Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Foreword We have tried to capture through words and pictures in this book, a year of life at Occidental, the cover of which we shall often lift as the years pass and the currents of life carry us far from our beloved campus. As we look within these pages, we shall again feel the warmth of friendship, the steady deepen- ing of intellectual life, the sparkle of growing personalities, for these are the essence of a year at college.

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Dedlcotion There is Purpose . . . There ir Szfrefzgth . . . There if Beauty . . . There is joy. Nearly two years have passed since the great holocause ended. Adjust- ment to the experiences of war has not ended. We reliect upon the many ways in which our lives were and are affected. We have been saddened and also exalted, in despair and also full of hope, overwhelmed and yet again set upon a new pathway. Peace is even now not reasonably assured. We have not yet had time, or we have not yet in our imaginations become able, to grasp the meaning of the myriad changes that have come upon us. I-Iow fares the college, then, in this confused and unsettled time? Students are alert, inquiring, sober. A serious demeanor is ours, yet not so much so that our countenances are dour or stolid or unresponsive. There is joy, quiet strength, purpose. There is a revaluation of all moral, social, and spiritual values, and there is beauty. All of these are evident to me in so many wholesome ways. There is little cyncism. Nearly everyone seems striving to make these days and years count, seeking the best. All of this is why I am inexpressibly proud of this college. l feel richly blessed in the gladness of fellowship and participation, deeply inspired in the continuing opportunity that engages us all. Let us keep our faces fronted to the dawn. ,ea