Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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determ motion . . . 4 The days grow short, and the dismal tor- ments fade as Baldwin-Wallace like some great mother goddess spews forth another of its children, the class of 1969, upon the earth to deal with challenges yet untold, to face deci- sions known only in the mind of the great deity, and to live life to its fullest, ending it with perhaps the conviction that in some small way those who shall follow will find the path worn a little smoother. And what will this child 1969 remember of its four years within the womb of its mother college? Shall it recall the periods of hope, the pain of frustration, or the responsibilities of leadership? Or will these memories fade or be distorted as the days herald in the years and the de- cades. Will this child as it grows to an adult recall the blessed lessons of its formation, its excitement as it watched Lee Tressel lead its football team to victory inspiring a surge of unity within its own being? Can this child forget those factors ever pre- sent which spawned its own formation. How long will the spirit of such educators as Dean Donald B. Swegan, or the loss of such com- rades as Thomas L. Lesniak remain fixed in its mind? Shall the spirit of communication, the heat of conflict, and the grave urgings of deter- mination remain a part of this child's growth, or shall all these things fade, beckoning briefly to other children yet unborn. 14