Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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the howcanl pre-registerfornext semesterwhenl'm failingthisone dilema as well. Primal screams, group hugs, and library socials mark the modern era of Brown traditions. One cannot forget the tradi- tional trip to Health Services during at least one of your un- dergraduate exam periods for more details, refer to a Psych 1 textbook under stress-related ill- ness and hypochondria. There are still those elements that loom beyond time: be it only the constant marking of time as University Hall rings in the ten minute mark before classes and the Unitarian Church tolls each hour also. Something lasting moves you to applaud the last lecture of all your courses, whether transcen- dent or tedious. Beyond the Josiah Carberry days and screeches and bells, there is a process of real growth hopefully taking place for all those connected with this liberal arts institution. This growth is tradition that lends all the oth- ers validity. Unfortunately, given recent financial pressures pre- professional trends, and the spectre of University as corpora- tion, it is more difficult than ever before for most of us to absorb Brown's real 'tradition': to ap- preciate stretching your person- al limits as a goal in itself; to ab- sorb yourself in things that really interest and stimulate you as opposed to those things that might move you into a good grad school. Visions of the future make it hard to appreciate the present that Brown is and can be. If Brown is to continue as a leader in liberal education it must stress the value of learning for learning's sake - value which we must share with our past just as we share the dazzling views from our perches on College Hill of sunsets over Providence. Without recognizing the lasting tradition of spreading knowledge and encouraging growth, all the other Brunonian traditions fade faster than that dazzling sunset. Without Kecognizing The Lasting Tradition Of Spreading Knowledge And Encouraging growth, All The Other Brunonian Traditions Jade Faster Than That Dazzling Sunset. Epstein

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