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

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U I X Presidents Message HAVE You HEARD of ochtahedron and dodecahedron? That they are solids bounded by eight or twelve plane faces isn't very interesting. But that they are the faces of diamonds which reflect beautiful rays is probably more to our point. For we are thinking of a college as a gem, not 'with only eight or twelve or fortyfeight refracting surfaces, but with number' less facets reflecting the light of youthful experiences throughout the days and months of college years. There is the ray of the classroom. Is it green? Not because it reflects the freshman cap for the head within itj but because green is the color of growth. And freshmen do grow-into sophomores, juniors and seniors. The mind expands, it deepens, it gains in discipline and control. Some' times the waves may be almost electrical and violent. But power is there, and there is a phosphorescence on a college campus, reflected in bright eyes and alert attitudes. The rays of fellowship are variegated. They are warm and radiant. Sometimes mystery shrouds the soft illumination when one has caught in the face of the other the light that never was on sea or land. Then, there are the robust and direct rays of friendship with those with whom much is done in common. ls this light white and flameflike, revealing the energy that turns the thousand wheels of campus activities? Nor do we forget the rays of faith and hope and love whose constant gleam should grow clearer as life becomes richer. These are rays reflected from the Source of Light and Life, without whose presence all these other colors would be vain iridescence. Yes, college life at Augustana sparkles. And through the years its reflections will grow more lustrous as these days fade into memory. Yet they are more than reflections. They are abiding realities. f CONRAD BERGENDOFF

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