Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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Beyond the span of intellectual growth we come face to face with other people. We find friends to share our dreams and hopes, our fun, our disappointments. We throw ourselves into gay activity; wc party with savage intensity. Blaring music, shuffling feet, crowded rooms, coarse laughter—this is fun. It is collegiate. This earthy vitality is the role of youth. We thrive on conforming to nonconformity and laugh at those who dare to be normal. We fear emotion. We hide fierce loyalty behind nonchalance. And this becomes the theme of everyday existence. Live it up! Three cheers for revelry! Burn the cigarette at both ends—Time is of the essence. n

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In wind and rain, on cold days and Frosty nights, the library remains the center of activity. The accelerated, chaotic pace of the opening days of school soon settles to the monotonous tempo of routine. We find ourselves engrossed in study, always behind, and always over-worked. We trudge through the mundane tasks of eating, studying, sleeping. Burning the midnight oil becomes commonplace. Tests, parallel and term papers are interminable. Days come and go and roll over us with bleak consistency, so that we lose perspective and wonder at our purpose. We sometimes forget that we determine whether we live or merely exist. There is something of ourselves that we must give and something of others that we must take, and it is up to us either to fail or to succeed.

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The fall freezes into icy winter. The temperature drops and icicles form. The cold is bitter. It chaps and stings. The wind howls as it whips around the corner. The snows come to hide Winter's nakedness. In the quiet hush of night the snow drifts slowly downward covering the earth in pure, virginal white. And then comes Christmas, the season of joy and cheer! Carols play above the rattle of dishes and the chatter of hungry students. We plaster the campus with holly and evergreens and mistletoe, and bells and lights and red ribbons and gold sprays—all those things that bring warmth and happiness to the holiday spirit. Smiles become brighter and eyes dance in merriment. The familiar sights of Christmas welcome us at every turn—bustling shoppers, gaily wrapped packages, colorful cards. The round of parties begins, and with it, the exchanging of many gifts and sincere Best Wishes.” Studies are temporarily forgotten as the Spirit of Christmas pervades the campus.