Wilson College - Conococheague Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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Introduction The value of four years at Wilson lies in the changes inspired by its difficulty and painfulness; in the fact that these changes are always criticized, always resisted. To resist change is first to recognize its existence and, then, to acknowledge its necessity. Through this process comes progress, intel- lectual and spiritual growth. To Wilson come girls who are young, pro- tected, and often unaware. In their naive confidence they come holding to an ingenu- ous and optimistic image of college. What they encounter, however, is something quite different: a world of drudgery, of increasing pressures, of emotional turmoil with seem- ingly few moments of diversion, relaxation, or pleasure. This world in which the indi- vidual is confronted by heretofore unposed questions and unrealized responses demands that each individual draw more fully from her own talents and abilities, in order to compete within the community. In this competition a two-fold process affects each student. Individual interaction determines the communal personality of which she is a part. Through the agreement, the dissension, and, indeed, the apathy within that personality she finds and defines her interests, her preferences, her purposee herself. The college experience is a growth cycle from unit to unity, from analysis to synthesis, from an old to a new reality. Struggle with change and the adaptation which it demands yields a growing sense of confidence in the authenticity, the world of self.