Douglass College - Quair Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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These are examples of material progress, but of course, the most important part of our progress has been the spirit in back of the various innovations. Although we realize that there is still a long way to go, we like to feel that the class of '50 has been responsible in part for this spirit. That is the theme of the yearbook, but it's all very subtle, so don't be upset if you don't find quotations about progress all through the book, and lengthy dissertations on what this or that group has done for the cause. just remember that we're talking in terms of spirit, which is very hard to comment on with plains, ordinary words. X at 'WV 'TQ , X as

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First, let us say that everything in this book is exactly where you find it, as has been the custom for a number of years. Most people will immediately turn to the middle of the book to look at the senior pictures and writeups. We considered putting them in another place just to surpriseyou and because we thought that you might accidentally read some- thing else in the process of hunting, but this idea was thrown out early on the principle that it was a low trick to pull on such a nice lot of people. There is a theme to this book. It has to do with progress, and, as you can see by the dedication fif you haven't read it, for heaven's sake do it now or you won't know what we're talking aboutj, we believe that NJC has made a great deal of progress in these four years. The honor system has come down to earth where everyone can see it as a working, practical thing rather than a lofty ideal--rules have been made more flexible--we decided that later hours of return on the weekend would not interfere with our value judgments- and we came to the conclusion that it would be possible to be cheerleaders for the Rutgers football team and still retain our dignity.

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