University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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A MESSAGE TO STUDENTS The 1947 CINCINNATIAN commemorates a grand year. 1+ marks the graduation of a class of whom the University of Cincinnati is proud. More broadly, this year has vital significance in the academic world because it supplies solid hope for the era to come. This hope lies in the performance in our University — as in other universities and colleges — of veteran students. Far from regarding it as a free and gay ride at the expense of Uncle Sam (as some had predicted), the G.l.s have accepted the educational subsidy afforded by a grateful nation as a splendid opportunity. During the academic year 1946-47 the veteran students have done extremely well in classroom and laboratory, and their scholastic records of June 1947 will definitely surpass average standards. Moreover the veterans have manifested character qualities in admirable measure, — ambition, deter- mination, constancy of purpose and interest in citizenship on the campus and In the nation. Perhaps because of their war experience and travel, they are concerned about international affairs; they realize the utter necessity of preventing the global cataclysm to which another world war would con- demn us. Since the leaders of the nation in the coming era will obviously come from the ranks of university and college graduates, it is Inspiriting that these graduates will Include so large a proportion of veterans who are demonstrating, in their current college work, the qualities of intelligence and character so essential for American leadership. To the Cincinnatians of our University, veterans and non-veterans alike, I commend the thought of spiritual values in our campus life. Happily, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths place a common emphasis upon the brotherhood of man as a corollary of the fatherhood of God. We possess a rich opportunity to practice brotherhood on this campus. We pos sess a rich opportunity to seek God ' s help by prayer and service. RAYMOND WALTERS. k «• «• «• «« «• 4 • «. •. •• . •. «, «. «, • • •- •• •• •• •• •• •• «• PAGE 21 UNIVERSITY

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RAYMOND WALTERS President of the University of Cincinnati fdmiKi hatiOM

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PAGE 22 UNIVERSITY NORMAN P. AUBURN Vice-President and Dean of University Administration In years to come as you leaf through the pages of this 1947 Cincinnattan you will remem- ber an interesting, lively college year. This book v ill reawaken memories of your collegiate career. It will serve, therefore, in Hamlet ' s words, as the abstract and brief chronicles of the time. You will recall a pleasant autumn with each succeeding registration day bringing additional scores and hundreds of students. New classmates, many with impressive war records, others just out of high sch ool. New faculty members to teach the largest student body in U. C. ' s history. Scholastically, you will remember classroom experiences and conferences with your instruc- tors which added to your intellectual and spiritual development and opened up new vistas in your thinking. As your thoughts turn to extra-curricular activities you ' ll recall the brilliant Bearcat eleven, victorious over Indiana and Michigan State; the splendid marching Band; the Mummers ' superb production, Joan of Lorraine ; the Glee Club ' s fine eastern trip. I urge all of you to preserve this book. In years to come it will enable you to live again for a few moments the vital days of 1946-47. Life marches on inexorably, and we seldom have time to recall our yesteryears. But there are occasions when it is rewarding to do so. •% •%