Eastern Nazarene College - Nautilus Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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PRESENTATION OF THE THEME As each of us entered this world we began a search which would last a lifetime. This search has been the basis of nearly everything that we have done and said. lt was in this search that we spoke our first word, asked out first question, burned our fingers, or got our first electrical shock. This search, of course, is our quest for knowledge, an awareness of ourselves, the world that we live in, and its problems. This awareness has been developed in a number of ways. We have become aware by our own experiences, as well as by the experiences of others. As a col- lege community each of us has sought to further his awareness through formal education. In our studies of the humanities and the social sciences we have be- come conscious of human needs. In our study of the sciences, we have found meaning in the physical world. Therefore our entire formal education has been an ever-widening awareness. However, to be simply aware of the world and its problems is not enough. We have realized our need to be concerned and then to be involved in an effort to find solutions to these problems. Each of us, as aware human beings, has been given opportunity to display concern: concern that will lead to lives of action. It has been found that in concern the true purpose of Christianity shows itself. That is: a selfless love for others which motivates us to action. ln this the fiftieth year of Eastern Nazarene College, the staff of the 1968 Nautilus has taken for its theme the words AWARENESS AND CONCERN. Cer- tainly this has been and continues to be the purpose for the existence of this col- lege. E.N.C. in the spirit of Christianity exists to help students to become aware of the world in which he will live and work. Along with awareness the college and its faculty have tried to show the need for an active concern for the welfare of those people which the student will encounter in his lifetime. Without awareness this concern is inactive, and without the Christian love which motivates it, con- cern cannot exist. 6

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PRESENTATION OF THE SYMBOL This year the 1968 Nautilus has chosen the radio telescope as the symbol of our growing awareness of the unknown which lies beyond. The reason for our choice of this particular instrument is first, that it represents a product of our science and technology which has become a basis of our culture and second, that it illus- trates our search for knowledge and understanding in all fields. The radio telescope emits radio waves which like visible light waves may be ab- sorbed andfor reflected. The radio telescope, however, is mainly a receiver such that signals from outer space are focused at the focal point, recorded, and com- pared to a calibrated standard. Many telescopes of this nature have been placed in strategic locations on earth so that a complete map of the sky can be obtained. We, as students, might be said to be miniature telescopes. Each day thoughts are radiated to us by stars four professor, experiencej. Some signals are re- corded in our minds and calibrated against our own standard of values and mean- ingful ideas, others of low intensity are lost. As telescopes we may only be able to scan a small region of space at a time, yet, information Cacademic, spiritual, and socialh is added daily to our lives. Like the telescope we also emit thoughts and ideas. Some are reflected andfor absorbed by others, some are reflected back to us again, others are lost. For a while we will be confined to a small area of influence but soon we will face the entire sky. We are taught to specialize yet we must not overlook the total per- spective gained from various positions which a liberal education provides. In collecting our data we must be certain that the clouds of prejudice, which may distort the signal, do not appear in our sky. Let us discern carefully the fre- quency of our activity so that Truth may be amplified and not hidden in the noise. For it is only when we focus on Truth that we become fully aware of our mean- ingfulness. But after all we are more than telescopes, we can change our world but only through concern. A flame, a symbol of glowing concern, is placed in the center of the telescope. Like the telescope it also emits light but this light is seen and relevant to each and everyone of us. The flame might also symbolize the Holy Spirit which is reflected in our lives and by our example and witness. lt is through the flame of the Holy Spirit burning in our lives that endows us with the awareness and concern to meet the challenges of the world. 7