Mills College - Mills Crest Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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MESSAGE More fhan anyfhing in lhe power of human beings fo possess, 'lhe world in 'lhis spring of l938 needs human alilecfion. Everywhere individuals need 'lhe capaciry lo sympaihize, lo appreciaie, lo admire, io love. Should your college years nor permif you fo read fhe above sialemenr wiihoui' 'lhe laughier of amusemenl or of scorn, they have broughl you a scanl-y harvesi. If is quile simply a faci' lhai' fwenliefh cenfury youth musi lcnow ihe power of 'friendliness and unsellish inleresi, if 'lhey are 'fo be useful ai' home in an era where io mosl peoples The evil days are come and ihe years draw nigh, as fhe Hebraic 'ieachers warned. a Knowledge we always need, and shall always need, more and more. Heallh, iechniques. brains . . . yes, all of lhese. Bul more we need lhe goodwill 'lhai' governs fhe use of possessions, and 'lhe oulsfrefched hand lhal shares them. We lrnow how fo produce more food per acre 'lhan ever in lhe hisfory of man, bul hunger is in many places. We know how fo manufacrure more quickly. more arficles of home comforl' and beauly, lhan were ever dreamedi of by lhe Old Woman who Lived in The Shoe or by Haroun Al Raschid himself . . . buf more people are homeless. More of us go and more quickly from counfry 'lo couniryg we lmow 'lhal no crealure need 'lerrify us, one-eyed Polyphemus. or Gian? Despair, or Apollyon . . . bul every day we inveni' more ways fo slay our enemies. we manufaclure weapons, we sfore fhem in arsenals. And why? Perhaps for ihe same reasons in iheir own way fha Romans gained their satis-

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Ther curfains of Yesierclay drop down, ihe curiains of Tomorrow roll up: bu! Yeslerday and Tomorrow boih are. The consfanily shifiing classes combine fhe old fradifions with organizalion improved lay new ideas, inslilling each phase of campus life with uniiy of purpose and a vifal college spirit Each academic achievement cemenied by aciiviiies of hall and campus and by every' human ex- perience of friendship, builds an unforgeflable founda- 'iion for ihe years 'lo come. - We pause 'lo show fha informal cornarslones lhai- are Mills College.

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PRESIDEN faclions and wroie flhe memorable lines in a language now dead as iheir empire: Video meliora proboqueg deferiora sequor. To know righi in order jo do wrong does give a safanic zes'r io aciion, bu? is lha+ ihe uliimale value +ha1v you as siudenis would like +o End in your experience Thar lies ahead? Thar is deslruciion noi creaiion. ' We know 'lhal' 'lhere are more sfars +o name, more deep-sea gardens 'lo visif, more diseases 'ro cure, more economic and polirical problems fo solve for ihe healih. wealfh, and happiness of living 'Phan we shall accomplish in a hundred generafions. Then, why noi begin? Have we noi learned ihal' differences may exisi wirhoui enmiiy'I To diiier in race, religion, faleni. femperameni. experience-This insures lo humaniiy variefyi richness of qualiiy. inceniive fo achievement 'fhe permuiaiionskvm combinaiions of endless, unpredicfable human accomplishment The confinenfs may iremble with ihe sound of marching feet The harbors of ihe world may be gray wi-ih dreadnauglvls and desfroyers. The sun may be in eclipse behind ihe scudding cloud of armed planes. Our college shall say +o lhe sludenis, Life is a precious gift Knowledge, civilization, culiure develop in life nor in deafh. Growih comes about not by violence or compulsion. The world in 'rhe spring of I938 needs human affacjionf' AURELIA HENRY REINHARDT