Russell Sage College - Sage Leaves Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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the establishment Our college environment is more than just a conglomera- tion of buildings. What makes these walls come to life for us is that vital factor, the living presence of people. These buildings are only empty shells without our faculty and administration, whom we meet everyday, because our relationships with them are one of the most vital aspects of our collegiate experience, When the enthusiasm of a class discussion runs over the fifty- minute limit, we remember illuminating talks with our profes- sors after class. We have known the experience of a seminar class in our major subjects and have seen that the joy of intel- lectual give-and-take between student and student, between student and professor, can reward our struggles to meet high standards. On more formal, social occasions, we have talked politics with a history professor or discussed creativity with a psychology professor. When the administrative side of our aca- demic problems has loomed large, we have consulted the deans' or registrarls office for a helping hand. So it is this personal element which is the intangible factor, making our college add up to more than the sum of its endowments and the number of volumes in its library. This is what we will recall long after the memories of specific settings and of specific events of less importance have faded and their images fail to evoke any emotion, just as a faded negative produces only a sadly-dim picture. The teacher . . . if he is indeed wise . . . does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the llzreslmla' of your own mind. -11... K. GIBRAN, The Proplzer

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