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

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ments but also in a position in society and participation in Iifc which is characterized by an alert and intelligent adult perspective supported by a philosophy of life based on faith and integrity, Axrgmtmm i: mzmy Mingt: a study session in the stacks, a coffee date at Sth, ice-skating 0n the pond behind Westerlin, a football game on :1 golden afternoon, the understanding of a philosophical concept in a 2 am. talk, the excitement of a literary masterpiece at your finger- tips, EL still damp Olimrver on a Thursday afternoon. It is the maturing of an adult, the enjoyment of a youngster; the curiosity of a child turned into intellectual endeavor; the honest appreciation of life, and the knowledge of what it means. It Is asking questions and finding an- swetSJand discovering that some quesrions have :10 an- swers. It iuCludES the expectations of the Iast few months of a college career and the breathless hnality of a ribbon- encircled diploma. Yet, Augustana is a yOung man or a young woman, applying the knowledge, principles, and understanding gained in a College career. Arzgtmana i; all this Mr! more. t . . Angmmna it a life. YE OLDE OAKEN DOORS af Amireen Hall are rarely mrngt at mcb a moment of imttz'w'tj'. HIGH ON THE HILL, the DEJerwiar t-plrxrremriltm will teem :1: atom to Ike mm m Augieitet do after climbing the niizety-Jeweu :1ng to the propomi location.

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the laundry facilities, the living lounges on each floor, and the handsome dining room are a part of the memories of an upperclassmanecmd tbi: 1'; Arxgmtana. The plans which will in months and years become real- ized are already part of the total picture of Augustana. An observatory, bequeathed to the college, will some day be erected on the hill at the top of the stairs leading to the upper campus. Below it will stand the new Augus- rana Student Union, for which the present student body has planned and worked so long. Westerlin Hall will have a new wing equal in size and facilities to the present structure. Long-range plans involve the utilization of more land and augmented building programs. This is growth and progress, and it 1': par: of Angmmrm, Augusmna is still more than her physical attributes or her sentimental memories. She is a tradition rooted in the 01:1 World universities of the Scandinavian countries. Graduates of Uppsala 21nd Lund in Sweden as immigrants to the Middle Western areas of America started the col- lege near Chicago. For a while Augustana was located in Paxton. Illinois, but since 1875 its home has been in THE NEW AND THE OLD are in sharp comm: agaimt the winter :ky 3727 the modem final of lleerliu Hall arid the natrmzl anziine of hhe oak treei in from of it. Rock Island. In 1948 Augustana was separated from the Seminary, which now has its own administration. The cule rural heritage of the college is rich in the traditions of the Scandinavian countries, and the appreciation of this herit- age is part of the liberal arts goal of the school. Augustana is a highly accredited institution of higher learning, The prime goal of the college has always been scholarship and, in recognition of its achievements, Special attainments are frequently acknowledged in many depart, ments; and certain organizations of the College, such as the Augusmna Choir and the Handel Oratorio Society, have won national recognition. Augustana is also out- standing in the helds of debate and oratory, and the natural sciences. The academic standards of the school are very high, and graduation requirements are centered around the emphasis on a sound liberal arts background for every graduate in any held. The most Outstanding achievement of Augusmna is the position of its graduates in every profession and occupa- tion. The graduate of the college has distinguished him- self not only in technical and vocational accomplishe

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THE STUDENT STORY ON THE AUGUSTANA CAMPUS, the unpacking of boxes of books and the rehanging 0f bulletin boards hailed the arrival of fall :15 surely as the crackle of dry leaves and the biazing c010: of the foliage. The dome of Old Main stood out vividly green against the violent blue of the autumn sky, and you were one of the leisurely strollers who were walking back from the Drug with ice cream cones in a last attempt to catty the pleasures of carefree summer days into the hrst few weeks of the school year. After all the business of tests, registration, and immediate freshman orientation were over, the bell in the Bell Tower peeled the call to Convocation; various times you answered the ring With the eager re5ponse of evenings spent in the dull gray cubicle of a study desk in the stacks, of the resonant spirit of u fevet-pitched game of football, 0f :1 quiet hour in the Seminary chapel, of the challenge in the discovery of a new idea, or of the pleasure of :1 hand clasped in yours. Soon you established a Certain pattern of regularity of activity, and yet the pattern was broken up by the notes of more vivid memories which sounded throughout the year. The colopsplashed autumn campus was vitallzed with ac, tivity and promise, and the hell was rung on golden after- noons when spirited crowds cheered the Viking force on the fOOtball heldirEgurdless of victory or defeat. Celebrai tion of :1 win would call for a cup of coffee at a chipped brown table in the fttepluce room of Sth and excited discussion of the chances for a victory in the next game. The days and weeks of fall were also filled with the orientation of both freshmen and uppetclassmen. Gold wAUGUSTENA REVISITED BEGINS with the tmioading of a few hecejmry item: IIMI every ro-cd needJ for 19W nine moullu' Hay.