Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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HIS IS Northwestern in l952ea university heginniug its seconfl century of growth . . . . . . . a university which has grown from a tlream with a 359.92 treasury to a reality with a S70 million entlowment. . . . a university which hegan with a faculty of four anfl a hantlful of stuflents autl has swelleel to inclutle a faculty of 292 and a stuelent hotly of more than 6.000 . . . . . a university which llits hequeathetl to us a reputa- tion of respect antl tlignity . . . ln the wilfls of the Northwest territory. our four fountlers hegan huihling an institution upon an ifleale wthe itleal of a nation of thinking intlivicluals. Wfhat huiltling materials had they hut hope anal faith? Wliat shouhl they have hall hut an overwhelming sense of insecurity Y In 1952. we feel shroufletl in a hlanket of insecurity. Yet. we have so much more from which to huilcl than tlitl those four men 101 years ago. Wife must not hreak their faith. When another century rolls arounfl. we must have filletl these pages with as won- tlerous a story as they hay e left for us to tell. Oltl College has seen our story almost from its heginning. Even our youngest lvuiltlings have seen more of it than have most of us. all . . . . it is arouml these huilelings that our story is tolel. fllurielfzlle Iilll'iSf4Y l I

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IJQIIIIIJIIISI' in the flurlf seas of ewun lrwflf rrrrnzrning. Ile:-rilzg li,ll'llliY ref-eires r'um'el1tl'11te1l slurlenl attention ut the end of euvh quarter. The Stor of Our Year 0 'l'his is our story the story ol' we Northwestern stuelents who worlxeel. stufiiexl. play-el. thought. anel waitetl :luring the year ol' 'Sl-'52, Ks we leave fftn K . tenmal anti the hrst lllll tears. msule the eovers ol' other lroolxs. we laee the luture. whieh we xearn to pretliet aeeortling to our own hopes. r w . . . -h pp -A lllS IS Ulll' Vlllll HIS HHN' lll I't,mlee il HHN' Silllll' att-ui with inset-uritx that seeps through eaeh tlax ami ea.-In phase ol' our eollege life. Hur its-1-ox'ere4l walls haue not heen alvle to shut out the torrent ol world t'N1'l lls. Hur seal' has ln-en one whieh some eallefl a xear ol' quiet exaluatiou. whit-li others ealleei a year ol' apathi rlilltl se who 1-alles! us apathetu' out not see the new sprouts ol thought springing up through the eraelxs ol' our llSt'lllltD-SUIlllISllt'2illxtl surlaee. lit Our new university . whieh a small group of men had plant:-4l for us on uneleareri wilderness, was growing up. We were a part ol' it. Wie were no longer infants: nor were we giddy youth. Along with our eountry. whieh was IT5 years olal. we were heginning to stiffer through a perioal ol'intelle1'tllal atloleseenee. Um' timirl feet trippetl over eaeh other with eonfliet- ing problems: we grew in spurtse ellie phy sieal growth ol' new lvuilalings. the faster: the mental growth of laeing prolmlems antl seeking lor solutions. the slower proeess. We were sell'-eonseious about our behavior e we weren't the typieal. hui-loving eollege stu- elents that outsiders expeetefl to lintl. The proeess ol' solving our problems was a slow one lilletl with inseeurity. Korea was teaehing us that. The time ol' eomplete shock hatl passetl. Vltve tlifl not