Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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FOREWORD Lives are shaped and molded by many forces — other lives, events large and small, written and spoken thoughts. No one escapes the inevitable wearing away of sharp edges through these means. College people have chosen a way of life which, at least temporarily, has an especially great effect In molding and shaping their lives. Introduced to new ideas, new people, and new experiences, not one person can go away from col- lege the same as he came to it. Each person who enters Wartburg College brings with him certain malleable materials — his personality, his intellect and spirit. Each one responds differently to the forces which act upon him. Each will go out from the college with some- thing different to offer the world. Because we are proud of the products of this college, we invite you to join us in visiting the studios and galleries of the college — to see the process of sculpturing lives as it is evident In our classes, our organizations, our activities, and in our campus life. Medal of Constantine, Burgundian, XIV Century. National Gallery of Art, Kress Collection, Loan.

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DEDICATION TO THE FACULTY Mercury (detail) by Giovanni Bologna. National Gallery of Art, Mellon Col- lection. Each fall, at the beginning of the school year, hundreds of blocks of marble find their way Into the Art Studio, Wart- burg College. Many skilled sculptors, the MEMBERS OF ThHE FACULTY, take these materials carefully in hand and begin the long task of creating objects of beauty and worth from raw, sometimes unpromising materials. In each piece of marble, the sculptors see the potential waiting to be released and molded. Many hands help in the release Some chisel away areas of gross Imperfection; oth- ers gently tap and cut the outlines of the final work Into th-e marble. Still other hands chisel out the rough outlines. Final- ly, firm, careful hands smooth the marble Into Its final form. Throughout the years, Wartburg has produced many pieces of sculpture. These are sent from the Studio in various stages of completion. Some of the statues have passed Into the hands of other sculptors to be chiseled into finer relief; others have moved Into the main stream of life where the abrasives of everyday cares and tasks wear the marble into smooth, shiny profile. Some, materials of inferior quality, have long since crumbled Into dust and sand. Others, the finest marble, have become more beautiful and more valu- able with the passing of time. It Is to the car eful sculptors, the WARTBURG COL- LEGE FACULTY, that we dedicate this book. Their efforts and skills have guided and molded our lives, changing our raw potential into useful and necessary skills and knowledge. Their subtle trademark is upon each of us, showing in the thoughts we cherish and the deeds we perform. They have performed their tasks well. We are ready to be sanded and smoothed by time and labor. We are con- fident that their work will not have been in vain.

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CONTENTS The Campus 5 Administration 14 Organizations 30 Sports .78 Campus Life 100 Classes 132