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

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TH ANNIVERSARY In recording the specific events a yearbook can only vaguely repro- duce a year in the history of The University. A victory in Scott Stadium, a lecture by a visiting scholar, even a riot, hold little of. the excitement in the written word or the photograph that they create in actuality. To succeed, therefore, Corks and Curls must not only record the honors yvon by individuals, the social life, and athletic records, but must also in the photograph and the written word capture those elements which create the atmosphere of The University. The atmosphere cannot be found in specific events, for it is made of many things. Like poetry it is undefinable but unmistakable. The seventy-fifth anniversary issue of Corks and Curls will, it is hoped, help indicate how the past has contributed to the atmosphere of The University in 1963. The infiuence of the years is strong, and modifies all that is The University of Virginia, the academic standards, the social life, the maturing of an individual. And as the past has en- gendered the present, so what happens in 1963, individual and group endeavors, will engender the future. The task, therefore, is two-fold, to capture as successfully as possible the spirit of The University in 1963, and to celebrate the previous seventy-four years of Corks and Curls. lf it is successful, one will find in this issue the potential of the University of Virginia. Finally, for those vvhose careers at The University end in 1963, Corks and Curls, it is hoped, shall hold what is best about their college edu- cation.