College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Pre-performance pow-wows insure good luck to the actors. actresses and crews of each Little Theatre production. jQMgQ MMJ 2g6 emw pow-wows, pennies, and parties . . . The college grows in size and in ideas . . . the campus and curriculum were enlarged . . . Old Main was but the beginning . . . or fire destroyed it in 1901 . . . today five classroom buildings, a library, five dormi- tories, a hospital, administration building, gym, student union, stadium and veterans' units sprawl over the campus . . . tennis courts, the golf course and Galpin park, beautiful in every season . . . Wooster always building. In Wooster's first years the academic world revolved around the Classics . . . but changes have come . . . In the 20's Dr. Wishctrt won a debate to include evolution in the sciences . . . in 1948 the Independent Study program was inaugurated under Dr. Lowry's leadership . . . a program to be 0: creative adventure in selfediscipline and self-discovery, the first of such creative adventures throughout CI student's life. Annual Christmas Tree Party on the quad-tree raising followed by carol singing. Jim Andress helps With the lights.

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Whom c 5 making new traditions - keeping the old . . . The midpoint of the twentieth century . . . a changing world . . . CI big world for the student who is searching for his place in it . . . for four years he has a world of his own . . . it is a world of work and play . . . of inspiration and discouragement . . . he listens, interprets, creates . . . he wonders and often doubts . . . he evaluates and builds . he finds new acquaintances, new experiences, new meanings . . . he finds it an idealistic world . . . but Ct fighting idealism is the best tool in CI real world. In college days . . . cm old phrase, perhaps time-worn . . . but, like many traditions, CI revelation of memories . . . memories of a way of life . with new ideas man fulfills himself . . . new ideas build upon the old . . . time builds upon time . . . traditions link the present with the past . . . and weave a continuous golden thread of meaning into the future. Graduation under the elms on the quad . . . Chuck Wil- liams '50, received his diploma from Dr. Loer at the 80th commencement.