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The following excerpts are from the Commencement address delivered by john 1. Weatherspoon, We recommend occasional rereading for all. As I pondered about a theme for this talk, it came to me that I might make a virtue of my uncer- tainty and insecurity about it, for insecurity is something we all experience, something we all have in common. . . . There are the big general ones, of course, nuclear bombs and inflation and fuel shortages, which may already have restricted some of you freer spirits who have drivers' licenses, and the various problems and paradoxes which Dr. Davis enumerated at the Baccalaureate Service yesterday. He and I both come to the same conclusion - that we are living in troubled times. And if he said it and I say it, it must be true. At the same time, I am sure Dr. Davis will agree that Commen- cement speakers have probably been making that statement ever since the first Commencement, whenever that was. But if the universal troubles of the times lack immediacy for you, I am sure that more personal concerns do not. The acoustics over there in the French Building are excellent, and on those rare occa- sions when I am not totally immersed in concentration on my work, I hear a good deal about what is concerning you. Why do I never get any mail? That test that so and so gave us was unfair, What should I tell jack if Iiill asks me? I don't know what I'm going to do for a career when I get out of college. So and so hates me. . . . mankind throughout history has sought peace of mind, security. In the days before the current Ancient History course, we studied Anthropology and learned that early man travelled in bands to provide security and protection. A good sweeping generaliza- tion - society exists to provide security for its individual members - is all very well, but it is not very helpful when we are faced with our own personal problems. At this point you may well say, OK, Mr. Witherspoon, having got yourself in this deep, what do we do? What is the answer? My honest answer, of course, is, I don't know , and I feel insecure about saying so because I have yet to hear of anyone who has an answer which will work for all of us. If I had one, I would promptly fix everything for you here and now, then walk on down the surface of the Parker River to take care of things on Plum Island and proceed on across the Atlantic to straighten out Europe. . . . you are not alone. Everyone from time immemorial has had anxieties, else why so much folk wisdom on the subject. You are bound to feel uncertain in some situations, and you really must not blame yourselves for not being perfect because - who is? . . . The fact is that there are some insecurities that you simply must face, with which you must live. If you go along with Socrates - Ancient History students take note - and know thyself, you will find that there are some things about your make-up that you just can't fix no matter how hard you try. You can adjust or adapt or avoid, but sometimes you just have to accept a given weakness. The other side of this coin is that you find that you can accept, that you can carry on. Surviving one time of trouble seems to toughen us for the next. Though it is perhaps inappro- I3 J-M5 priate to use a four letter word after speaking of religion, and particular- ly inappropriate since it is a word that you have heard time and again all during your career at Governor Dummer, Mr. Dalton's memory forces me to utter it just once more. The word is work, It often produces fringe benefits in the way of good grades or money or other evidence of worldly success, and it is great for taking your mind off your other troubles. So let me close with three wishes, or should I say hopes, for you. I hope that, just as you have so far, you will find ways and means of coping with or, better still, overcom- ing the challenges that you will face in the future. I hope that you will remember Governor Dummer as a place where people really did care about you, even though you may have wondered at times about the way in which they showed it, and that you. too, will be concerned about other people and show it in your way. And I hope that somewhere, somehow, someday, for some rea- son, each of you can experience a warm and wonderful feeling like the one you have given me by asking me to be a part of what is, after all, our joint Commencement. Cod bless you.
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