Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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Algol Mirrors The And behind all this is one other factor. Behind the undisputed scholastic standing, behind the numerous student activities, ever behind the school spirit, there stands another part of Carleton, the true magnitude. This comp onent is almost indefinable, for it can ' t be measured; it is inexplicable, because it isn ' t manufactured. It is the aims of the college accomplished and reaccomplished; the idea that each stu- dent takes with him when he leaves. It is — a realization of humanity. Ports of this realization are recorded in the Bible and the Koran, in the newspapers or shopping lists, even in the college yearbook. The records stand as journals of memories to breathe guidance and inspiration of the past into the knowledge of the future.

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In Words, In Pictures, Illuminating the cosmos in a mysterious but beautiful spectacle is the star, Algol. It radiates its unusual brightness to bring dawn to the heavens and then dis- appears into blackness. It provides a variable quality that increases the mistic wonderment of the star kingdom. For years inexplicable, it now has been explained in the technical language of science, yet still retains an ethereal elegance that cannot be touched by the most modern inventions of mankind. This star possesses a great material composition; but its true magnitude comes with its affect on human realization, the observance of its intangible loveliness. Though but a minute part of the vast dimensions of Stardust, if has a definite uniqueness that gives birth to distinction. The variable quality of this remote heavenly body is expressed in humanity through experience with ever-changing life. This variation and experience is found everywhere, in the religious atmosphere of the church, in the inspirational aspects of the home, in the educational donations of the school. And it is here, in the school, in the college, in particular, Carleton, that this variation and experience culminates. Carleton, synonymous with Algol, has that quality of illumination, of variation, and of uniqueness that makes it, too, a star of reputation. The fabled points of the star, as symbols of Algol ' s diversities, are matched, one by one, in the heterogeneity of the college and what it offers to the star-gazing student. From its dynamic school spirit to each student ' s pride in his college, from its eight o ' clock classes to the champion football team, from its smallest quiz to the senior comps — these are only a glimpse into the complex organism that is Carleton.

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Everchanging Panorama This, then, is what this yearbook strives for — to be the product of the illumination of mind, to be a guide to the social activities, and, most of all, to be the tangible reflection of a realization. It, as an example of the college and of its namesake, serves to furnish the students with the diversity of the events of the year as a compact digest. Recalled at a glance ore the all-important football games, the home- coming dance, the exams that seemed never to end, and the girl down the hall or the fellow in Burton. Page by page it contains the components of the school in picture and word, in both past, present, and future. But the true significance of the Algol lies in that it is more than a record of the college; it is the college. The Algol of Corleton mirrors the Algol of the sky — it is an ever-changing, ever distinctive star.