University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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To wish or to desire is will. Seeking or endeavoring to gain what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time is competition. What vital components of a person's character are will and competition! The University of Tennessee is an institution which provides opportunity for development of these personal qualities. Certainly each year—which is new to some, old to many, exasperating at times, often crowded, sometimes lonely, hurried yet calm, informing, entertaining, and full of lifelong friendships—challenges each person to the intensive use of will and competition. It is these forces which drive us on, keep us searching, and keep us reaching for a higher level in this world. They keep mankind growing and developing. We would not survive long without will and competition.