University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The City Cray ALMA MATEH Today H'P gladly sing the praise Of her who owns us as her sons; Our loyal voices let us raise; And bless her with our benisons. 0f ah! fair mothers, fairest she, Most wise of all that wisest be, Most true of DI!!! the true, say we, 15 our dear Alma Hiatcr. Her mighty learning we would tell, Though life is something more than lore; She could not love her sons 50 well; Loved she no; truth, and honor more. We praise her breadth of charity, Her faith that. truth shall make men free, That right shall live ezernafij', We praise our Alma Mater. The Cffj' White hark fled the earth, But where the azure waters fie, .4 noblvr city has its birth, The Citr Cray that. ne'er shall die. For decades and for cemuries, Its hardwmmmf Emrers shaft rise, Beneath fhr' hope jillrsd western skies, Tis Our dear 13mg. Mater.

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Also, this yearbook attempts to pin-pointj highlight the outstanding events of 1954-55eth0se events which distinguish this year from all the others. In most annuals one may determine the year by measuring the receded hairvline of his favorite professor, or notingr the edition of his $8.75 required-reading textbook which the University press just pub- lished. Great events Occurred on this campus this year. Some of them-such as the opening of the ABA. Bar Center or the appointment of the first permanent F.T.S. Dean are milestones in the development of the Uni- versity. Othersrwsuch as a Chancellofs chance remark, or a good-bye party for all ex-Editor of Cap and Gown-will be trotted-out in future years Hike the family photograph albumJ laughed-at, discusset, then tucked away again. Cap and Gown is the family photograph album of the University of Chicago. It is a memoryiwof names, faces, events. But the Editors feel that it should serve more than this memorial function of traditional year- books. Cap and Gown. they feel, has an obligation to scrutinize. where stands the University, what events preceded its present position, what may be. ex- pected to follow from it. One current runs through every discussion of the University: the changes wrought by the Kimplon Ad- ministration. Often this discussion is marked by short-temper, epithets, myopia. This current is the theme of the 1955 Cap amt Gown. As in French law courts, it will be discussed without malice, without hatred, with- out fear. The discussion may he followed through a special introductory sec- tion viewing the overall aspects of the change in the extra-cun'iculum, and through the various other articles on the administration, curriculum, and extra-curriculum. It is too early to determine the accuracy of the prophe- cies and predictions, though, of course, there will he caustic comment from some segments of the campus. In discussing controversy, contro- versy can hardly be avoided. This, then, was 1954-55: PAUL A. HOFFMAN PEIICHAEL J. F. ROGERS Paul A. Hottman

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Is the University of Chicago going Hrah-rahw? This question, so often asked by both friend and foe 0f the Hutchins Regime, continues to dorninate campus speculation about the Future of the Univer- Imcrrsl Slunul in surh OK-Week mixer as Ihc Squam- Dum-n- hcn- is a pnrtFnd of the W-aII-ralf' spirit of the year 10 come. OsBoard guules lead nmr sludcnls ahnut r-ampus, show as much mines! in apprais- ing the new crop, as in describing Chi- cagohs points of inurrest. sity. Proponents of the afhrmative may point to a resurgence of fraternities to campus leadership, attempts to restore football, even the appearance of Bermuda shorts on male limbs. The negative may