Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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IIEIIII'ATIIIN College is the doorway, the entrance, the threshold to the world. As this, the final step, is taken, one finds himsehc momentarily blinded by the brilliance of the opportunity for success looming be- fore him. With graduation and a degree to be the key to unlock the last of the doors, he stands before the open gates and realizes this life is his. Heretofore, it has been moulded by expert hands, with delicate lines sculptured upon it; he must now show of what quality the raw ma- terial was made. The college student has pushed through many doorways, some in haste, some without struggle, but always those same doors have closed after passing a man who has proved himself worthy of going beyond. We believe that the doorways of Miami are symbolic of these arcades of life. The maiestic, aged, doorway of the Alumni Library has borne all these years the tread of many graduates coming home, the familiar steps of professors, the shuffle of new students, and smiled down upon these adventurers seeking

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wisdom, memories, pleasure, and learning. lts base is worn smooth by these constant steps, and its great metal door knobs display a gold- en luster revealing heavy duty. They have swung open to those who regretfully study for tests, in- dustriously labor over extra work, and to those headed for the stacks to collect material for that certain assigned something called a term paper. Perhaps they laugh at our efforts but it is not until our work is completed that we can laugh with them. The fraternity houses and their doorways of heavy oak, with their great iron knockers carved impressively and symbolically, are a part of Miami. Here, the students come for fellowship, enioyment, and that part of college that cannot be obtained from books. These doorways, old and new, represent culture. They mellow with the years, and their memories are carried into the far parts of the world. They hail their Greeks with imposing dignity. They lend culture and traditions unstintingly. How foreboding are the locked and unyielding doors of the women's dorms to the late-comers. How strong and stubborn they seem to the young swain who can not enter them. And yet, how eagerly are they thrust open by the coed coming back to another year. Here are doors who must share secrets, laughter, and fun. Here are the doors who see beauty clay in and day out. Lovers seek shelter in their shadows. They too exemplify the life of Miami. The busy hustle of young men and women set- ting out to enioy themselves is the life-blood to the portals of the college haunts. Their beauty and individual characteristics have c a r v e d themselves into the personal recollections of those students to whom they have already en- deared themselves, and shall equally impress those who have not yet become a part of the life they offer. These complete the picture of the doorways of our campus. We feel certain that the doorways of Miami gratefully recognize and accept our dedication to them. They were here before we came and they will be here after we have gone. They will grow in number as new buildings are introduced on the post war campus, but they will not know us as individuals. We are not permanent; we drift with the tide while they stolidly stand be- hind. '