Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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THE ACHIEVEMENT The classroom . . . that unit of college life . . . where we sat. . . through hours . . . and hours ... of lectures and recitations . . . and tests. . the end that we . . . might reach some . . . beckoning goal . . . might know some thing of . . . lasting . . . worth . . . might better understand . . . life . . . and what it means to u.s. Hours of listening . . . and learning . . . seeming to revert to childish patterns of . . . follow the leader . . . as we moved through mazes . . . of ideas . . . and theories . . . and eoiieepts. Trusting that . . . sometime ... we would glimpse . . a broader vision . . . and wondering. . . at the rare views wc had ... of what lies ahead. IIoui ' s of classroom existence . . moments of failure ... of marking time . . . tiien . . . ])rogress . . . into that ever broadening field of knowledge

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BOOK ONE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CLASSROOM

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of THE CLASSROOM ... its hundred gates opened for us ... by our guides . . . the faculty. English Lit . . . bringing its riches of a hundred centuries . . . Chaucer . . . Milton . . . the majesty of the Avon bard. History . . . parading before us . . . in all the glory ... of sceptre and ermine ... in all the dishonor of war . . . and intrigue. Art I ... II ... Ill ... IV and Music with balance and sequence and scales . . . Lab exercises . . . explosions . . . H S. . . Geo- graphy courses in which we attempted ... to dissect the world . . . Hours in the library . . . searching . . . reading . . . writing . . . whispering. The classroom ... its familiar routine bounded by bells ... its scholarly atmosphere drawing forth . . . the best in us . . . setting us on a common plane ... of friendship . . . and scholarship . . . directing us to a common goal ... of achievement.