Hamline University - Liner Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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On page forty-Iwo , . . Apollo and Dionysus would have felt at home at Hamline this year. Unlike the current trend nationally, our Greek system seems to grow and thrive more each year. Togas and grapes, torches and olive branches - all the trappings were there as we performed the ancient Grecian rites, making our rooms and houses into slightly too insular city-states. . . .and a Way of Life Revisited and Recaptured 5 5 ywvfqfwd ' 'W R On page fffy-.tix '.,, Coedueational living on a small scale was the innovation at Drew this year. and alter two semesters. nearly all agreed that it was highly successful. XX'hile unable to match some of the attractions of Drew. the lira- ternity houses presentetl other advantages ancl were iilletl throughout the year. as were Sorin Hall and Kianor llouse.

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PROLOGUE . . . The summons to recall and recount what it means to be a college student always elicits a multifarious response from the group challenged by the proposal. For some, university life represents the perfect opportunity for the singular to become a part of the collective - for the individual to make eiofective and constructive use of his talents and interests within the group setting, to devote his time and his energies to organiza- tional activity and specialized projects. For others, college means the chance to get away from home and-in dorm, fraternity, or society-make new friends and set new patterns, enjoy the freedom of being alone, learn to accept responsibility to the residence family as a whole, and have fun and fellowship and good times together. For certain persons, college is culture - the theatre, speech, art, and music - and the chance to enrich one's knowledge and talentsg the opportunity to develop mature concepts of ap- preciation, the joys and inspirations, the despair and sorrow that such appreciation can bring. Yet others remember college as a place of athletic activity Q where the rules of good sports- manship take on added meaning, where pent emotions and energies are given sudden release, and where school loyalty reaches dazzling heights. Some recall the social aspects of life as a college student - and find richest meaning in the hundreds of experiences shared with others at dances, parties, picnics and pow-wowsg in hazing, pranks, and crazy stunts, in contests and at Carnivals, in a mul- tiplicity of campus life situations. There are those, finally, who believe that a college's fullest meaning lies, above all, in the academic - the challenge to become better informed on both the general and the specific, the opportunity to construct high goals and envisage far hori- zons, the chance to fully develop the intellect and use the high- est powers of reason at onels command. It is earnestly hoped that each of the formentioned responses Hnds symbolic representation within these pages, and that the 1961 Liner is an accurate, informative, interesting, and mean- ingful account of a year in the life of a particular and very special school--Hamline University. Officialdom, Organizations and Upportunity. . . On page twenty . . . This year at Hamline there was organ- ization in abundance. And with the devel- opment of several of these just this year, there was such a plethora as to make even Wfilliam Whyte stare in disbelief. There was a niche somewhere for everyone, in HUL or SPAN, HUMS or WUS.

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On page sixty-eight . . . The spinning of the potter's wheel, the rasping of the sculptoris file on wood, the chatter of student artists, sun-splashed days of sketching Old Main. strangely-colored fingers and faces, the smell of kerosene - all ended in the avant garde annual art exhibit . . . Down the hall f the theatre. The usual busy season of senior Une Acts. A new idea - the Dubuque University drama exchange. A philosophy-laden Noah pleased large audiences. and the New Re- ciwze, an amazing production performed on- the-run, ended a delightful season , . . Around the corner, others worked through fugues, toccatas. and the everyday do-mi- sol. Of Hamline's world of music there was no end i Eastman Quartet, Alumni Con- cert and Hamline Trio, the wintry band and choir trips and senior recitals among greener days. Extra-curricular and C0-curricular Activity l On page eiglzfy-.tix . . . Wlintergreen and camphor hangs heav- ily in the air of the athletic liberal educa- tion. Sweating and groaning. winning and losing. but mostly having fun. On the held f a remarkable turnout showed that foot- ball is definitely not dying. just a bit under- fed. On the floor 1 excellence as usual. At the net 3 NHAC Championship contenders. On the diamond. track, and in the pool - breadth and adequacy and the promise of things to come.