Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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THEME EXPLANATION THE MAYAS BUILT MORE THAN A CIVILIZATION, THEY CON- QUERED A TROPICAL JUNGLE. THAT IMPLIES A SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION THAT WE THINK MOST WORTHY OF IMI- TATION. WE ARE LEAVING COLLEGE IN THE FACE OF A DEPRESSION, AND TO URGE EACH SENIOR TO CARRY THIS SPIRIT WITH HIM IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST IT AND THE TURMOIL OF LIFE, IS THE REASON FOR OUR CHOICE OF THEME. THE LIFE OF THIS ANCIENT PEOPLE IS THEN, NOT MERELY A HIS- TORY, BUT SOMETHING DEFI- NITELY ALIVE AND VITALLY INTERESTING. TT i T K U

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Ill THEME EXPLANATION THE MAYAS, THE FIRST CIVILIZED AMERICANS,CAMESOMEWHERE FROM THE DISTANT NORTH, CAME QUIETLY LIKE STARS TO THE NIGHT. THEY CAME TO BUILD AN EMPIRE IN MIDDLE AMERICA, WHERE ONLY JUNGLE HAD BEEN BEFORE. HOW WELL THEY SUCCEEDED, RECENT EXPLO- RATIONS AND EXPEDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO TELL. DAILY NEW FINDS GIVE EVIDENCE OF THE MIGHTINESS OF THE TASK OF THESE EARLY AMERICANS, AND OFFER SILENT TESTIMONY TOTHE DIFFICULTIES AND STRUGGLES NEEDED TO COMPLETE IT. FEW PEOPLE TAKE THE TROUBLE TO READ THE PULSING STORY THAT HIDES BEHIND THE FACTS AND DATA. air ' ll? verd -Cruz

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BECAUSE HE IS A MAN, WHOSE FIRM COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS HAS » » « GAINED FOR HIM THE ESTEEM OF THE NATION, AND BECAUSE WE ADMIRE HIM AS A LEADER, WHOSE IDEALS REFLECT THE » » » GENEROUS NOBILITY OF HIS CHARACTER, WE HUMBLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE GREEN AND GRAY TO THE HON. ALBERT C. RITCHIE FOUR TIMES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND