Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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% ' ..v,, . ' ' Cv ■ cP s ' 7. ' Oo Oi., ' ° .0 :o V o 8 f- ' f G oov . :,0 ' 1 p£ACE COLLEGF K PEACE COLLEGE nV V 1l 0 . -qV v ' c c c X ' „. PEACE COLLEGE -t O o P3 ■4:4 ' ° Uc, aO- x o r % .V- .r % 9 ««■ 8 €■ § 3031100 aOV3 ! 6 PEACE COLLEGE c O V ' ° .. .0 .0 ' WHAT IS PEACE ? Upon applying to Peace, every prospective student Is given a colorful catalogue and a small handbook. As she reads through these books she learns In a bits-and-pleces manner what Peace College Is like. Ac- cording to the catalogue, It Is a small, close knit Chris- tian v omen ' s school. It strives to create a home envi- ronment with huge parlors and family-type recreational rooms. At Peace there Is said to be a pleasant relation- ship between faculty and students, as well as personal concern for each girl. All of this sounds extremely prom- ising to the prospective Peace student. With these ideas in mind, the student confidently be- gins her life at Peace. After the first few weeks, though, she realizes tha t Peace is not always the way the cata- logue and handbook so implied. The catalogue and handbook left out the important aspects which only she could find out for herself. As months pass on she discovers the meaning of ten- sion and frustration, both of which are not defined in the encouraging pages of her handbook. She realizes she is uniformed on how to face the many academic pressures and still come out with a smile. She finds out that those huge elegant parlors and close relationships can not smooth over the many agonies of despair and loneliness. She finds that even the promised personal concern will not wipe away the tears of defeat. Feeling a little lost and somewhat lonely, she takes a second look at what Peace actually is. It isn ' t the tower- ing white columns or the huge parlors; it is the experi- ence a girl gains while at Peace. It is a combination of growing up, meeting success and accepting failure, learning how to live with others and making lasting friendships. Suddenly she realizes that what she loves most about Peace are the friendships made there. No handbook could ever have conveyed this to her. Peace College does not make Peace Girls. It is the girls who make Peace College.