University of Bridgeport - Wistarian Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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The TiTle of This arTicle, slighTly alTered, becomes The keyword oT our generaTion. Forward. The word iTselT connoTes The resT- less undercurrenT ThaT has inTensiTied man's recenT advancemenT. We are now riding a cresT of invenTive achievemenT. New ideas have spurred manuTacTure and Trans- porTaTion. Very recenTly men have begun To musTer Their Trail sTrengTh and uTilize Their inTelligence To probe The mysTeries of The universe. Gropingly. sTeadily. man' conTinues To exTend his masTery over The elemenTs. The world we are abouT To enTer is brillianT. Tense, and challenging: iT is a place where new achievemenTs and new dangers are born simulTaneously. During This Time oT explosive advances, we here aT The UniversiTy have lived exacT- ly The same collegiaTe paTTern which our predecessors lived years ago. We sTudied unTil daybrealc: Then TorTiTied wiTh blaclc coffee. we wenT doggedly To class To be TesTed: we shelved our books in Tavor oT The baslceTball games. bull sessions. or daTes when The ThreaT oT menTal combaT was less imminenT: we spenT counTless hours discussing The adrninisTraTion, The world siTuaTion, The TaculTy, our classmaTes. Dur- ing our meTamophosis Trom adolescence To adulTs we shed coaTs of innocence. arrog- ance. and superficial independence, re- specTively. Finally, as The Time Tor gradu- aTion grew near, we grew senTimenTal and misTily Tond oT The place we had alTernaTe- ly libeled, boasTed oT, and complained abouT Tor Tour years. All This happened iusT as iT had years ago. This boolc is more Than a linlc beTween our TuTure and The secure and comTorTable pasT. IT is a reminder oT whaT we will be sTriving To mainTain. College - all The sTudy, companionable sTriving, and silly cusToms ThaT are an inTegral parT of ThaT insTiTuTion - is a segmenT of our Ameri- can way oT life which is noT a myThical, inTangible Thing - an absTracT Term - buT a composiTe oT all The ordinary daily rou- Tine Things our people do. FraTerniTy dances: examinaTions: The slow. paTienT cul- TivaTion of The mind: The sTeady Triclcle of nuTrienTs To The inTellecT: all are viTal To The healTh of our people and our na- Tion. So long as These seemingly mundane occurences are Tree To happen unmolesTed. our counTry will be able To provide men wiTh The abiliTies To harness successfully The new powers They engender. The pic- Tures in This boolc. Then, represenT more Than The pleasanT memories oT each of us: They represenT The way oT life iT is our duTy and our honor To preserve.

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