University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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Epilogue v ' V V V T HE reputations of Colleges and Universities are established by admin¬ istrations, faculties, and libraries. But all the genius, labor and money expended in the erection and maintenance of institutions of higher learning is so spent that the students may receive strength, courage, and enlighten¬ ment. Universities exist for, and only for, students. Since the execution of Socrates for alleged mal-influence upon the youth of Athens, the world has realized that in their youth, and particularly that portion of the youth which apply at institutions of higher learning for enlightenment, lies the future of mankind. Students form an integral part of contemporary American culture. Their part is one which has been perhaps glorified over much; but this re¬ grettable over-glorification has not lessened the actual importance of student life in American institutions. Rather has it served harmfully to call atten-

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C4mpus Life Here on the campus the youth of a nation is offered an oppor¬ tunity to come to a complete understanding of itself and the world about it.

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tion to the trivial aspects of student life which are not conducive to a proper realization of the importance of student activities. In contemporary America, colleges and institutions provide the only salutary source and environment for the pursuit and acquisition of knowl¬ edge pertaining to the humanities. Disturbing influences are prominent in our world condition. Youth cannot but be curious, both as to the past and to the future. And this curiosity—a “higher curiosity”—characterizes the American students of 1933. Ne w philosophies, new points of view in the considera¬ tion of an ever changing universe, must emerge from the chaos of a too long post-war culture. And it is from the students, now resident in our univer¬ sities and colleges, that these new philosophies and points of view must ema¬ nate. Theirs is an enormous responsibility, one that must be realized and fulfilled. In recognition of this responsibility and in recognition of the importance in the social order which this responsibility implies, this book has been formed. —The Editor.