University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Ly e A c a TO T R A D I T O N Anniversaries, particuldrly anniversaries connected with school, present unhmited opportunity for emotional expression. This is the fiftieth Bddser, and we would feel guilty of negligence if we failed to take advantage of this rare opportunity to sentimentalize at least a little bit. Tradition is not, in itself, an important thing. It is merely person- alized and symbolical history. We can point at random at any number of traditional things and ideas in our own university, some beautiful, some amusing, some even unpleasant, but all a part of Wisconsin, and a part of the life we have lived while at Wisconsin. We traditionally sing Varsity at a football game. There are traditions concerning the time when Abe Lincoln ' s statue will assume a standing posture, and that the curse of an old Indian has decreed that at least one white man will drown in Lake Mendota each year. Yes, we have our share of worthy traditions. Without our realizing it, tradition serves us best as a measuring stick. It is the standard by means of which we may evaluate those things in everyday life which are of a more transitory nature. There is something traditional about the ivy on North hHall. The struggle which carried the ivy to the top of building is simply symbolic of the struggle which has made the University the institution which it is today. We of Wisconsin must remember that each year we add to this traditional standard of value. To us is entrusted the future, since ours is the standard by which it shall be measured.

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% • THE UNIVERSITY Nine Faculty Eleven Alumni Twenty-three Student Elections Twenty-nine You May Have Met Thirty-three In Years Past Thirty-nine Be This Memorial Fifty-two Degrees Fifty-three ACTIVITIES One FHundred Twenty-three Another Year One FHundred Twenty-five Publications One Hundred Thirty-nine