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

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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING UNIVERSITY CHURCH

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TO THE SENIORS: I am happv to have this opportunity to greet yo i, the members of the graduating class of 1948. It is quite possible that no other group of young people in history has gone out into a world which demanded as much of them as your world demands of you. The harnessing of atomic energy for destruction has created a world which is surcharged with possibilities. It is a world which either tantalizes man into seeking some escape from the stern realities of life or urges him forward in search of a more promising path to salvation. However, it is yet to be proven that man ' s spiritual resources have been cultivated to the point where he can make the proper use of them in unifying the nations and races of the world under a common ideal great enough to embrace the efforts of all men. Even so, man has seldom, if ever, been faced with the urgency of so comprehensive a need for all of his potentialities to be converted into forces of good with the same genius and effort with which they were developed for destruction. The challenge before you, therefore, is to carry to that world a kind of leadership which will focus the powers of the earth into channels leading to the oneness of humanity, to a higher plane of living, to the relief of human suffering— physical and mental, and to a deeper meaning of life. ' hate ' er contribution you may make to society, you must remember that today as never before, it must be measured in the light of eternity. For the period in which we li%e is not one which belongs to any one age; it is rather, one which will serve as a focal point for determining the future of the human race. With a well-disciplined self, with a keen sense of world relatedness, with an unswerving desire to serve your fellowman, with unfaltering faith in the principles of democracy, and with supreme loyalty to the God of the universe, vou must forever strive for the more abundant life. My congratulations to each one of you. Cordially yours, Moses S. Belton The Members of the Senior Class of ' 48 My dear Members of the Class of ' 48: It is true that, in going forth to find your places in the world, you graduates ha e no experience, but you have an eager, hopeful outlook. It is true that you lack wisdom; but you have boundless courage and a capacity for industry. It is true that you do nut vet know the rules of the game; but you have a firm faith in high ideals. In more than one social order, history shows that the rules of the game have been modified or else completely revised by revolts springing from the fervent idealism of youth. If you have all these gifts to bring to the world, you graduates need not worry about your poverty in the matter of riper gifts. If, during your years of preparation, vou have learned how to work, how to concentrate on difficult problems, how to search for truth, and how to make steadfast friends, the riper gifts will come of themselves, just as soon as you learn to applv the lessons of your college life to the weightier problems of life. You shall learn this lesson faster if vou approach it with becoming humility and with due recognition of your limitations. Once you have mastered it, your capacity fur self-development and service to your fellow men will become a reality, instead of a nebulous dream of your undergraduate days. With every goud wish, I remain Faithfully vuurs, T. L. GuNN, Librarian Page Ten

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TPIE INAUGURATION OF PREXY SCIENCE HALL