Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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The serenity of South Campus in autumn's glory with its high canopy of goldenrbrown and its rich carpet of crackling leaves; the rustic appeal ofstudent bridge softened by a covering of freshly fallen snow; the Vine-covered gray solidity of the library; the creaking, foot-Worn stairs lead- ing down to the musty-smelling biology laboratory; the still hush of the dimly lit auditorium at chapel timeethese are the familiar companions, these are fond pictures of the past. giant! This is tomorrOWea man and a machine break ground for a greater university of the future. They are a part of our being as students of Valparaiso Uni- Versity. They are an integral part of our traditions and shall always remain so. But the road from the Science Building, from the Audi- torium and the Music Building, leads eastward to broad, rolling acres. There, in a temporary confusion of mud and clay, of sand and gravel, of lumber and cement, is arising a structure of stone and brick and steel, the forerunner Today we are living in a transition. An old house is converted into classrooms, a trader camp hggses G. 1. students who have brought their famlhes. W w ,

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And still, when spring came, we scrambled for a few square feet of South Campus, and we forgot for a moment that philosophy comes bound in books. Tn short, while scientists unborn Prepare to search the stars and roses, The snail is on his ancient thorn And God in conference with Moses?

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0 940471289 But yesterday and today and tomorrow, this will always be the V alpo we rememr ber-a Valpo of old buildings and lazy days on South Campus and train whistles . a Valpo filled with rich tradition and the memory; of close associations. of a new and better campus. Here, through the courage and foresight 0f the group of men and women who own and operate our university, is growing the new campus, the physical properties adequate for the expansioniin size, in versalitility, and in service-eof the future Valpo. While the pressing needs of today are provided for by the somber, gray trailer camp, by the temporary frame barracks, by a modest, shingled residence remodeled into We watch Valpo rise, first in the form of Guild Hall. The laying of its cornerstone was the first tangible evidence of our campus of tomorrow. classroomst by double bunks and crowded classes, we stue dents of today hold fast to the nostalgic memories of the old campus we have come to know and love. To the stu- dents Who in years to come will work and study, talk and laugh and play on the fine, new Campus of the future, We the students of this traditional era, hold out the rich tra- ditions and positive ideals of our school Which have been established and cherished among the aged structures and. weH-Worn footpaths of the 01d campus.