yes, the victory hell has mug . . . the hell which has always sounded victory in athletic contests . . . the hell which calls student: together for chapel every morning . . . the hell which announced the end of the war in Europe and in Asia . . . the hell which symbolizes the Viking tradition. Ami through the years it will continue to ring, to remind those who listen of the ideals and tra- ditions :for which Aagids sons and daughters fought and died.