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

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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.

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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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AUGUSTANA IN PANORAMA i1 carrgp'al in :59 pomp of Hamecamixg. 1958. presided over by the mm! of Azzgmmm ViiRoyairy. and blue beanies were ever bowed, buttonedf and air- taided to the relentless wills of the sophomore class. YOU fteshmen found orientation of greater value in the activities, discussions, and counseling of an uppetclztssmen orientation leader, a faculty advisor, and a group of fel- low fteshiesu with similar problems, questions, and in- tereSts. Uppetclassmen returning to an already familiar environment found yourselves not so concerned with haz- ing and the first whirl of social events as with the con, struction of the new Student Union building and the Fine Arts Auditorium; the challenge of classes in advanced cal- culus, subjective culture, and Shakespute; and the appli- cation of an educational teiemphasis introduced by the Student Government. The normalcy of routine and usual procedure barely as- serted, the wood and Chicken wire frame: of partially con- structed Heats began to be built in the bus barn, gas sta- tions, and warehousest You remember well a sparkling day in October when the innovation of sevetai visiting marching bands livened the tempo and volume of a COL OrfUI parade, Royal gold and blue were threaded through the majesty of a dignified and nostalgic ViiRoyalty coro- nation ceremony the night before paced to the phrases of By the Mighty Mississippi. The excitement and chal- lenge of the football game with the added support of hundreds who came back to revisit, te-etiact, arid remem- ber was part of the uprtempo of Homecoming. You te- memher the Crowded Homecoming Ball, and the sluggish tension which kept everyone going until the vibrations of the Bell Tower bell announced a freshman girl became a co-ed and sounded the end of Homecoming, 195 8. W001 gloves and boots appeared as the trees grew bare; the stairs to Westetlin cteaked with the cold, and rosy faces testified to the Change in the weather. Your study fever seemed to rise as mid-tetm exams approached, but relief came with Thanksgiving Only to increase again in the rush of pte-Chtistmas activities. There were still coEee tiates, LSA, Stu-U on Thursdays, and Math Club; but you walked faster because it was cold and you had less time in which to get everything done. You found time for the special service in the chapel, for joining the crowds in Mosenfelders :md Younkers just in time for last minute shopping, for :t midnight tray slid- ing party, and for caroling 0n zt snowy bright night. You were caught in the feeling of tht- charity and kindtcdness 0f the season, and faces all around reHeCted the tinseled 13