Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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7 WELCUME f fl-In MFL College is many things to people. To some it is the stepping-stone to the future, composed of books, professors, buildings, endless classrooms, and the search for knowledge. There is more to the fulfill- ment of college and college life, however. There are other days, other times.

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Biesecker Gymnasium represents and reflects the Well-roundedness that typifies the liberal arts education. Here the ac- tivities and accomplishments of the mind find complement through the attunement of a vigorous body. Here the athletic, not necessarily varsity, find fulfillment. Here competition, with all its ramifications, is met and here the theory of sportsmanship, so vital to our nation, is promulgated.

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hat is a college . , . after its class hours? It is a lazy autumn afternoon . . returning alumni. A fraternity,s display . . . a crowning of a queen mid band and court. It is a football game played before a throng , . . it is the hoarse voice of Sunday morning, after the game, after thc cheering . . . the slow ache of competitive bodies. It is the captured future of a promised mo- ment found in a dance, a snatch of song. It is a way of life, a shaping of individ- uals. It is a rush, a pause, and again a maddening rush. It is a hesitation at a future time When, grayed by years, subtle thoughts flit back to tempt us . . time out of mind, of days gone by Where We had our beginning, our point of departure. How well we then remember . . . . remember. i