Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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AT The momenT, noThing is more evidenT Than The disrupTion oT everyday liTe by The world's chaos - and The rouTine oT college has noT been immune. BuT when The caTaclysms oT our generaTion have been embalmed in The hisTory books oT The nexT, There will be much ThaT is unchanged, as well as much ThaT is new, under The heading oT TradiTion aT Earlhamf' No elemenT in This TradiTion is sTronger Than youTh and The idealism oT youTh . . . This is The common denominaTor oT all sTudenT generaTions. We have all been The pupils oT Today, sTudy- ing The pasT in order To build The TuTure. We have aTTacked The roTTenness oT our inheriTed world and ToughT To preserve iTs decen- cies in an unbroken conTinuiTy which persisTs in spiTe oT The changes ThaT each year brings. When we look back on This year aT Earlham, we will, oT course, recall ThaT The men were conspicuous by Their absence, ThaT The seniors barely Tilled Tive rows in chapel, +ha+ Bundy became a house divided. BUT beyond all These Things we will recognize ThaT, aTTer The newness and closeness have worn away, iT will be only one more link in The long chain oT years, pasT and TuTure, ThaT go inTo The making oT Earlham. - This has been our perspecTive in creaTing This Sargasso. We have soughT The paTTern underlying The maze oT organizaTions and acTiviTies which crowd our college hours, and in This book we pre- senT our Tindings - a year ThaT is oT once unique and TradiTional: I 944 aT Earlham 7

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Earlham l-lall There is a warm digniTy and spaciousness abouT our campus. lTs green lawns, old Trees, red brick and whiTe columns have been Tor Tour years The quieT and lovely background oT our lives. These buildings on The quadrangle are The molds in which our hours were casT, and beyond Them The back campus, Clear Creek woods, The pines, The kicking posT, - The Cem. l-lere we have waTched The Turning oT The leaves, The pines heavy wiTh snow, The Tlowering oT The redbud and dogwood ThaT mark The seasons oT The year and oT our hearTs. 8