Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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magnificently diverse one, but with a goal; culture and education. Culture to be obtained in many ways vicariously through the masterpieces of visual and literary art or first person through per- sonal contact and the interaction of personalities student to profes- sor, friend to friend, boy to girl. Culture to mature and enlarge this university community and thus a culture to enlarge and modify itself pm ? -progress. her people are diverse Culture that offers and makes possible edu- cation, for what is education but the sum- marization of the facts and figures, creative efforts, talents, and techniques that mutually have created and increased a particular cul- ture? The university is its showcase and yet its birthplace. Here is the human mind in fer- ment, and here is the human mind preserved for all to see. It is the cemetery of the past and the maternity ward of the future. It is a setting that shines by day and sparkles by night. The key to the showcase is spirit, a spirit of youth and freedom, of leisure, work, enjoyment and often despair; but still spirit. And the showcase unlocked yields a cascade of gems memories and experiences some