University of Wisconsin La Crosse - La Crosse Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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l Rexford S. Mitchell. College years have individuality. Many elements-registration, fees, classes, quizzes, grades, activities, organizations, parties, often dates, and I hope, individual and professional growth-are common to all, but because they are common, they tend to merge in perspective. Thus frequently one, or at most a few experiences, come to char' acterize a year in our thinking. At other times the chief differentiating element seems to be not any one experience but a general background. This I think is true of 194O'41. Many of us remember this year as the one in which We were untied and undefeated in football or some other event or experience. But all of us will agree that a background of national crisis and national defense has colored the whole year and given it individuality. Out of it I hope has come a clearer conception of the duties and responsibilities of citif zenship and a deeper appreciation of our American heritage. Rexford S. Mitchell 16 1 f