University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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T HE flaming streak of a meteor shooting across the star-filled sky beckons insistently toward a goal no one can know. So do the rudiments of ambi- tion and the spirit of On Iowa point out to a University founded and maintained by practical dreams and diligent labor, a destiny of realization inconceivably great at present. As the years have recorded themselves upon the scrolls of time, Alma Mater has steadily pursued these gleams of promise to a horizon of present reality. As further achievement comes, bit by bit, may this volume restore truthfully in the hearts of men and women who cherish Iowa, recollections of their happiness when within its fold, their intense satisfaction with its ideals, their solemn pride in its nobility. FOR E W O

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I O that intangible something which reaches out with gripping tentacles to grasp all those who have come in contact with this University in any way, however small, may this book contribute. That something, akin to patriotism, sung of in ceremonious moments, recorded in time as tradition, is the Iowa spirit. It is a test of an institution such as ours to meet the trials and tribulations of the years with und iminished enthusiasm and flying colors, to welcome the benefits and boons with gracious nobility. The successful results of such a test mean the embodiment of a feeling so fine as to stand unsurmounted. To an infinitely greater Iowa spirit, which can come about through the greater spirit of Iowa ' s loyal subjects, this book is dedicated.

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5! . . . and when all is still, when the victories are won and defeats have been lost; when the mobs have retired from the halls, and the lanes and byways deserted; when achievements have been marked to some and failures are the rewards of others . ON IOWA