Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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These young men and women were probably more alike upon entering the University than they will be upon leaving it. For in the interim, much in them has developed. They have become more mature, more sophisti- cated, more complex. They have become individuals rather than members of a type. They have learned much — from their teachers, from their studies, and, perhaps most of all, from their association with the other individuals that make up the Boston College community. 12

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mature in every possible way. They are interested and curious in the class- room, open-minded in their dealings with fellow students, and sincere in their desire to learn. It is impossible to generalize about the typical Boston College student. He simply does not exist. If he did, this institution would have failed as a university. College, in the best sense, was never designed to turn out assembly line products. For every one who will fit a neat category, there are a thousand that cannot be classified. Besides, no one will ever act as a typical B.C. student, but as an individual, and that is as it should be. 11

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Their knowledge of scholastic philosophy and modern languages will perhaps be dulled and slip away during the years after graduation. The nanne and course of their favorite teacher will perhaps even be forgotten. There will be no further contact with the members of the bull session groups. But all of these will have gone into making the person that moves on from Boston College and makes his way in the world. Later in life, if an honest summation were to be made, they would have to point back to the Heights and admit, A great deal of me was created at Boston College. 13