Johnson C Smith University - Golden Bull Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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ADVISER Dear Seniors: You are about to graduate from an institution with a noble tradition. You are about to enter the world where vou will have many new and varied experiences. 1 hope the things you have learned here mav enable vou to adjust yourselves in the proper manner to life in this atomic world of ours. You will find this most difficult to do. I may sav that few voung people have been able in the last few years to do that, for as all know, one is not sure just what one will ha e to face tomorrow. Remember that one should have certain guiding principles in these times. You may call this vour philosophv of life if vou so desire. Remember that vou must make up your own mind about things. Decision is always better than indecision. Whether you go right or left mav make a big difference but decide one wav or the other. 1 linallv wish for ou health, happiness, and prosperity in all you undertake. Ma the blessings ol the Ciood Master be upon ou aKva s. Your friend, W. C. DoNNELL, Adviser Pii e Si.x

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GREETINGS TO CLASS OF 1948 I am happv to extend yreetint;s and yood wishes to the members ot the class of 1948. You represent potentialities for making a better world which is the obligation of e erv individual who has been blessed with the opportunity of rounding out a college educa- tion. I wish for vou further opportunities for growth and for useful service. It has been said that Opportunity knocks but once. This is a philosophy of fatalism. Instead of looking upon opportunity as a door knocker, it seems to be more e.xact to say that opportunity is a DOOR. As a door, opportunity may stand in three positions. The door may be wide open and can be entered with little effort. Again, the door may be shut, but nut locked. A courageous try at the knob will result in its opening. Then, the door may be closed and locked. But there are encouraging signs that the key to the locked dot)r may be had by the individual who is willing to fashion it for himself. Such a key cannot be bought at the locksmith ' s or the hardware store. It cannot be passed down from parent to child. It cannot be obtained through favor. It must be ' rought out and shaped by the strenuous efforts, and guarded by the character, of the individual who would possess it. Your Alma Mater has attempted to place at your disposal the materials, the ideals, and the guidance needed to fashion the key to some worthwhile door or doors of opportunity. Your Alma Mater shall strive to become increasingly strong as a place and environ- ment in which youth may wrought out the key to the doors of opportunity. Use your key unselfishly. Help others find the key to the door of opportunity. Teach hope to all . . . despair to none. Your Alma Mater shall welcome your return to the campus at any time. I shall per- sonally follow your careers with eager interest. Very sincerely yours, H. LisTON, President Page Five

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DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY GREETINGS TO THE CLASS OF 1948: First of all I should like to congratulate each one of you upon reaching this stage in your development. You are now about to take your places as active responsible members of society. Hundreds of men and women have gone out from the Universitv before you, most of whom ha ' e set fitting examples for you to follow. We have alumni in all sections of the country and abroad doing their bit to make the world a better place in which to live. I could cite a long list of distinguished graduates who are carrying on in the ' arious pursuits of life. However, may I remind you of one whom you have known rather intimately during your four years here. He is one who has been so close to you that you may not fully appreciate the wonderful ex- ample he has set for you. I have reference to our own President Emeritus, Henry Lawrence McCrorey, one of our most distinguished graduates. For fifty-two years, he labored here at the University working hard to make possible the privi- leges that you have enjoyed during the past four years. What he has done has not been blazt)ned on the headlines of our daily papers and magazines. He has not traveled across the country os- tentatiously calling attention to his achievements, but on the contrary, he has gone about his work quietiv and in a Christ-like spirit, vet with courage and confidence. Exery year since his graduation from the Universitv, more than a half century ago, has been spent in some construc- tive endeavor. Many of you sat through the beautiful Recognition Service held for him in early fail and have read the volume of letters which came in from all over the country praising his achievements through the years. If fifty years after graduation you can point with pride to the life that vou have lived and the contributions that vou have made as he can, then, you will mea- sure up to the great heritage that has been left to you by the graduates who have gone on before. It is mv hope that as you go forth you will take God as your guide and the Bible as your constant companion so that in the last years of your life, you too will enjov the happiness and satisfaction that come from a rich and abundant life. Sincerely, T. E.-McKiNNEY, Dean Paae Sex ' en