1942 Cedrus Yearbook

The Stoiiv a/ Pelifaut Human beings are an eternal source of mys- tery and wonderment. Unpredictable, delicate, strong, flexible, endurable, good, bad, humans are divergency itself. Permeated with life and feeling, subject to stimuli of an endless variety, humans respond in crazy fashion to existence. A pickle may cause someone to lose his job. A dirty look may shatter the hopes of a prom- ising day. A kind word may stimulate the timid soul to command a nation. A war may leave a man unchanged, steady, and sure. So great is the variety of life's reactions. Men love life, hold her, and struggle to beautify and enhance her. Some teach, some preach, some farm, some beg, some build, some destroy. In an endless fantastic pattern the threads of life intertwine to make a world throb, and rock, and weaken, and recover. This particle of matter, insignificant yet vital, in the galaxies of space without begin- ning or end, has nothing of wonderment, noth- ing of mystery except its abundance of life, most mysterious of all existence. In creeping things, in plants, in crying things and swift- moving- things, in fighting things and loving things, in man life flows with uninterrupted flow. Ambitious men, superior men, important men, educated men, purposeless men exist at the same time. Men are different in a great many ways but every man has an attitude, an ideal, a philosophy, a faith, a religion. This religious part of man causes man to struggle, to wonder, to seek, to ask, to think, to pray, to grow. And complete is the man that does all these religious things. These religious things have a place in the life of every student. Farseeing educators an- swered the need and we are provided with ample religious opportunities. Foremost, the lives of our college staff keep us mindful of religious living by word and deed. Actual student participation in relig- ious living is most marked in interstudent re- lationships. It is not the Y's, the chapel pro- grams, the discussion and forum groups, the church and choir activities that predominate religious life at Cedarville. It is the friendly spirit, the will to learn, the ability to wonder and to think, the privilege to pray and to grow in the classroom, on the campus, at the games and parties that give us experience in actual religious living. These various organizations merely afford analysis, breathing spells, and stepping stones to higher thinking and nobler conduct. Religious people, although frequently found in so-called religious organizations, are reli- gious only because of their way of living. So when someone asks about the religion of Cedar- ville students, we can say certainly they are religious. They are continually struggling, wondering, seeking, asking, thinking, praying and growing. 1. One of our juniors who hails from the "Green Mountain" state of Vermont is Lee Miller. Lee has been active in Y work, is a good student and president of his class. 2. One of Cedarville's most beautiful spots, off of the college campus, is the waterfall at the Cliffs. During the winter the falls freeze and form a shimmering cascade of ice and snow. 3. Betty Ervin is one of our twins from Xenia, Ohio. She is working summer and winter preparing herself for medical school. Although only listed as a sophomores, she leaves us this year. 4-5. These two pix go together. When we see the library, we think of the faithful librarian, who does so much work and gets so little credit for it. Miss Mary Williamson, affectionately called Miss Mary by the students, gives help to one and all. If you need reference material Miss Mary will help you find it. 6. It's surprising what a bright sunny day can do to one's disposition. Buck and Bill are singing the song of our alma mater, but it would be hard to recognize it if you heard their version. 7. Alton Earnhart, a freshman,from Waynesville. Ohio, is one of the residents of the Lackey house. "Butch" is a quiet lad, who is one of the pledges of the frat. 8. Another freshman girl, who is not in our midst now, is Betty Mosier. Her charming smile won her many friends in her short stay. T HIS IS CED A R VILLE COLL