University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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FORWARD John Henry Cardinal Newman says, Nthere are authors who are as pointless as they are inexhaustible in their literary resources. They measure knowledge by bulk, as it lies in the rude block, without symmetry, without designf' We have sought to tell the story of '53 in a clear, concise. yet imaginative manner. Our every effort has been bent to describe impartially the work of individuals and organizationsg to make more interesting and complete the picture of campus life, we have introduced innovations in form and content, and to the best of our ability pre- sented the significant in the most original and artistic patterns. In what seems like a genuine departure from tradition. the Tower of 1953 is knit together by using as its theme a theatrical production: Fr. Lordis Light Up the Land. a musical extravaganza done especially for the University in celebration of its seventy- fifth year of existence. lt followed last summer's City of Freedom which drew l50,- 000 spectators during Detroit's birthday festival, the tenth show of its kind staged by Fr. Lord in the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the British West Indies. It was our purpose to show the cultural, social and Christian relationships between Light Up the Land and the University. how the educative influence of the classrooms and x X f xx fx ,f X t 10 x , E fb 7 I V '.Il,-flag' 'q-,gggm'f'i'F-- H L ' ' ' ill. ,fy ft f u ps f 1 V 5 ,T C ' 96 Us rv' - Cl l

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UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DETRQIT, MICHIGAN

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campus activities of the one have complemented and assisted the educative influence of the other. The style followed in the editing of this yearbook is unusual, but we do not feel that this is in any way a weakness in tl1e publication or a reflection on the quality of the annual. Rather, we firmly believe we have taken a step toward dispelling the not too absurd conviction that all yearbooks are dry and uninteresting, that all yearbooks are the same. We present a maximum of pictures and a minimum of script, hoping to provide a ready Aladdin's Lamp to your memories of undergraduate life. Of one thing we are sure - we have attempted to publish o11e of the most unusual yearbooks in the history of the University. If in thumbing the pages of this book you feel that each phase of campus life has been 'treated adequately, fairly, and tastefully, and that the Tower of 1953 is worthy of a place of honor among the Towers of other years - then we are content that our hours of labor in its compila- tion have indeed been fruitful.