Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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The spectacular . . . . the color and heraldry of a royal order . . . . a production of that universal force . the committee system . . . . the division of labor . . . . like building a pyramid . . . . months of details . all focused on the grand day . . . . 0f ribbons and robes . . . . of reserved seats . . . . the convergence of the dignitaries . . . . resplendence and dignity . . . . under the reflection of the newly wrought mace . . . . something of the royal, something of the ecclesiastic . . . . the con- servative skirts of an institution . . . . raised respectably to attract attention . . . . closed circuit television . . . . open-hearted congratulations . . . . a variegate pattern of smiles and words . . . . luncheons and receptions . the day was fine . . . . no need for the thousand little plastic squares to be used for rain hats . . . . pre- caution and preparation . . . . all for a day . . . . a Uni- versity on parade . . . . the tenth time in more than a century. . resplendence and dignity

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IMPRESSIONS FROM 7' RA DI T ION The view from the tower . . . . the settlement called tradition . . . . within and without . . . . the muffled roar of the two thousand . . . . grazing, stamped- ing . . . . fenced in by so many city blocks . . . . time measured by small white squares on a schedule . . . . by xts on a calendar . . . . walls papered with mimeographed sheets and sealed shingles . . . . with a lonesome dance decoration . . . . the almighty oktlock . . . . guardian of virtue . . . . goader of lectures . gatlfly . . . . late minutes and last calls . . . . marching in time to the second hand . . . . old stone buildings . . . . and leaves to be raked . . . . signs from the Fire Marshal and LB. cards . . . . the organized, the planned, the prepared, the sponsored . . . . the ambiguous caste marks called hpins . . . . the engaged-tO-be- something called bpinning . . . . collective behavior and misbehaviour . . . . sung t0 the tune of combos and chuggings and alumni Checks . . . . a life of compound categories . . . . classes, series, events . . . . routine and special . . . . refined and specious . . . . rehearsed and spontaneous . . . . volumes of regulations . . . . free dom rationed by sign-out cards . . . . but a life . . . . full and curious . . . . some- times carefree . . . . always crammed . . . . with meetings and minutes . . . . lectures and notes . . . . dances and favors . . . . the four year confinement to comfort . . . . to a vocabulary of superlatives . . . . to snap quizzes and snow jobs . . . . from the tower . . . . a time never to be replaced, always to be remembered . . . . from the tower . . . . traditions unveiled.

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Magma est veritas et praevalebit. . . . a variegate pattern of smiles and words