East Texas State University - Locust Yearbook (Commerce, TX)

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by a fraternity or a sorority all of these are e- To propose to cover a school year in words and pictures, as a school yearbook tries to do, is only an ad- mission of naivetef Life in college is so much deeper than the surface picturing of classes, dances, political campaigns, dates, and graduation, that it defies any attempt to be portray- ed in publication form. Yet a yearbook must try to do this so that students y may have a visual record of their year. The pangs l of dread that you might s have failed an admission examination, the joys of accomplishment as you get a glimpse of a new frontier of knowledge, the bitter ache that follows a turned down dance invi- tation, the all-important ambition to be accepted

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motions of college life that can never be pictured with a camera or describ- ed with words and a typewriter. Yet, to give an accurate picture of college life, this must be attempted, despite the certain failure the editors foresee. The college student is a unique phase of modern society, and students of East Texas State take a place as a proud part of this group. Last fall, as classes started, sports and club activities took most of the spare time of stu- dents before mid-semes- ter grade reports called l attention to the neglect- ed books. To supplement the twang of the hillbilly ballad, and earthy plea-