The Makio - University of Illinois

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Foreword
Just as the war laid its compelling hand upon many social, political and business
activities out in the world, and said, "F'or the time these must stop, for there
are more important issues demanding your attention," so, in the minature world
of the campus, too, it spoke its words of restraint, and straightway a hundred
projects ceased, a hundred avenues of energy closed until a happier time should
come. In nothing more than in the way the students met this strange situation
was there shown the fine spirit with which young Americans faced every new
obligation and every new necessity. We are used to thinking that without what
we call "campus activities." college life can scarcely proceed at ail, for into these
we put so much of our strength, so much of our enthusiasm and spirit. But
when the greater demand came, we put them aside and turned ourselves to what
seemed much larger and more vital interests. Even under discouraging conditions,
however, a few of the ordinary activities proceeded, in an extraordinary
way, to be sure; and great credit is due those students who were able to keep
certain valuable college projects alive, were able to attend to both the higher
call of country and the every day work incidental to the lesser but still
important
activities. With all the tremendous amount of war work which Ohio State did
her young members found a
place for the maintaining of at least a few of the most
prominent student undertakings, a record of which will be found in the following
section of the Makio.
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