Jacksonville State University - Mimosa Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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'J- A history of mankind portraying stages of development depicts universality. Human beings are searching for meaning, setting goals, experiencing pain and trials, finding ways to laugh and lighten the burdens of life's daily routine. In breaking the monotonous routine and softening the hurt of genuine woe, people have turned to art, often folk art—the gleeman, bard, storyteller. Kings had their jesters. Troupes of entertainers evolved into what has long been called the circus. Wherever society developed, the circus has followed and become an integral part of society. Today the circus is an international art, perhaps foremost of the popular arts. The circus with rings, variety of acts, lights, glitter, adventure, and skill has spoken to our hearts since 421 B.C. The circus is symbolical of all levels of living juxtaposed like rings under the big top. University students perceive distinctions in obligations and interests like the activity necessary to man several rings under the big top for the pleasure of the masses. Students and faculty compose the patterned flow of campus living as the formal session moves from day to day. The center ring takes priority in the classrooms where teachers act and interact in the accumulation of academic knowledge measured in credit hours. An integral ring sees the personal lives of the performers unfold. The individuals take shape as public images fade giving way to their origins. 2

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