Lycoming College - Arrow Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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A9f THEME THE Dark Ages mark a unique period in the history of the world. Before the sixth century Greece and Rome succes- sively had been the center of a remarkable civilization. With the collapse of the Roman empire and the coming of the North- ern people this civilization practically vanished from the world — the only traces being nursed by the Church. The glory that was Rome had gone and in its place was a new period — one of slow development and learning, a ' dark age, ' that was to bring forth a modern enlightened world. We, who are young and still far from maturity, are like the people of the dark ages. Like them, we are seeking, not the life that others have lived before us, but a new and better one using the dignity and experience of the old to guide us to a greater end. Our stay at Dickinson is another step in the pro- cess of developing a new life. This annual is a memorial to the wisdom and experience of those who have been our guides on the way. It is, therefore, fitting that we should symbolize this link- ing of the past and the present by using a theme of medieval decoration throughout this volume. 46300

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3 13 DEDICATION F IDELITY motivates us to dedicate this publication to Dr. Kenneth C. Kates, our friend, adviser and instructor. Not our fideHty. but his. for as John Milton said. He who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of fidelity.

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ADMINISTRATION