Kean University - Memorabilia Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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fiTf.'.?f ' Q' ' It -6 fw'.-wi ' rilfi-fig . s 35. 1 4 if +l.QQ7,f5'zf3m'-iS,,,-f,t'T6,zf,f2 'Q xkfrgt-jsslfiiisitf-2H.:l-.,. - .. V ., ,visggrgg f, Jil. TJ it .-Q -. Z, ish' 1 .Q 'iigx ii' ,,'Z'f 1 J. 'V ,1 hh .K s . -f yt fs X. if if Q . ii ' S 5 ' A' 34,3 1' 'M ,j ,fi if '- lj .r : , S. . y. U -I-ne 167- K .-v '1vQ as , ua-,,.-.,.,,, 1 . 1 , ',5g5fg f'?s.kT its 4 J .. 1 t ' 'lf' ff---'f: ? 'f' X ' 4 - - - A A ' if I 3 PV' ff. william shiebler, student organization president one ot our maior problems here is a lack ot real pride in newark state. many students hesitate to detend our college and are otten quick to ioin in undue criticism ot newark state. simply because we lack a big name iden- tity such as the ivy league or big ten, we sometimes relegate ourselves to the rank ot a second rate institu- tion. this is a tallacy. we are in the midst ot a thriving, expanding college community which is retlecting qual- it 1 quality ot institution, quality ot curriculum, quality otlintellect. a tactor which tends to make the climate here uncertain is our recent rapid growth. ten years ago, newark state was a small, urban school taced with extinction. in the short period ot time since then, newark state has been given a chance tor a rebirth. in the last ten years it has grown tar more than it did during the previous one hundred. this expansion in size, population, and cur- riculum has not always been a smooth one. we have suttered trom growing pains. there is otten a clash between new and old ideas. it is like a tug ot war, and many times the student is in the middle, never doing any ot the tugging. at times there seems to be a lack ot taith in the student mind on the part ot everyone, including the students themselves. student government here is a prime exam- ple ot this. it is hampered by taults within its own students and trom without. it lumbers along in its own restricted, minute area. seldom really touching upon anything that will retlect its true character or purpose- the student. with its motions, committees, proposals and declarations, it rarely leaves a mark upon its environment. tor instance, we, as students in an expand- ing educational process have never ettectively estab- lished a method ot presenting our views on the curricu- lum. this should be a right and responsibility ot every it I - g A - Ab '3- Y. is.-gr . - ss student. our past ettorts through the newspaper and petitions have tailed. the real need lies in responsible, reliable student criticism. we must open up channels ot communication so that the student can present his views in a mature manner with teasible alternatives and con- structive new ideas. this involves serious research and hard work on the part ot the student. naturally, these views should be received with some respect by those people who are responsible tor our curriculum. students should also present their views on dress codes, dormitory regulations, tuture physical growth ot the campus, and any aspect which concerns newark state now or in the tuture. we must make our voices heard in the community and the state by taking action to aid the surrounding urban communities with their problems. we must concern ourselves with the educational problems tacing our state. the role ot the newark state student in the tuture will be a vital, ditticult one. many problems challenge him on and ott campus. the student here will surmount them. he will be able to do so because he is in newark state: a place where old men have younger minds and spirits than some ot their students, where his views and ideas can be accepted with taith, where intellectual growth comes trom a challenging curriculum and taculty. atter tour years here, it will be a truly sad parting. i have come to see many things to be proud ot at newark state and i am sorry that i cannot be a part ot the promising years in the tuture. we can be proud ot our tellow students and their achievements, ot our constant- ly expanding campus, ot the many roiects, present and planned, which will expand newarkb state intellectually. there is a greatness here which tew ot us realize now, but i am sure we will recognize in the near tuture.

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four years-fhe world has changed and so have we. in fhe beginning, we were jusf anofher group of fresh- men af anofher college in fhe vasf complex of american higher educafion. foday, we are sfill jusf anofher gradu- afing class in fhaf complex. 'une, l965-fhe graduafion scene is repeafed over and over again, buf fhere is somefhing 'rhaf malces fhese american graduafes differ- enf from 'rhe resf of fhe previous graduafes of american colleges and universifies. our values, oufloolcs, and ideas have changed in fhese pasf four years, buf 'rhis is nof unique in college. why, fherefore, should we be differenf from any previous graduafes? each generafion has ifs frials, errors, failures. and suc- cesses, buf loolcing baclc i see four years of college life filled wifh all of fhe fhings 'rhaf malce a person a lifelong sfudenf. i also see four years fhaf changed fhe course of hisfory and 'rhus changed our lives. as sfudenfs we have seen fhe sfarf of fhe space age and man's firsf affempfs fo discover and delve info fhe unexplored vasfness of fhe universe. we wifnessed fhe sfarf of 'rhe nuclear era, fhe new fronfier and fhe shorf ferm of a youfhful presidenf. greaf as fhe american sfory is, if is no'r wifhouf shame. during our college days we regreffully learned 'rhaf indi- vidual merif is nof enough for a cifizen 'ro be equal. fhere are barriers which prevenf our cifizens from achieving equalify. as sfudenfs we rallied whenever we were displeased. sfu- denfs rallied for causes, againsf causes and fhey rallied againsf each ofher. fhey argued wifh courage and idealism. fhis is democracy! 'rime passed swiffly and necessify sfimulafed our every- day vocabulary. each word recalled an evenf or person which was enfered info hisfory. phrases lilce: firsf cafho- lic presidenf, john glenn, ecumenical council, casfro- cuba. au hgo, lchrushchev and counfless ofhers. jusf af 'rhe poinf when we fhoughf we would see world peace and domesfic franquilify, our dream was shaf- 'rered by a shof . . . assassinafion! 'rhe world cried. buf we cried harder. he. foo, quesfioned and probed. re- flecfed and grew. fhe fragic hour passed. and we lived on. soon we found ourselves seniors and ready fo face fhe world and fhe anthony marfino, senior class president sad realizafion fhaf our sfudenf days in college were almosf af an end. american college sfudenfs are a large invesfmenf of our democracy, and we musf be ready fo face fhe fufure as parf of 'rhe american sfrucfure. we lcnow fhaf fhis gen- erafion of sfudenfs possesses among ifs ranlcs 'rhe polifi- cal, social and economic leaders of fhe very near fufure. we musf sfrive fo help sef fhe sfandards which will insure fhe confinuafion of fhe american dream, which is rapidly becoming a realify. our lafe presidenf john f. lcennedy said, lef fhe word go forfh . . . fhaf fhe forch has been passed . . . fo a new generafion of americans born in fhis cenfuryf' we have begun fo do our parf in fhe sense of 'rhe democrafic sfrucfure. in fhe words of our presidenf, lyndon baines johnson, lef us confinue . .