Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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' pareouwid To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, I he foe that comes with fearful eyes; 1 o count the life of battle good And dear the land that gave you birth, And dearer yet the brotherhood I hat binds the brave of all the earth. Clifton Chapel —Sir I lenry Newbolt As one wanders through his years at Belleville Junior College, a half-intelligent look on his face and a pile of half-used books under his arm, his thoughts follow not unusual lines; i.e., how much he is going to study next semester, how he can bamboozle his diet teacher into an A, and how he can convince the blonde who sits next to him in math class that he is not a wolf. I le also thinks vaguely of the future, not realizing the contribution his plaving time in BJC is making to the realization of that future. School life is the game itself: the major vehicle to the future. How well one studies, disciplines him¬ self, and learns to stand up under pressure deter¬ mines whether he makes the team, is a second-stringer, or is dropped. Competition for the varsity—the top¬ flight student domain — is stiff, but the number of students who may make it is unlimited. The class¬ es arc the field of action where all are equal until each proves himself otherwise. 1 he times-out for social activities, sports events, or just plain loafing provide the breathing spells. These are the moments when one really gets to know’ his teammates, most of whom will lx 1 soon forgotten, but a few of whom will remain on his side for years. I he coaches are the teachers, who all have some advice, some stimulation for their students. Although they are now’ on the sidelines, they have not been there always. They are the harassers, directors, com¬ forters in the bitter struggle to grow Some of the people at BJC may not be in the college game for long, but this game is only the stepping stone to the future. Everyone is permanent¬ ly a member of the game of life, no matter on what field he plays, who his teammates are, or under what rules he is playing. The goal of his minor league play at BJC is only this: to become prepared for the bigger, more important game of living. 3

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