College of St Scholastica - Towers Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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HUNESW tN AND H v $h9AWWWWWWWWWWW 74W 1W 0 N E S T Y I S T H E best policy declares the old proverb. But honesty without policy; honesty through and through without alloy must be the axiom of the student who represents our ideal of honesty in word and deed. For honesty is an element, not a compound. Being simple in its composition it is crystal clear, like the pool of water into which one gazes in order to count the pebbles of its bed. When the honest student gives her word she gives her bond of faith. There is no subterfuge, no subtle excuse, no mental reser- vation in her speech or action. With her, principle stands above expediency and justice above personal gain. God is truth, and since man- kind is made to His image, honesty in word and deed retiects in us the likeness of divinity. Well has Pope declared, An honest man's the noblest work of God . Q

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m m HR IP meeaaasmmwmmm 4W 5W H E O B J E C T O F the intellect is truth, and hence every normal student is desirous of knowledge. Too many, how- ever, desire its fruits without its pains; not so the lover of scholar- ship. She finds ioy in the acqui- sition of knowledge as well as in its possession. She is no blue- stocking, no mere foct-gatherer, who would carry much learned lumber in her head . Nor does she aim to know almost every- thing about something; she would know something about almost everything. The lover of scholarship gathers, from the vast abundance of learning, those treasures of learning which wise old Cicero calls the necessary food of youth, the consolation of age, the adornment of prosperity and the refuge in adversity . We choose for this ideal one who answers the description: She is a scholar and a ripe and good one, exceeding wise, fair- spoken and persuading . Qgg

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Ma Ma ECAUSE THE WORLD needs women who can touch the human spirit and lead it to higher levels of achievement and be- cause one of the objectives of this college is to foster leader- ship, we prize the woman of initiative. Courage and energy are the outstanding traits of the leader . . . the courage to dare, and the energy to do. The woman of initiative is utterly unselfish; moreover, she is tact- ful and broadminded. Though decided in her opinions, and possessed of insight, she can tolerate, and even accept the suggestions of others. She gives generously of her leadership, but uses it for service, not for rule. Thus, her initiative wins universal admiration, and gains for her a following that enables her to carry through her plans. Courage, energy, iudgment, tact, unselfishness . . . an unusual combination! Little wonder that we often hear the statement: The leader, like the poet, is born, not made . IA lVi