Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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SENIORS JUNIORS SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN

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The Senior Class Could it be called the last mile ? It will be just as solemn, perhaps, as it is not at all easy to leave those with whom we have been in contact during nine out of twelve months of the four most important years of our lives. We were the traditional green Freshmen wandering around with our mouths hanging open and meekly muttering excuse me for all the bumps given us in Rec Hall or elsewhere, the know-it-all Sophomores who looked down on the poor incoming Freshmen and thanked their lucky stars they didn ' t belong to their organization, the self-important Juniors with proud airs and carefree, self-sufficient attitudes, and now the supposedly sophisticated Seniors, approaching this last mile, hating to realize that all of these things we have known together (proms, outings, meetings, and especially friendships with both faculty and students) are finished except for memories which we shall keep for life. The biggest thing we have learned is how much we don ' t know, which seems more or less of a challenge for us to go out and conquer. It is just like starting out as a Freshman again, gradually growing to a Sophomore, a .lunior, and finally, if we have reached the goal set for ourselves, we may proudly bestow upon ourselves the well- earned title of Senior. Or could it be called the first mile ? It really is the starting out to carry on to the best of our ability the things that we have learned in Indiana. We realize that we have only a beginning on which to build and shape our lives, but with all the inspirations we have received here, from individuals, places, and things, the least we can do is to soar so high in our fields that even infinity could not stop us. We owe it, and we will give it. As Seniors, we are grateful, reluctant, resplendent. We are grateful for all of the things that it has been our privilege to learn, to see, to know, from the institution and the persons associated with it. We are reluctant in leaving all the friendships acquired, for always those persons who have the best intentions of keeping in touch with each other for some reason never keep their pact. Our resplendence comes from the fact that we are just beginning to see light over the last mile, to the first mile, anxious to meet and face problems with the true Indiana spirit. As we become enthralled with all this newness, may we never forget all that was left behind, and that the other one hundred and eighty-one are counting on us to uphold their highest standards. As we leave you, we say, Au Revoir. 30