Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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We think with reverence of Furman, our home away from home. She is a melting pot of people, ideas, moods. We have come to her from sundry backgrounds, blending our own peculiar traits into the unique environment that is our campus. Furman is what her people are: theirs, her victories; theirs, her sorrows. She is built with the sweat and tears and blood of those who have long since gone. Her foundations rest on hallowed ground. But it is only in the present that we can Build a greater Furman for a greater Tomorrow. And if we build in faith and hope, the bright, tangible reality of today will be tomorrow. 18

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With mixed emotions we face Graduation. Junior-Senior and May Day, term papers, dorm gossip, house parties, empty mail boxes—all these are left behind. Today becomes the Past. We look back on the half-forsotten incidents of fun and laughter, the many hours of leisure conversation, treasured friendships, personal moments of self-evaluation, belated comprehension of another’s needs. We see these experiences as gadflies, always forcing us to look beyond ourselves, uniting us in spirit, molding us into “loyal sons and true.

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. . . a golden memory. 19