University of Puget Sound - Tamanawas Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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TAKE THE CUE HE DRAMA of life makes everyone living a player, and each is assigned to take the spotlight in turn. Most of the time, however, each player has a minor part or is a backstage hand. Whatever roles he plays, of necessity he must take the cue when it is given or the drama becomes a tragedy. The Tamanawas of i937 gives the Student Body the spotlight in the act of Student Life. The other players are the community, parents, trustees and faculty. There comes to my mind another act in the drama of life which occurred years ago. The stage was the then plains of Central Washington. The setting consisted of sagebrush, wild horses, skulking coyotes and snakes. The wagon trail wound hither and yon, with a good many branches, which made it hard to 'follow the one that we desired to take. The players were eight men and two boys. Each player was assigned a position of chief. This gave him the spotlight in turn in the making and breaking of camp. One was commander-in-chief. Another was chief cook, another chief tent lifter, another chief dish washer, etc. The play went on for six days. No matter who was in command, each and every member of the cast was busy. The equipment for the cast was one light wagon, a spring wagon and a saddle horse. You can rest assured that that act in the play of life has never been forgotten by the players. The six days of travel together was thrilling, dull, and sometimes actually boring, but that made no difference. lt was all one harmonious act which brought pleasure to every member of the party. An entirely new act of College Life wil occur next year. lt will be called FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. The lines are being written. The players will be the usual cast of College Life. The writers of the lines are providing spotlight appearances for each and every member of that cast. lf those lines are well learned and if each player takes the cue when it is given, the act will be a great success. We feel sure that when the words All set! Co! are spoken, each individual in each group will be on his toes and the play will go on to a glorious climax. -EDWARD H. TODD.

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O THE SENIORS we wish a Happy Commence- ment. Absolute beginning, of course, do not occur in nature, physical or human. To pick out certain points as beginnings or ends, and to attach unusual importance to them as the start or finish of something, is more a matter of wish and of effort than of fact. No matter how new a New Year and its resolutions may be, they bear close relation and resemblance to what has gone before. So, life doesn't begin at Commencement, but goes on in the way which it has learned through exper- ience and training. Fortunately it does! Accordingly, even though the time of leaving college is one of con- siderable change, the College does not merely wish you success, but confidently expects it for you because you do not now have to commence, but began some time ago, the love of truth, the quest for knowledge, and the practice of inquiry. We say Good luck, not with reference to a finish or to a commencement, but to a continuance. -IOHN. D. REGESTER. DEAN OF WOMEN DEAN OF MEN RECENT SURVEY, conducted to determine what adults really want to study, revealed that the prime interest is health and the second interest is the development of skill in human relationships. Activities in the student world recognize the same objectives. lf conducted wisely, these activities will be re-creation: if not, we defeat our own best purposes-we burn out our enthusiasms, wear out our energies, and sum up ambition for our post-graduation years in the jingle: l wish I was a little rock A-sittin' on a hill l wouldn't eat, I wouldn't sleep, l wouldn't even wash. l'd just sit still a thousand years , And rest myself, by gosh! Certainly participation in student affairs should teach us the technique of getting along with people and the value of co-operation-a most important quality in the increasing complexity of our social environment. lf these affairs with which we fill our days land nightsl are'really worthwhile in developing our person- alities and in fitting us to take places of leadership in the communities in which we live, perhaps we should like to accept another beatitude, suggested by a friend of minc, Blessed is the man who helpeth to make things go. -LYLE DRUSHEL.