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Culture

Photo by MICHAEL JUSTIN C. DE VERA
Tracing the roots

Arts and Letters

through the years

By KATHLEEN T. DE VILLA

Over the years, the Faculty of Arts and Letters has gone through a lot of changes. With
rich history backing it up, its old glory continues to flourish and to emanate amid the
trends of modernization that confront it.

LDERS often say that those who for- Arts and Letters (Artlets) that continuously of alumni, Artlets continues to go a long
get the past will never progress to goes through many trying circumstances as way in its pursuit of sharpening the knowl-
Esee the future for history molds and it hones the talents of the younger genera- edge of its students.
influences an individual’s growth through tion through years of propagating the hu- With all of the changes it has under-
the years. manities. gone, students, professors, and Faculty ad-
This premise rings true for the Faculty of As manifested by its recognized roster ministrators alike have many stories to tell

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