1982 Yearbook
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1982 Yearbook
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EDITOR'S MEMO
Time goes by like a dream no matter
how hard you run.
Eudora Welty
Where did this year go and how did it slip by
so quickly? I hope this book will serve as a
wonderful reminder of some of the things
you did during that time as well as some of
the people you did them with. While it may
be quite easy to recall special moments now,
this book will become especially helpful a
few years down the road. Somehow the mind
forgets before the scrapbook loses pages!
With the college celebrating its centennial
birthday, I felt compelled to research its
past. As a result, I spent plenty of hours in
the "archives", an overcrowded library cubicle heaving with the history of St. Ambrose
College. I poured through old newspapers, photographs, yearbooks, and catalogues. In discovering its colourful past, I became acutely aware of a tradition. The Ambrose tradition of persistence
and achievement on an individual level. It was not so important for the school to make national
headlines. When they did, that was fine. Rather, it was far more significant for the college to
make personal headlines.
Yesterday's Ambrosians are very similar to today's Ambrosians. They struggled with some
classes while enjoying others. They socialized, competed athletically, dealt with apathy and a
commuter or dorm life. They expanded their horizons academically, emotionally, and spiritually.
They persisted and achieved. These years are unique years and they go by like a dream.
In attempting to chronicle a year's worth of activities it became apparent that the St. Ambrose
College tradition lives (though sometimes incognito!). Sure, indifference exists but there are still
those students who persist and achieve. Yesterday's Ambrosians fostered the tradition, now it is up
to us to sustain it. Afterall, without us, the school is merely bricks and mortar and hollowed halls.
Commence fully,
Teresa M. Brinati
Editor, Centennial OAKS
195
Time goes by like a dream no matter
how hard you run.
Eudora Welty
Where did this year go and how did it slip by
so quickly? I hope this book will serve as a
wonderful reminder of some of the things
you did during that time as well as some of
the people you did them with. While it may
be quite easy to recall special moments now,
this book will become especially helpful a
few years down the road. Somehow the mind
forgets before the scrapbook loses pages!
With the college celebrating its centennial
birthday, I felt compelled to research its
past. As a result, I spent plenty of hours in
the "archives", an overcrowded library cubicle heaving with the history of St. Ambrose
College. I poured through old newspapers, photographs, yearbooks, and catalogues. In discovering its colourful past, I became acutely aware of a tradition. The Ambrose tradition of persistence
and achievement on an individual level. It was not so important for the school to make national
headlines. When they did, that was fine. Rather, it was far more significant for the college to
make personal headlines.
Yesterday's Ambrosians are very similar to today's Ambrosians. They struggled with some
classes while enjoying others. They socialized, competed athletically, dealt with apathy and a
commuter or dorm life. They expanded their horizons academically, emotionally, and spiritually.
They persisted and achieved. These years are unique years and they go by like a dream.
In attempting to chronicle a year's worth of activities it became apparent that the St. Ambrose
College tradition lives (though sometimes incognito!). Sure, indifference exists but there are still
those students who persist and achieve. Yesterday's Ambrosians fostered the tradition, now it is up
to us to sustain it. Afterall, without us, the school is merely bricks and mortar and hollowed halls.
Commence fully,
Teresa M. Brinati
Editor, Centennial OAKS
195
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St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
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