Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Growth Change Expansion these are synonomous with progress. What lies ahead for the university and for its students cannot be ascertained, but only predicted. Predictions made in years past even with all their optimism and hope have culminated in actualities which far surpass the dreams of most. The potential, the possibi lities with which we may plan, experiment, and build contain the seeds of a greatness attainable only through the principles of freedom on which our country is founded.

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Freedom of thought is the pivot on which progress hinges. To criticize.... to question to discuss.... this is the method through which fruitful suggestion and continued improvement are made possible. Obsolescence, confusion, and inefficiency all may be curtailed by a thoughtful exchange of ideas and opinions. Plans for the future may be realized and extended far beyond original goals, if understanding and the reality of opportunity are made known through free interchange of ideas.. Positions of leadership require that one be aware of and receptive to those around him their feelings and their capabilities. In every phase of life in the democratic community, there is great freedom of direction freedom of mobility. The leader is not a figurehead but a guide and an influence. His responsibility is to the group and its ultimate welfare to the success of its projects.

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' TRUE EASE COMES FROM ART, NOT CHANCE, AS THOSE MOVE EASIEST WHO HAVE LEARNED TO DANCE. Alexander Pope Dedication to Freedom .... the liberty of opportunity and responsibility of acceptance It is after careful consideration and with a sense of optimism that we dedicate the 1961 TALLY HO to Freedom— the liberty of opportunity and responsibility of acceptance. As with all things, there is limitation; thus it is, even of freedom. As the democratic prin- ciple is founded on the welfare of the group, so there must be some regulation imposed upon the individual so as to insure the welfare of the group and to main- tain its ultimate freedom. This restraint may appro- priately be called moderation. The various aspects of freedom presented on the preceding pages brings us away from the grey realm of idealistic intangibles, and into the everyday world of practical, realistic specifics. Because we live in a land of democracy and plenty, we are faced daily with decisions and choices. The opportunity for suc- 20 cess and fulfillment is here; it is the decisions of each of us that determine whether this privilege is abused or warranted. With growth and change, there is even more opportunity, but with it, added responsibility. We began 1961 with new national, state, and univer- sity officials. The expansion program of Florida State is extending in all areas. This change— this freedom of growth— is accompanied by anticipation and hopes for the future. The unrealized potential is breath- taking in its possibilities and scope. The challenge, the opportunity, exists for us. Ours is the liberty to do with as we want. With an aware- ness of our responsibility and the initiative to accept it, we justify the existence of this freedom we enjoy, but not until then. It is to Freedom— and ensuing op- portunity—that we dedicate the ' 61 TALLY HO. I