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

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. ; feT2 xr a • - COYPTIAN $ RIDC FOREWORD DIRLXG every period of strife enshrouded by the gloom of war or depression, literature suffers an unmerited neglect. Great minds struggle with military and economic problems which allow no respite for enjoying or composing notable literary works. let in spite of the intermittent negligence endured during these fallow seasons, a literary abundance follows as a natural sequence. Out of the obscurity of the darkest eras has emanated the sunshine of the world ' s finest literature. Since the prehistoric age when man ' s efforts to print amounted to crude sketches drawn upon the stone walls of his cave dwelling, printing has undergone many metamorphoses until its transfiguration into the marvel of machinery which is the modern printing press. The development of printing attests to the progress of literature. Each improve- ment on the process of printing marked an increase both in the writing and reading of literature. Thus will it be ever. As long as the presses continue to function, literature will persevere in all its ageless glory despite the ravages of time. Br

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EVERY young man and woman who ever regis- tered as a college student owes an unbelievable debt to the development of printing. Out of centuries of endeavor to popularize the desire for learning has emerged, step by step, almost imperceptibly, the printing press which has made possible the tre- mendous progress of uni- versal education. Like two college stu- dents strolling hand in hand printing and educa- tion have moved together down the ages, forming an interdependency to which one contributes as much as the other. ■

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CUTCNBCRG RoleAtJland ZdUo 2 o uM litUUen i liul. M yi.