Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Compeitit:ion Keeps Them Going Competition has played an in-iportant role in all civilizations and com- munities. Healthy com- petition has as its basic purpose the raising of in- dividual standards and abilities in order to be batter than average. While students con- stantly seem to strive to make better gredes and be involved in better activities than their peers, they also want to take pride in their ow n class and to boast of it as the best in the school. At Peace there always seems to be some type of good-natured com- petition between the sophomore and fresh- men classes. There are nunnerous contests that allows the strongest to prove themselves. Many of us u itness the grueling struggles of the sock races end tug-of- war at the Sophonnore- Preshman picnic, it was, ho Mever, at the powder puff footbell game that the sophomores ulti- mately defeated the freshmen Cby e score of 30 + to O). Fortunately, this sophomore -freshmen rivalry will slweys be a part of Peace. Without it, the students would remain unchallenged.

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1,0 iT Take Time to Hear Your Thoughts As Students, we spend much of our daylight time in the classroonn, listening to lectures, taking notes, and discussing our views on the subjects being stu- died. But the most valu- able time, it seenns, is the time w e spend alone to re- flect and ponder what we ' ve learned in class. When we take the tinna to wonder ufhat it would actually be like to live in medieval tinnes and be a vessel serving a lord — or to be a uroman in early America who had no rights other than to serve her husbsnd and children — - we realize thet the people v e read about were much like we are — only we aro luck- ier. We can appreciate our easy living style and our opportunities for educa- tion when Afe put ourselves in the place of those who suffered incredibly in eer- lier times. Learning and under- standing seem to come more readily when a person looks st a subject in ways other than the w ay it ' s al- A ays been done in class. You probably have a poem thet you ' ve made your favorite because you know a secret about it that no teacher or professor has ever cracked — that is, if you ' ve ever taken the time for it. Time isn ' t an easy thing to find in this plas- tic, disposable, electro- nic society we live in. If we could give ourselves a chance to just sit doM n and think, we might be able to unjumble those confused thoughts w e ' ve stored in the back of our minds and find meaning to our habitual activities that we carry out so mechanically. If we understood ourselves, we could be more patient Mith others and appreciate all the potential friends that surround us during our two years at Peace. So go ahead, take your books outside and sprawl thenn under a tree. Spend some time alone. Take time to wonder, to dream, to smell the roses.

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- a,i-:N,jjj(aam»iffiHi i)miiii»tiiffifffmHflPifm ' « 1.0 tlJS ion Whew! You knew upon entering college you A ould rid yourself of the hassles of Mon-i and Dad ' s routine inspection of your already nervous dates. No more clumsy introductions. Never again w ould your stomach knot up as you worried if Monn A ould find his southern accent ador- able or just plain hickish. You knew Dad ' s hand- shake was a test for strength and ruggedness. What if he mistook your guy ' s tenderness for wfimpiness? All that looking over is history. You eagerly an- swer the hall phone as its ringing seems to be echoing the name of your first date a May at college. Suddenly, there is a whirl of excitement on the hall and the girls w hom you have sung this n e a guy ' s praises to have rushed to main lobby before you could put on your last touch of lipstick in order to see, as you described him, the ultimate ' Joe Fine ' . Suddenly, that sanne old fear grabs you and throws you into nervousness as you frantically anticipate their opinion. You greet him A ith your beaming smile as you lead hinn triunn- phantly out the door. Alas, a roar of laughter over- Mhelms both of you fronn above. Do you have a t A in brother? Just as you thought you had escaped into a romantic evening, you know you ' ve once again had your date inspected, rated, and, if you ' re lucky, approved. «