New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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E, the class of 34-6, dedicate this year-book to a renaissance, a revival of an old spirit which has been absent from the campus since the beginning of the war. As we leave college, the war against the Japanese continues with ever-increasing fury. A united cam- pus continues to meet the responsibilities imposed by a nation at warg a patriotic, resolute student body is maintaining its contribution to the national war effort to help bring the war to a swift end. Yet, despite the grimness of these epochal days, the cam- pus has managed to bring back the spirit and tra- ditions of another era. As we leave, classes begin to assume normalcyg hazing, and the eternal battles between the upper and lower classmen reappear. Cheerleaders are beginning to assume their old gusto, and those colorful rallies are once again retaking their place in college life. As we leave, intramurals reappear in their pre-war form, and again excite that spirit of competition which is so typical of the American campus. Fenc- ing, basketball, and baseball were never discontinued, but that spark, that certain something which sets off dynamic, vibrant living from mere existence, was lacking. But now the spark has been kindled into Hame, a flame which we hope will never be ex- tinguished. To its continuance, we dedicate this year-book.