Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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the students, but where are shots showing the give and take that went on between them. There seem to be no pictures of the transfer of ideas that passed in classes, in activities, and on the campus as a whole. You can't picture that. But isn't that the most important thing about college? The Workman, George, Van Nostrand or Ducasse that gave his lectures spoke to us in associations of experiences or ideas, and we slaved away at the end of the semester till three packs of cigarettes and many kilowatt hours later we turned in a term paper with our own two bits in it. Others were able to learn from Prof. Adams that two bits and two bits are four bits and then went on to abstract mathematics. Of course we wanted our i pEvser o two bits to add up to a C or higher, but then many of the professors didn't add the same way we did. It's all a matter of associations. You asso- ciate gut with C and no work, you link grind with much work, and so on. Finally it came to the point where you associated yourself with the character in a book, a formula, or history and actually learned something. Even more important, you associated yourself with Man, and even some- times with won The result was idealism and marriage. There is no end to where this kind of thought will lead one. Usually in circles, I think, so let's not chase the academic tail. But wait, this all brings to mind the rumors circuit, or the campus grapevine, which was the biggest

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curricular activity took place, shortly followed by the girl's rush to sign in. When returning our dates to Wheaton the matter was a little more complicated, and the time problem once more depended on the speed of your automobile and the graciousness of constables, Attleboro police, or State Highway patrol. Those who drove Austin Healey's, M. G.'s or Porsches were especially for- tunate, and those who thought their standard American makes were as fast as the sport cars were sometimes not fortunate at all. It's all rela- tivel This last expression was one of the most . et - i.l...'?.l.i'l.'!: u . . L . o . - . . b . - . - - . d L . . . i R L L g important I ever learned, for on numerous occa- sions since, it has acquitted me the victor on any philosophical discussion. Oh, the merits of edu- cation. There seem to be a lot of things that happened in those four years that the camera missed. Then I guess the camera of our mind is always a better product than Eastman Kodak's finest. It sees more and can feel what it sees. Also it can make associ- ations between objects. I guess that education is a matter of associations. There are pictures of the faculty of the university. There are pictures of l. '......'.. ..'. - k4 - . e i - - - t L . . hd E L . i 0 - L

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criminal in associating names and ideas. We were never amazed by what came hot off its wires. Take the unprecedented civic convocation for in- stance. Apparently people figured that since the university had never done this sort of thing before, there must be some catch to it, and that something big was to be announced. President Woriston's retirement, we understood, was the popular favorite at 5-2 if two announcements were made it was even money to place, but plans for a freshman quadrangle were never out of the running and went oft at about 4-1. We didn't take too much stock in all this, because it didn't seem likely that the president of a prominent Cambridge institution would be invited to Providence to play second fiddle in the violin section, while the lanfare and publicity was deliberately aimed in another di ion. As thinegs turned out, both Wriston and the new quad were still running while the completely unexpected happenedthings went off exactly as planned in the papers. This all shows that things aren't what they seem to be always, but then you can never count on that, either. Abandon your grapevines, before you go down with the ship!