Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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It was neither the beginning nor the end that produced in us the quality of being. It was not the institution that grew and produced, but the individual who walked forth living. The life appeared still to the others, but the life was beyond the blindness of the masses. The life was in the couple who idled in illusive isolation, who expressed their eternal love, and lived in expectant hope. It was embedded in the determined spirit of the aspiring cheer- leader, who anticipated a year in which she might play a part, and in the soul of a quiet man, who rested his body, searched his heart and girded his strength to complete his day. In the serenity of the evening, the life was reflected from the flickering flashes of a girl absorbed with the poetry of her own solitude. 26

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To the excitement of the Fresh and the de- light of all others, each year, begin- ning with the Welcome Week picnic, the Court convenes and remains in session for a week. The Freshmen acquiese a week of sub- servience, Button- Froshing, air-raids, and cafeteria festivities in their behalf. There has never been found a sub- stitute for the spine-tingling murmur: Here come de judge! Justice had prevailed and the Freshmen quickly learned how to adapt to the superfluous laws for the remain- der of the Welcome Week.

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m 27 The life endured as the people rested and were strengthened in the shadows of dieir seclusion. Students took this opportunity of peace to adjust and evaluate themselves in the light of this new factor of education. Life stopped for but a brief interim of time, but in that interlude a few people perceived a fresh glimpse of a personal and eternal new vision.