College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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ODAY Today the College is ... it has become a working reality perhaps exceeding the dreams and plans of the past . . . but more than that, the College is today ' s link be- tween past and future ... an incorporate body in which yesterday ' s symbols are to- day ' s living tradition ... a tradition expand- ing to fill today ' s needs and translating them into more symbols ... to add to to- morrow ' s store of tradition. The greatest of the past . . . men, deeds, and motives . . . live in the College today. They live in significant traditions ... in the titles and ritual of academic occasions ... in the mace of student self-government ... in the names and furnishings of Col- lege edifices ... in the continual existence of traditional organizations ... in the tra- ditions of Homecoming and Colonial Fes- tival ... in the high standards and ideals of academic pursuits. In these symbols, tra- dition continues as a perpetual allegiance to the past. Yet her greatness of today is more . . . the expansion of the old to include the new . . . this is our pride in the College today. Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity . . . still existing in tradition and highest ideals . . . now is symbolized in a modem structure . . . capable of fulfilling the needs of today. In the academic building of traditional names, modern thoughts are presented with the old ... an opportunity to learn of yesterday and today. In the Great Hall ... an environ- ment from the past . . . yesterday ' s Christ- mas customs are mingled with new carols and voices of today. We are honored with royal and distinguished visits . . . remin- iscent of ancient royal ties in a modem role. This is the progress of William and Mary . . . these its present symbols . . . drawn from tradition of the past ... to become the tradition of the future. : : : -fS:

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