Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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For the first week or two, for the first month perhaps, we are a god unto ourselves. Our interest develops, expands; college life agrees with most of us; letters of reassur- ance and self praise go home to anxious parents and lonely girl-friends. All this before the deluge— before Lehigh ' s first dose of reality: the first set of hourlies, lab reports, 21

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The changes which the Le- high student experiences are an integral but often unnoticed part of the college experience. If one will reflect on his atti- tudes and practices as a new- comer to Lehigh, he will ap- preciate Lehigh ' s effect upon his life. As freshmen, we enter Lehigh with definite aspi- rations, a cocky independence, a wealth of eagerness. After high school, Lehinh ' s expan- sive campus signifies a new freedom to us. New books, pro- vocative course titles, and an academically favorable en- vironment stir up the eager- ness and curiositv necessary for success in higher edu- cation. 20

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themes. ..ourfirst impres- sion of university life, the little nook that we had neatly fabricated for our college years, is wiped away. We become en- tangled in a harried pro- gram of daily existence, a w-hirlwind of deadlines. To regain our stability ap- pears hopeless — and for some of us it is. But when summer arrives all that remains for most of us is a feeling of relief, satis- faction, and a sense of accomplishment that must resemble — in es- se nce if not in intensity — that of the graduate. Our memory is focused only on the year ' s most enjoy- able aspects. There are no pranks common to a co-ed institution — no panty raids, no flirting in the room. The Lehigh man remembers the bonfire, the pajama parade, dis- astrous Christmas par- ties, stumbling up the hill on House-party — and rolling back down, hor-