Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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FOREWORD The 1933 LIBER BRUNENSIS, in its seventy-fifth an niversary publication, paused to review the past of the LLIBER and the history and traditions of Brown Univer- sity. This reminiscence was appropriate and is a practice that no undergraduate can afford to neglect After this look into the past, the 1934 LIBER has chosen to swing again into the cadence of the March of I'ime. It was the custom in the not distant past to sur- round one's self with traditions, frequently to direct one's thoughts to the ambitions and achievements of our fathers and the customs and ideals which they set up for us to follow. Society was made constantly conscious of 'the old days''. A considerable measure of this is both wise and necessary. The modern trend is toward a new emphasis. The past is dropping to the horizon of our modern vision. If it accompanies us on our forward journey, it is seen in the light of today and in the whirl of activity of present day existence. We cannot afford to pass our time mainly in the backward look. We must direct our course ahead. striving incessantly to advance to greater heights. Forward progresschange where change is warrantedthese are the watchwords. Turn backward? Never. Strive ever for the higher. Allow nothing to become stagnant 'he 1934 L IBER. rested by its year of pause, figura tively takes a deep breath and enters the stream flowing toward better days to come. While only part of its mis sion and its ideal has been attained, the 1934 LIBER BRU NENSIS steps forth upon the campus embodying many innovations and changes and with its face to the future which the world of today demands Iy 1y

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PR S 73 Dudley Mtrest mleENCHL R. I BER INENSIS 934

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LIBER BRUNENSIS 1934 The Annual Publication of the Undergraduate Body of Brown University in the City of Providence, Rhode Island