Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Greetings XT is not without a sense of joy mingled with sorrow that we present this volume at this time. There are pleasure and joy in the fact that we have passed another milestone on the course of our insatiable ambitions and endeavors. Pleasure and joy are found in the thought that we are to face the world and accomplish things worth while, in the thought that at last we are going to test our stength and meet the cold, stern, rebuffs and relentless demands of existence. There are joy and pleasure in the fact that there are no limitations to our desires and aims save those that are self-imposed by indifference, neglect, and the tendency to follow the line of least re- sistance. On the other hand, there are sorrows and misgivings, since we must part from those friends and associations that have become near and dear to us. Much that has been a part of our life here shall be no more. No more shall we gather in the class rooms; no more shall we hear the hum of the gathering for the Chapel exercises; no more shall we steal through the halls to that secret ' bower. The bulletin board with its announcements will belong to the past; those pleasant hours in the library are gone. In short, our jolly, care-free college days are over. The World is calling us, calling us to life and action, and we must answer this reveille without delay. College days are over; they, with their toil and study, with their bitterness and joy, remain only as pleasant memories. In the years to come, may you find joy and inspiration in this volume, when, bent with the toil and labor of the years, you raise a careworn hand to brush the silver locks from a tear-bedimmed eye and disclose to view a careworn and weather-beaten countenance enriched with the halo of the years. Then, as your vision pierces the vale of tears and you see into the future, may you be able to say, I have not lived in vain. Hope is the mainspring of life. The vicissitudes of life are many, but recollections of pleasant days at I. S. N. have always been an inspiration. As you reach the summit of the Hill and descend into the Valley, the Delectable Mountains will gleam in the dis- tance, and, as echoes of voices far away whisper the coming of that glad day when memories shall glow as andirons under the fiery heat of the Yule-log, may this vol- ume help you live again the grand and good old days of college life at I. S. N.

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