Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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This is the story of a year — to be explicit, the story of the school year beginning on September 5, 1947, upon the invasion of the campus by the frosh, and reaching a conclusion on May 31, 1948, with the rite of bestowing into the hands of the departing seniors their diplomas, one-way tickets to the future. The list of characters includes the not-so lowly freshmen, smack-dab in the middle of a spanking-new experience; the sophomores, confident in the knowledge that they are all-knowing and all-seeing; the jun- iors, just learning how terribly much they still have to learn; the seniors, monarchs of the campus, readying themselves for the on- slaught of the bright unknown; the faculty, whose staggering task it is to instill somehow into this heterogeneous mixture the nebulous spark called education. Here we are, from many states of the union, from fertile farms and bustling urban areas, some of us fresh from high school, some via the service. But as varied as we are, we have but one purpose, and that is to acquire the elusive education. For each of us, the word different connotation; for some, it means facts, statistics, booklarnin , for others, the discovery of a 0 carries a statistics, booklarnin personal potentials and adequate ways of adjusting our lives to make for harmonious relationships with others. Here at Man- chester we find the happy medium, the environment where ade- quate knowledge may be acquired, and, moreover, where there is sufficient opportunity for developing socially. Not the least important of Manchester ' s advantages is the personal interest shown by each professor for each student, resulting in the enrichening friendships between faculty mem- bers and students, so lacking on the campus of the large university. ■ ■ ■■ H

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A cross-section of these eight-hundred plus reveals a wide variance in reasons for attending Manchester College. The two main divisions are possibly those who come for thorough techni- cal training, perhaps in education, music, science, or pre-profes- sional pursuits, and those who are seeking a broad, general, cultural education, in the Christian environment of this church- affiliated institution. And this very disparity of interests, plus differences in personalities and concepts, provides the catalyst which stimulates the interplay, the mental battles that lead to a genuine education. Through class-room discussions, skillfully guided by alert professors, the interchange of opinion goes on, resulting in mutual benefit. The old college bromide exhorts that one shouldn ' t let his studies interfere with his education, and M. C. students assuredly take this maxim to heart. In accord with college regulations, every student must affiliate with at least one club or activity per term, while the average student surpasses this minimum require- ment easily. With no paucity of choices, there being musical, religious, dramatic, forensic, athletic, and departmental groups to choose from, the d ilemma of which to limit oneself to usually is in store. Thus through all the multitudinous activities that spell college life . . . bull-sessions . . . clubs . . . social life . . . class-room discussions . . . programs . . . committee work . . . the complicated machinery labors and brings forth, with all its fine connotations — a Manchester student!