University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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ities, not for the material enrichment that superior intellect may confer upon its possessor, but as the fulfillment of the full stature of man. And so with John Luck. It is not the excellence alone of his professional work and the opportunities thereby created for personal advancement in his chosen career that have won for him the admiration and affection of the student body, but the fact that in all of his relations with them and in all of the various offices in which he has represented them or their beloved Alma Mater, he will never permit expediency, advantage, or the aggravations of the moment to abate his allegiance to his ideals or his conception of right-at whatever cost. He is not ua pipe to F ortuneis linger to sound what stop she pleases. Always he ufollows the gleam. They know him as a trusted Hguide, philosopher and friend. But more than thatethey find in him demon- stration of the fact that a man can achieve professional and material success without stifling or subordinating those cultural qualities that not only so much enhance one's joie de vivre. but enable one to speak understandingly the language of every manner of man. Indeed. he illustrates that the full flower of one's development is never attained if these qualities are neglected. Of those who have sat with him into the Witching hours of night reading some poem or listening to music, who is there to whom he has not imparted the stimulation that he experiences therefrom and to whom the realization has not occurred that without the capacity to enjoy such things, the full harvest of mature manhood has not been gathered? Who golfs with him that has not felt the zest that good sportsmanship infuses? What adventure or company has not been regaled by his fund of stories and unfailing sense of humor? Who has come to him for counsel that has not gone away lighter at heart? It is these qualities that the student venerates and to which he brings, with admiration and affection and with Godspeed for the years ahead, the tribute of the dedication of this Annual. I could not give you any Godlier thing if I were king. -W. W. C. I91