Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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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

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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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861,11 0 cgifvwfenfa The chieT aim oT educaTion is To Teach men how To manage Their lives. lT is To puT Them in possession oT such resources as will enable Them To main- Tain a masTery over The many problems oT liTe. WhaT are The qualiTies ThaT go inTo The making oT a de- sirable liTe? No Two people would give ex- acTly The same answer To This guesTion, buT l Think There would be preTTy general agreemenT on The Tollowing: inTellecTual achievemenT and inTellecTual.inTegriTy: proTessional and Technical compeTence in some one Tieldg The abiliTy To appreciaTe arT in aT leasT one oT iTs classic Tormsg lcindliness, sympaThy, and sociabiliTyg good man- ners, reverence, and loyalTy To moral ideals. The varied acTiviTies oT The College, boTh curricular and exTra-curricular, give each sTudenT The opporTuniTy To aTTain These gualiTies. l sincerely hope ThaT each oT you has made The mosT oT This opporTuniTy. ' JOHN A. FISI-TER Page 18