Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Qdflfl 0 carry The years spenT by sTudenTs on a col- lege campus are inTer- esTing and proTiTable. LiTe long Triendships are Tormedg TalenTs are discovered and developed by parTici- paTion in campus ac- TiviTiesg group living is enioyed. ln The class rooms greaT areas oT knowledge are opened To The in- TellecTually curious: horizons are broad- ened: minds are liberaTed. There is, in TacT, no adeguaTe sul3sTiTuTe Tor a cal- lege educaTion in The Tull meaning oT The Term as a ToundaTion Tor gracious and useTul living in The years which Tollow. Through The media OT prinTed words and picTures, This year boolc will yield greaT saTisTacTion in The immediaTe and disTanT TuTure. lT will serve as a parTial record Tor The l946-47 academic year and a reminder oT signiTicanT evenTs oT ThaT l3rieT period. Of greaTer imporTance, however, will be iTs use as a connecTing linlc beTween you and Alma MaTer. As such iT will possess an enduring value, beneTiTing boTh The College and a generaTion OT iTs sTudenTs. ' C. WARD MACY O Page 16

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!Q'e5ic!enIf2 medmge This ACORN is a record oT The TirsT normal year aT Coe since l94O. While The war was over lasT year, The men did noT begin To come back To The campus very rapidly unTil The spring quarTer. BUT The academic year '46-'47 has seen The renewal oT a greaT number oT Things: a Tull schedule oT aThleTic games, a revival oT war-dormanT acTiviTies, a more normal disTribuTion oT men and women, and a wholesome revival oT inTeresT in liberal sTudies. While The sudden expansion To peaceTime ways has caused some crealc- ing aT The ioinTs and shown some laclcs in physical conveniences, l Think we all had a good year. Perhaps The mosT imporTanT Thing Tor The College iTselT has been The launching oT our CenTennial Campaign Tor The Alumni Social STudies Building and Tor The Fine ArTs Building. We hope These buildings can be erecTed by The Time we celebraTe our TirsT one hundred years oT progress in I95 I. As our youngesT alumni class, '47 will wanT To have a parT boTh in shaping our plans and in seeing Them broughT To TruiTion. ln my Travels around Toalumni groups, l have learned abouT The inTeresT and aTTecTion oT hundreds oT our alumni. You who are graduaTing This year have ample reason To be proud oT your disTinguished predecessors, and They, in Turn, may Talce iusT pride in you. I hope you will noT TorgeT ThaT we oT The campus Tamily shall Tollow your progress wiTh greaT concern, ThaT we shall applaud your successes and sorrow wiTh your misTorTunes. Keep alive your inTeresT in Coe, your TosTering moTherg iT will mean much boTh To her and To you. We shall always welcome your re- Turns, and we shall always wish The very besT oT everyThing Tor each oT you. Sincerely, BYRON S. l-TOLLINSI-TEAD

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80,11 0 Olflflfelflf Thinking persons are becoming more and more conscious oT The symbolic na- Ture oT culTure, and The concepT symbol is being examined Trom every angle. We learn Thaf words are buT symbols OT ideas and ThaT a lack oT common meanings oT words leads To a lack oT undersTanding beTween and among persons and beTween and among groups. There is an eTTorT being made To seek ouT The symbols which seem To have common meanings and on These symbols To place much responsibiliTy Tor The developmenT oT common purposes and common acTion. A college campus has symbols which Tend To have similar, if noT idenTical, meanings Tor The members oT The college communiTy. The sTained-glass win- dows in The Chapel are such symbols. The TooTball Tield, WillisTon l-lall, The columns on The porch oT Voorhees, The shady paTh ThaT leads To The men's gymnasium are oTher symbols. These Things are a parT oT campus liTe and They have somewhaT similar meanings Tor The college group. The ACORN is The one symbol which keeps The common meanings alive. IT is invaluable To Those who need a reminder oT Their membership in The Coe communiTy. IT is mosT comTorTing To Those who need The securiTy which comes Trom knowing ThaT one really belongs, ThaT one has common inTeresTs and common purposes wiTh all The men and women who make up The TraTerniTy which is Coe. ALICE B. SALTER