Catawba College - Sayakini / Swastika Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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DR. RAYMOND JENKINS Dean of the College I congratulate the editor of the Sayakini and his staff upon the creation of this beautiful volume. The story of the development of printing is a noble chapter in the history of human freedom. From the printed page the student draws inspiration that comes from communion with the great spirits of the race. A good book is, as Milton said, ' the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 7 Though man cannot escape his mortality, there is in all his records some- thing imperishable. This book, like the painted rocks of prehistoric man. contains symbols charged with meaning; it carries a body which perishes and a soul which lives. May you and your classmates, through loving con- templation, relive these happy days and save the soul of this book from oblivion. Sincerely yours, Raymond Jenkins THE 1942 SAYAKINI 13

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THE PRESIDENT My dear Catawbans: Another college year is drawing to a close and the Sayakini now presents you with a record of the events of this year at Catawba College. Sly first wish is to congratulate the editors of this book on the excellency of their work- manship, for more painstaking hours of careful work go into the making of a college annual than most of us realize. Let us therefore hold in grateful affection the editors of the 1942 Sayakini. These are momentous, soul stirring times. The call to duty may come to some of us at any time to serve our country anywhere on this globe. The matters at stake in this war are not the usual economic and commercial in- terests. Such material concerns are of small moment. The issue for which free men are fighting today is the very existence of human freedom. Every- thing which Americans have held sacred since the earliest days is under attack: freedom to think, freedom to speak, freedom to act, freedom to owner- ship, freedom to live one ' s own life. This is why men are fighting all over the world. This is why Catawba boys are now in Burma, on Bataan, in Australia, on the seas, patrolling the air, or in camps all over America. May each of us keep faith with these boys by giving to our task, whatever it may be, the same full measure of devotion. With best wishes to each of you, Sincerely yours. Howard R. Omwake President 12

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•:■ ' ■■■ -: DEANS OF THE COLLEGE To the Editors of the Catawba Annual: This is the sixteenth annual published by Catawba ' s Junior Class since the college was reopened seventeen years ago on ils new campus in Salisbury. These sixteen annuals are a complete record of the history of these years, and portray by their pictures, brief descriptions, and fun the growth which Catawba has made during these years. There was a dearth of material in those earlier years to choose from. Classes and faculties were limited in number, two buildings were on the campus, only one tree (the black walnut at the rear of the library I , existed, and sedge grass and weeds covered the red mud. In spite of the dearth of material, the first annual w : as a very creditable affair. Each succeeding edition has proved to be better than the one preceding it, and I am sure that the 1942 edition will be the best of all. You have chosen an excellent theme upon which to base your annual. What would the world be without the printing press? The staff has had much hard work and many trials in the production of this edition, but I am sure they have also gained much, and I rejoice with them in their success. My congratulations to the staff, and my sincere good wishes to each of you in your future undertakings. Sincerely yours, Willie Augusta Lantz Dean of Women. Congratulations to the Junior Class and their splendid editorial staff for the production and publication of another annual. As in years past, it is a credit to the college and is inevitably the product of many long and tedious hours of work on the part of its editors. Its abiding portrayals of campus happenings through pictures of persons and buildings and sacred campus spots will bring many happy memories to all of us in the years to come, and will help to keep alive our interest and devotion to our alma mater. Joh.x C. Peeler. Dean of Men. 14