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without certain qualms that we undertake this edition of the Rig Veda. As is apparent, we have molded it in our own image, be that as it may. We hope only that it is well received by the student body, for it is to thelstudents of Illinois College- and to no one else-that we dedicate this book. As you probably know, the names of college yearbooks 'usually have some significance, the Rig Veda being an exception to this rule. Rig Veda, in the true sense, is t-he earliest recorded work of human literature. A book of devotional hymns, it is addressed to Indra, an old- time Almighty. But how can a Vedic hymn book be related to Illinois College students of the mid- twentieth century? We don't know. But the name was impressive, we retained it. I The name, however, is all that we have retained. Forsaking the venerable but threadbare tradition of Rig qua student directory we have pasted together a collage-of-sorts-materials being students, chapel pews, beer bottles and dormitory rooms. To those overweening fools who periodically climb atop campus stumps to proclaim the virtue of liberal education, we can only say, you'd do well to liberalize your concept of a liberal educa- tion. The man is of more worth than the book. The year 1965 has been one of signal impor- tance in the changing posture of American Under- graduatana. Enlightened teachers and admini- strators throughout the nation have reappraised their positions in the campus community and have begun to view the undergraduate as a maturing if not 'gmaturen individual- as a man, if you will, capable of ordering his own life within reasonable bounds. To many of us at Illinois College, however, 1965 shall forever be the year when Number Three and His Select Committee remade socie- ties in His Own Image. We pray that the 1966 Rig Veda is not, on our account, subjected to administrative cen- sorship . . . ' Let us begin -ft? .br . ,,', p
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INTRODUCTION I I I FACULTY AND-ADMINISTRATION CLASSES I I ACTIVITIES SPORTS H ' I SOCIETIES -
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