Central Methodist University - Ragout Yearbook (Fayette, MO)

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Introdzwtory ores Lite is a sym ony l inti etail, of myriad harmonies that b ' ' d toge f i th tempo ol the whole. 'N th the wi' ing 1- -gato that fea- tures colleg us ton ibrating on the personalities of the s nts, t Central. Form- ing around this chief th Q the symphony ofthis- allow us one more-ye of destiny played itself so naturally in our mind at we had only to hold it together long enough o put it down on our score For you. As we built our tone poem from single outstanding notes struclt by you-Fleeting images-we were actually startled at the unity of the Finished picture., The movements fell smoothly together r your confused First impressions, gaining sere t in development of the theme, and Force i ur ried overthe longer passages, d, N. '4 Cl6f182l ously near cacophony, the ov rall He t was of a group of serious seelcers h a e 1- a ove petty annoyances, yet are co tan ,. striv -- for shown them they must attain. . Through the year we have :sued you-in b the new heights to which the V- - arge has the classroom, across the town . a campus, into your rooms, and, we hope, into ur very dreams --and have tried to catch in the music derived therefrom enough to bring baclc vividly-as only good m ' n--the succession of moments- gra d Flippant, wild and serene, tense and ed blue and happy-that was your expe- ri ce on a college campus in 1947. W , as the First chords ol remembrance are frenzied GCfiVitYf and rushed to 6 l1i8lW 6 ' - stru s . . threads of harmony recalled . . . . f O I ing climax in the Finale. Spurts ol brill V, ce If Page 6

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Vearboolcs of the past decade have thoroughly exhausted themes ol, and dedlcatlons to, symbols ol war It IS therefore, wuth an especial sense ol the Fortunate that we are able to turn to emblems ol attempted stablllty lor our dedlcatlon, more spe cuhcally, to the IDSDIVIDQ notes ol the creeds ol the world, spe clhcally, to those ol our own l.1nn Memorial Church May all religions struggle to adjust themselves to the needs ol conlused humanity, to match the emotional value ol the wealth ol great music based on them and to approach the practlcal Goals set belore them by their lounders

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