Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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information coming at us from all sides — from math. English, science, art, music, you name it! Strangely enough, after awhile, we discover that we can handle most of what comes our way. We become very good at coping with almost anything. Notice those two words discover’ and “become.” Those are the key words. During four years at Radford we do nothing so much as discover. ' We discover so many tilings about ourselves that by the time we're through here, we know a good deal about who we are. We discover just how flexible our minds are. how well we absorb information and data, how well we can take disappointments, how much patience we have, how much inner strength we can draw on. And as we discover who we are. we become different from before. We never again stay the same, not even fora week at a time. The terrific impact of the experience is too powerful a time to withstand. We are moved ahead. We are changed. We are made to grow . And we are pleased when we realize, as we do. sooner or later, that certain marvelous things have happened to us over the years: For example, wc have become decisive — no longer are we the wishy washy kid who couldn't make up his mind about which side of his face to wash first: wc have become skillful with money — concerned not only about spending it. as of old. but about earning it and conserving it; somewhere along the line we have become compassionate, feeling for others with whom we've lived Introduction 7