Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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' -a v,ii j-ii, Light and airy like a fairy. There is more to the growth of an individual than merely the nourishment of his mind: the cliched adage about sound bodies is irretrievably bound to the ever- quickened pace of modem society. Sports, though, can be any recreation; any pastime that relieves the student from the pressures of his academic existence can qualify. The student finds recreation in an informal co-ed football game, or in the hard-hitting rigor of Pan- Hel competition; he finds recreation in the new fad of winking tiddlies, or the intellectual battle of chess. But each time he pauses from the day ' s work; each time he stops to relax, it is not relaxation that he finds — it is growth, the rounding out of his being and personality. It ' s such a comiort to take the bus.

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Hanging of the greens. The growth of maturity is also essentially founded upon the ability of the youth to achieve a manlike rela- tionship with the world about him, to get along with other people in a sense of equality, to lose the egotism of youth. This, the University cannot control, the student must achieve this measure of growth by himself. But the University can supervise: it can supervise the Tug O ' War, a contest based purely on teamwork; it can supervise songfestg, Christmas caroling, that add the spiritual to his relations and attitudes. And in the end, youth comes to realize the necessary philosophy of Man and men: that the most satisfaction in life, life ' s greatest achievement, is working, playing, existing among and in unison with one ' s fellow man. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 29