Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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And fhis is precisely whaf happens. Again come fhe doubfs, eiecfed fo fhe fore by fhe unorfhodox and fhe unex- pecfed. Somber momenfs and fhoughfs occasioned by fhe evenis and affer- mafh of November 22, 1963. The un- seeming quiefness, bordering on rever- ence, as sfrains of The Alma Mafer gradually reverf back fo fhe heckling of fhe baskefball fans. Differenf sfyles and gradafions of campus characfer are shown af Azar's affer ihe L-M and while informally sacking our. And whaf could be more revolufionary fhan fhe schemafic craziness of The Leap Year Parfy? Or more nondescripf ihan fhe raging Beafles and fheir sianding-room-only audience around fhe TV sef? The menfal, spirifual, physical, and psychological confroniafions are fhus obvious in the college communify. Be- fween fhe 6:00 a.m. silencing of fhe alarm clock and fhe lasf sigh as weari- ness succumbs again fo sleep, fhe sfu- denf subiecfs himself fo fhe influence of exfernal and infernal sfimuli. Buf in fhe midsf of feeling like hu- man pinwheels and yo-yos, ihe reali- zafion emerges fhaf fhe key fo growfh and mafurify is rigorous self-discipline. Vifaliiy in inieracfion arises ouf of ihe cenfral core of infegrify, sincerify, and purpose roofed and uproofed in fhe individual.