Grand View University - Viking Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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THIS IS OUR SCHOCL . . . Since iT wois Tounded in 1896, Grond View College hos been o Tocol poinT of The ocTiviTies oT The Americon Evongelicdl l.uTheron Church. BUT more Thon ThoT, our school hos been on inspirc1Tion ond hos poinTed The woy Tor TiTTy-seven groduoTing closses. The yeors hove seen o winTer school ond on ocodemy come ond go, buT The junior college hos gone on, sTrengThened roTher Thon weolcened by Two world wors ond o globol depression. These greoT evenTs ond The mony liTTle ones ThoT moke up doy-To-doy ond yeor-To-yeor exisTence ore consToinTly Toding inTo The whole ThoT is Grond View's rich ond mellow posT. The presenT-doy componenTs of This hisTory ore To be Tound oT The very core of The school. ThoT core is The sTudenTs Tor whom The college exi:sTs ond To whom iT owes iTs exisTence. NOT in The sonorous proclomoTions of o visiT- ing lecTurer, nor in The business-like exploncnions oT on insTrucTor, buT in The sTudenTs' comings ond goings, Their noises ond silences, Their doings ond Their undoings lies The essence of iT. K And of iusT whoT is This essence, This life of The sTudenT composed? His purpose is educciTion ond he connoT help buT receive iT, in closs or ouT, every woking hour. The seTTing Tor This mony-sided dromoi is The compus ond iTs buildings. BuT roTher Thon show some sTuTTy porTroiTs of The exTeriors of Old Moin ond The Girls' Dorm ond The oThers Cpgsed pgrfrgifg of buildings mn be every biT os sTiTT ond unexpressive os Those of peoplel o glonce in- side, where oilmosT everyThing reollyTokes ploce, is in order. The sTuTT of This wonderful life of ours hos mony ToceTs, some big, some liTTle, buT dll of Them imporTc1nT. Since Tor mony of us The college is home dwoy from home, o doily, or QT leosT ci weekly visiT To The big mciilbox ouT TronT is riTuol- 5

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The lobby ond lounge oT Old Moin ore The locii, The crossroods of compus doings. IT would be less diTTiculT To recounT vvhoT hosn'T hop- pened here Thon vvhoT hos. Adjoining These ore The closs- rooms, The coTeTerio, The od- minisTroTive offices, neorby, The librory, ond upsToirs, The chopel ond The men's dor- miTory. Seen is o Typicol room occupied by Two Typi- col sTudenTs, in o quieTer momenT.