Chatham College - Cornerstone Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The tliaixl i ilic sdiic oL otlui ih.iii ixli imi pi (ii;i alll ami public occasions speakers. Serial times a eai, stucleius aie lioiioreil [or their achievements. 1 hese iiuhuU- Honors l)a , A hi.ii those trills who have maintained .111 oiUsianding academic average receive recognition, Instal- hition Da . when the new officers are officially installed, and the tapping of the new members oi Moi tar Board by the senior members. On such occasions students are hited with the challenge of re-evaluating their own ooals and their oavu standards of excellence.

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liiulitions are the ]oi iile and the (ereinoiiies ol the past leenactetl in the present. Thex ate a pleasant means b Avhich e (onie le ether to sIkiw (jin respect hu what has t one helore anil to ple(lL;e inuseKes to eon- tinue tile ideals which ihal liadilion exeniplilies. I ' nloi ttinately, traili- tions can heconie something; less than ihis. They olten come to rejjresent an empt icremony an obligation to c arr out the molions ol something Avhich is not lelt. For some traditions this is inexitable because vith each generation comes new attitudes and new ideals. But, everyone has always liked to sing. Perhaps lor this reason. Song C ontest has always been the strongest and the most binding ol oni (cremonies. It has survived, not onl because it is a tradilinn but alscj because it is something vhich we hhc U (hi. tradition sur i c ' s when there is a ptn pose — ' i hen that inn- pose is something vhich we can sec- and leel and want to Inllill. ' hc-n we sit, tensc-l - vaitin,!.; lor the erclitt {trddilKiii ' iIlx made more intense b the judges), we leel a sense ol competition — a leeling A hich di icles and at the same time tmilies. 22