Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Dotted here and there with old students, eager to renew acquaintances and pursue studies, plus an occasional freshman, bewildered and confused, the Taylor University campus in September, 1949, had the atmosphere typical of a new school year. But it was not just another year, for personalities were different. Though apparently remote from the world of rapid change over six hundred students and their teachers were to experience a slow but effect- ive change. Few, however, were afraid of the change, as was often true in the world at large, for this year of activity was to be on honest effort toward constructive ends, not secure, but promising. It is the story of this year that the pages of the Gem try to depict. In order to do this, activity has been divided into five parts: • Academic • Fine Arts • Social Life • Athletics • Spiritual Life Just as the lengthened shadows of evening or the stubby shadows of high noon, our portrayal may at times be distorted by varied viewpoints, but it is the hope of the staFf that the reader may from this book be imp ressed with a view that is more than the sum of its parts.

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To You, Miss Olson In Recognition . . . of the position in the world which you represent, the Christian approach to man ' s problems, in op- position to any force or ideology which would destroy the dignity of men- In Appreciation . . . of your own scholastic achievement which con- tinues in a life of loving service. In Honor . . . of the example which your life affords, radiating an intriguing personality, a genuine concern for fellow men, and a vital relationship of prayer with your Lord and Savior.