Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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The mind has struggled, but the muscles have labored also. Possibly we starred but more than likely, we were just another of those who shared the blood and sweat of being on the team. Funny how the practices always seemed much harder than the games. There was tired happiness when we won, and, occasionally, tears when we lost. A university is a community and the people that matter most are the ones with whom we lived and worked. Out of the hundreds of faces, the noisy meals, the beer and Glenn Miller records, will remain a handful of true friends. Odd, though, how easy it is to recall the terrible loneliness of the first freshman days. Strange, that on the eve of graduation that loneliness should be the same.

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Otlier activities have played a part too, for education has not been our sole endeavor. Perhaps we have weighed in our minds those extra things. In retrospect, we may discover the reason why it was worthwhile to spend long hours helping to get out a school paper, or why it was important for the Executive Committee to work several days on some small problem, just to reach tlie best solution. And then there were the dances and the parties — those weekends when the Hill was pretty much out of the question. Even the good times will be remembered only as fragments. We may recall the people and the noise, or perhaps only one person and the still of a spring night. During these four years, some of us have met the girl who will be the Only One forever. Or perhaps she was the Only One for just a few weeks. In any case, there was love and laughter.

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e a For his devoted service to our University as Librarian . . . For his sincere interest in the lives of we the students . . . For his warm friendship we have been fortunate to share . . Realizing his presence has helped make us better men . . . We dedicate the 1955 Calyx to HENRY EDMUNDS COLEMAN, JR.